• Poor House Bistro (open mic) – March 2, 2020

    1. Sparrow, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. The Tyger, by William Blake © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Poor House Bistro (open mic) – February 17, 2020

    1. If, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. A Drowsy Day, by Paul Laurence Dunbar © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Poor House Bistro (open mic) – February 10, 2020

    1. Ships That Pass in the Night, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. The Sparrow, by Paul Laurence Dunbar © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • James Lick High School – February 7, 2020

    1. The Sparrow, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. The Dove, by Paul Laurence Dunbar With Principal Marco Menendez on percussion. This was one of the last regular events at school before the COVID lockdown. © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Poor House Bistro (open mic) – February 3, 2020

    New arrangements: 1. The Sparrow, by Paul Laurence Dunbar 2. The Dove, by Paul Laurence Dunbar © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Poor House Bistro (open mic) – January 27, 2020

    1. Scarborough Fair (arrangement) 2. Heart of Gold (Greensleeves) 3. Corona, by Ernest Hemmingway © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Poor House Bistro (open mic) – January 20, 2020

    For MLK Day: Pride (In the Name of Love), by U2 MLK, by U2 Both songs are featured on U2’s fourth studio album, The Unforgettable Fire, which was released in 1984. © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Poor House Bistro (open mic) – January 13, 2020

    From Three Stories and Ten Poems, some arrangements: 1. Corona (Mitraigliatrice), by Ernest Hemingway 2. Captives, by Ernest Hemingway 3. Old Soldiers Never Do Die Well (Champs D’Honneur), by Ernest Hemingway 4. Chapter Heading, by Ernest Hemingway NB: Original titles in parenthesis. © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • Poor House Bistro (open mic) – January 6, 2020

    1. “War Is Kind,” by Stephen Crane (arrangement) 2. Caesar’s Lament (original) © 2020 – 2021, Mark R. Adams. All rights reserved.

  • “The Old Year Now Away Has Fled”

    Set to the tune of Greensleeves, “The Old Year Now Away Is Fled” dates to as early as 1642. It was a common practice, then, to set new lyrics to familiar melodies, and Greensleeves, which dates to the 1500s, was a popular melody. The version I present retains the chord structure of the tune, but…