Good question Sam!

ANYONE can perform as a solo act in front of a crowd who came to see THEM...But to do it in front of 5,000 fans of someone else who just want you to get off stage so the Main Act can start?

I agree, with all my heart, with Robert J. Elisberg in his HuffPost Entertainment column form 2008:

"As wonderful as Steve Goodman is on record, he was better in concert, where his ingratiating personality exploded. One time, I saw him at the Universal Amphitheatre, opening for Steve Martin at the peak of the comic's stand-up career. Now, you must understand, this is when people showed up with toy arrows in their heads, reciting his album monologues by heart, shouting "Excuuuuuse me...." every other word. The last thing they wanted to see was any opening act, let alone a short, balding, cherubic folk singer they'd never heard of. Moreover, the place seated 5,200, all jammed with stomping maniacs. It was a rock concert for a stand-up comic.

And throughout all this, Steve Goodman simply kept singing, telling stories and winning over the Martin Fanatics...to their utter shock. By the end of only his fourth number, a guy sitting in front of me - who had heard my running, Steve Goodman commentary to my date - spun around, his face wide-eyed with that shocked look of heavenly discovery, and shouted, "Who IS This Guy???!!!!! He's Incredible??!!!" By the end of Steve Goodman's set, this amphitheatre of 5,200 Steve Martin cultists were stomping and screaming for the other Steve, as well.

It should come as no surprise that Steve Goodman opened for Steve Martin over 200 times."...END QUOTE

One man, one guitar? Steve Goodman.

Here's one of his sillier ones, but it shows his vocals, guitar & personality:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY27TczetLI&feature=related

Midnite

Satchel was right. Something is gaining on me.

The Shoebox & Dinner at Eight trailers available at:

http://www.twometer.com/Two_Meter_Studios/HOME.html