The Black Spot Cafe

Many eons ago, there was a Cape Cod Slam. It was based in a cafe in Hyannis, MA, called The Prodigal Son.

The Prodigal Son closed. Now, the business has reopened as The Black Spot Cafe. Serves excellent coffee and sandwiches, the owner is a wine connoisseur and the wine, beer, and mixed drink selection reflects that. WiFi, cool art, and an overall thoughtfully but not pretentiously progressive sensibility make the place one I shall revisit.

Last night, Duende had a gig there. Tiny audience for this new reading — 6 people, including the host (Jose Gouveia) and not including our entourage. It was only their second night and there was some sort of baseball game on (I brought my laptop so we could keep track of the score for the, um, audience — yeah, that’s right, the audience) so there were two BIG factors for the low attendance…and I don’t feel too bad, as we equalled Regie Gibson’s turnout for last month.

We played a good set; Faro did some unexpected improvising on a couple of pieces which was FUN, and it was a good night. Some good connections came out of it; we were asked back to play as a featured MUSICAL act, which I consider a big triumph since we want to take this outside of the poetry scene.

And…a full payday as promised, even considering the low turnout. Gotta respect that.

Highly recommended. Good Time.

NEXT DUENDE GIG: November 11. Cambridge, MA. The Lizard Lounge. Expect some jammin’ with the Jeff Robinson Trio…we got a little taste of that in April when we performed with Marc Smith and Regie and Iyeoka and Adam and all; this time, the mere thought of having two basses on stage along with Jerome and Jeff has us salivatin’. Be there!