One meeting, leading to another, leading to another...

So today, I accidentally met this guy with whom I spoke for about an hour. I really enjoyed talking with him about travelling, hiking, learning new languages, music, etc. I find out he plays the bass and that tonight he has a gig with this band called The Watanabes for the first time. I ask him where it is and at what time and decide to ask the friend I was supposed to meet today to join me to check it out. Before going, I check out the band on youtube and realise I actually have heard some of their sons which I really like:

Below is one of my favourites:

The Watanabes - Whales can sing

And this one gives a good idea of what it feels like to start living in Japan:

The Watanabes - Love Princess

The gig is held at this bar called The Ruby Room in Shibuya, so I'm not very original and arrange to meet my friend at the Hachiko statue (usual meeting point in Shibuya, and so packed on Friday and Saturday evenings, that it is hard to find whomever you're supposed to meet...) and we head out for The Ruby Room, which turns out to be this small bar with a great atmosphere:

When we get there I introduce my friend to the guy I had met that same day and we start chatting away until the first gig starts: Shun Kamiyama. His style is electronic and he has a great voice. you can check out some of his music on his webpage. My favourite of the songs he played that night has to be "I don't care".

Then it's the turn of The Watanabes with Ayumi (the guy I met today) and another guest musician, and I have to say they sound a lot better live! After their gig, Ayumi introduces us to Duncan, the main singer of The Watanabes and we chat away for a little while. He's a great guy and when I ask him if their music is to be bought on iTunes, he just gives me their album for free!!! We chat for a little while longer with both Duncan and Ayumi and later on, Kim recognises a guy passing by. She asks me confirmation and yes, he is the main singer of this band we saw playing at this other gig, in Roppongi probably around 2 months ago. So we stop him just to let him know we really enjoyed his band that time and start chatting with him as well. Really cool guy too. Sam is his name and the bands name is Jimmy Binks and The Shakehorns:

Herewith one of their songs called Mama's got cookies.

And herewith a cover of Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise.

Anyways, I just wanted to let you know what a great evening I had.

Bye