Euchre

Every Christmas tour it happens. A game becomes THE game. Everybody plays it most of the time. This time it's threatening to be euchre; a midwestern card game generally dominated by grandmothers. Andy Gullahorn and I have been beating Marcus Myers and Bebo, but tonight we were overthrown in a highly contested 10 to 9 win.

Tomorrow shall be their reckoning.

Last night's songs:
High School Band
There is a Reason

Comments

[Geof F. Morris]

It's too bad that my brother and I haven't played in maybe 15 years ... I would put the Morris boys up against the Andys. Film the whole thing and put it on YouTube.

[Bethany]

grandmothers! it's also a favorite among college students [a much cooler and more hip crowd...]

[Darcie]

Hi! I just wanted to tell you that I attended the Christmas show tonight in Leawood and loved it! The artists I saw on stage tonight appear to be such real, honest, and, vulnerable people and this shines through all of your music. Thank you so much! (and I wish I could be all of your friends-lol)

[Elizabeth]

I went to college in Indiana and EVERYONE there played it. Except for me...I managed to make it through four years without playing a single game of Euchre, a fact in which I take delight.

[Alexander The Green]

Actually, euchre is a Michigan game. It started there and is played best by us. Not to sound bragadocious, but I run with a pretty tough euchre crowd. P.S. Farmers hand is lame.

[Seth Harper]

I only played euchre once, but I was totally awesome at it. Of course, I grew up playing Rook, and that's a pretty similar game.

[jason]

My freshman year at the University of Cincinnati Euchre was the ONLY thing I learned my first quarter (as evidenced by my 1.8 GPA). Once I got the important stuff out of the way I was on the deans list for the remainder of my career but that first quarter was all Euchre all the time.

[Stephen]

Andy, don't forget. On Sunday night in Memphis...play "Wanted."

[eiijah]

I have requests for Saturday in Richardson:

1. "Trying To Get This Right" or "The Roses"

2. "Hold The Light"

Pretty please.

[Mark Miller]

Eucher! Yes! That came dominated my college choir tour. Dude, sometimes you just have to go for a broke with a loner hand and end the game... nothing sucks quite like being up 9-2 and then the enemy pulls of two loner hands in a row to end it...yes, I have experienced this :)

Anyways, thanks a ton for the tickets last night! It was great seeing you again and hearing some great music :)

[Jim A]

Andrew,
See you tonight at the show.
Tonight in Sugar Land, how about :

- Hold The Light
- Swing Wide the Glimmering Gates

And maybe you could whisper subliminally to Andy G to throw in
- If I Were and the Secret or More of a Man

I'm praying for traveling mercies over the next fortnight for all of you.

Jim A

[michael]

I've never played a game of Euchre in my life, but i am quite fond of playing the game Nerts