Originally posted on blogger.com on Friday, July 29, 2005 at 1:43 p.m.

Return to Eddie’s Attic

Last night marked my return to Eddie’s Attic, the premiere acoustic venue in the Southeast, if not the nation. Having said that, I’m not sure what I was doing on the stage, but life is full of little mercies and graces.

I played a 45 minute, solo set to an intimate crowd of about 50. The feeling was that of a homecoming. Not only because it was my first gig in the Attic in 12 months, but also because there is a new owner, Bob Ephlin, who has the vision and the ability to bring the “magic” back to Eddie’s and take it to new places. In a stroke of pure genius, Bob’s first act as new owner was to hire former owner and namesake Eddie Owen as the Director of Operations. Wow!

Back in the heyday, I thought of the Attic as my own little tree fort. John Mayer used to work the door for $40 in 1998. Shawn Mullins and Josh Joplin were our own little-known, local discoveries before they were signed and put into heavy rotation on the airwaves. And the smell of Eddie’s pipe permeated the patio where you could count on meeting a number of interesting acoustic music lovers and players.

Anyway, it is good to be back. I wish Bob and the Attic great success!