- Vanessa May: Maybe some will think we're cursed.
Maybe some would think we're lucky to be from California.
We're from a part of California that
is, I swear, forever plagued by wildfires.
And now we have that whole atmospheric river thing
going on.
It's wild out there, you guys. [chuckles]
But I wonder whether or not we can call
natural disasters "natural" anymore.
They all seem much more ominous.
More people die, they come more often.
In this song, this next one, it's just a prayer, basically,
that we can get our #### together.
LOL.
[laughs]
["Santa Anna" by Rainbow Girls
[gentle acoustic guitar music]
? Cigarette delinquent ?
? Gets high on a brittle night ?
? ####ty beer in the backseat ?
? Of a rolling dumpster fire ?
? I'm on my knees in the front seat ?
? The doors are locked up tight ?
? So I pray to Santa Anna ?
? To bless me up just right ?
? Ooh, ooh, ooh ?
? Is it natural ?
? Ooh ooh ?
? Is it natural ?
? Ooh ooh ?
? Is it natural ?
? Ooh ooh ?
? To find yourself with no direction home ?
? Ooh ooh ?
? Ooh, ooh, ooh ?
? No amount of braking ?
? Can slow the crash of time ?
? So I pray to Santa Anna ?
? To hold me while I die ?
? Is it natural ?
? Ooh ooh ?
? Is it natural ?
? Ooh ooh ?
? Is it natural ?
? Ooh ooh ?
? To find yourself with no direction home ?
- Erin Chapin: That's Vanessa May, everybody.
[audience applauding]
["Used It All Up" by Rainbow Girls]
[gentle guitar music]
? I've been taking it, but ?
? It don't hit like it used to ?
? I've been hitting it, but ?
? It don't stick like it used to ?
? Maybe I lost it ?
? Maybe I tossed it ?
? Maybe it just faded to dust ?
? Maybe, darling, I just ?
? Used it all up ?
[guitar solo]
[gentle guitar music]
[audience applauding]
? Maybe I lost it ?
? Maybe I tossed it ?
? Maybe it just faded to dust ?
? Maybe, darling, I just used it all up ?
[audience applauding]
- Vanessa: That's Erin Chapin on the slide guitar, everybody.
- Caitlin Gowdey: I wrote this song on the day John Prine died.
That's how I felt. [chuckles]
So this is my John Prine homage.
It's called "How to Deal."
["How to Deal" by Rainbow Girls]
[gentle guitar music]
? I been thinking lately I'm getting worse ?
? At talking to people, it's a curse ?
? That I put on myself, I guess ?
? It's a kind of spell ?
? But it means I'm a witch ?
? And I'll be seeing you in hell ?
[all laughing]
Sorry, God! [laughs]
? There's a kid I know that I've never met ?
? He's learning drums on the internet ?
? And he beats himself up if he messes up the song ?
? But you'll never play great ?
? If you never play it wrong ?
[snapping]
? I can't tell you how to do it ?
? I am barely gettin' through it ?
? And there's a man I know whose biggest dream ?
? Was to meet John Prine, who he's never seen ?
? But now he'll never get the chance, I guess ?
? Our heroes die ?
? But we can still find happiness ?
? Sometimes things just won't go by ?
? They get stuck in your mind like a battle cry ?
? And I'm still figuring out just how to deal ?
? But life goes on ?
? No matter how you feel ?
? I can't tell you how to do it ?
? I am barely gettin' through it ?
? I don't know if I'm okay ?
? I ask that question every day ?
[audience applauding]
["Unwavering" by Rainbow Girls]
[gentle electric guitar music]
? I made my bed, now it's time to say good night ?
? But he called me ?
? I made my bed, now it's time to say goodbye ?
? But he called me ?
? Baby ?
? I sowed my seeds ?
? Now I'm reaping the grief, but I'm lonely ?
? As your garden grows, I pretend not to notice my faith ?
? Receding back, back ?
? Back ?
? I guess that's that ?
[steady alternative rock music]
? You don't need it, woman ?
? You don't need it, man ?
? You don't need it, woman ?
? Oh, you don't need it, man ?
? And you said ?
? "Eventually love ruins everything" ?
? I just wish ?
? My attitude was unwavering ?
? Wavering ?
? I'm wavering ?
? Made my bed, now it's time to say good night ?
? But he called me ?
? I made my bed, now it's time to say goodbye ?
? But he called me ?
? Baby ?
[audience applauding and cheering]
- Caitlin: This song's called "American Dream,"
a.k.a. be nice even when you're not rich.
[all laughing]
- Erin: Especially if you're rich.
- Caitlin: One, two, three, four.
? My dream's to someday own some land ?
[gentle guitar music]
? My dream's to someday own some land ?
? But how I'll get the money isn't fully yet quite planned ?
? My dream's to someday own some land ?
? And on that land, I'll build my home ?
? Yeah, on that land, I'll build my home ?
? I'll fill it up with kids so I will never die alone ?
? Yeah, on that land, I'll build my home ?
? Ooh, ooh, hoo ?
? And then I'll have my family band ?
? Yeah, then I'll have my family band ?
? I'll make 'em play the tunes ?
? That they don't really understand ?
? Yeah, then I'll have my family band ?
? Ahh, ah ah, oh ?
? Ahh, ah ah, ohh ?
? Ahh, ah ah, ahh ahh, ohh ?
? Ooh, ooh, hoo ?
[gentle alternative folk music]
[audience member whistles]
- Vanessa: That's Caitlin Gowdey on the guitar, everybody.
[audience applauding and cheering]
? It's nice to have a plan for growing old ?
? Unfathomable luxury, a plan for growing old ?
? It hits you all at once, then you wish that you'd been told ?
? But circumstances change, then you're kicked out in the cold ?
? But everyone's worth something ?
? And it's not their weight in gold ?
? Everyone's worth something and it's not their weight in gold ?
? Ahh, ah, ahh ?
[audience applauding and cheering]
- Caitlin: Thanks, y'all.
- Erin: How many of y'all came to the show last night?
- Caitlin: Yeah! - Erin: Oh, yeah!
[audience applauding and cheering]
- Erin: We're repeating one thing, is that okay?
One repeat? - Vanessa: Just one.
- Erin: Okay, this is our brand-new song.
["You Must Not Feel the Way I Do" by Rainbow Girls]
- Caitlin: Yeah.
[groovy alternative folk music]
? You say we're friends ?
? Didn't mean to hurt me, but you did ?
? You said we're getting to where we're going ?
? But here I am ?
? You forced my hand and yet again ?
? You've gone and left me lonely in the end ?
? You must not feel the way I do ?
? I can't stop thinking about you ?
? Seems what you told me isn't true, ooh ?
? You must not feel the way I do ?
? Don't call me a dreamer ?
? When it's you I'm dreaming of ?
? Now I'm binge-watching TV ?
? So I don't think of my feelings ?
? This final exam I couldn't pass ?
? You forced my hand, but the game was rigged ?
? You must not feel the way I do ?
? I can't stop thinking about you ?
? Seems what you told me isn't true, ooh ?
? You must not feel the way I do ?
? I can't stop thinking about you ?
? Seems what you told me isn't true, ooh ?
? You must not feel the way I do ?
[audience applauding and cheering]
- Whoo!
- Vanessa: Thanks, y'all.