Joey Winter of the Steelwells

Editor's note: Fullerton five-piece the Steelwells are playing Mondays this month at LA's Silverlake Lounge, where in recent years the venue has hosted Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Neko Case and a secret show by Beck, just to name a few. Each week, Steelwells singer-guitarist Joey Winter shares his thoughts on the performance. Here's the third installment.

Night No. 3 at Silverlake Lounge with Aushua, Wake Up Lucid, and the Monthlies, and the first night of Storm Watch 2010!!! Despite all the panic over the rain (I know, I know, there was a giant tornado and the earth stopped turning),  we had a fantastic turnout. Those that came early were treated to my apple cranberry cookies that I am planning to make again this coming Monday due to popular demand. I will not, however, have milk available so you may have to wash it down at the bar. But at least you won't start the evening drinking on an empty stomach. 

Editor's note: Fullerton five-piece the Steelwells are playing Mondays this month at LA's Silverlake Lounge, where in recent years the venue has hosted Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Neko Case and a secret show by Beck, just to name a few. Each week, Steelwells singer-guitarist Joey Winter shares his thoughts on the performance. Here's the second installment.

Joey Winter (right) of the Steelwells

Sitting outside EL 7 Mares eating my fish taco and Mexican Coke before we headed up to the Silverlake Lounge for soundcheck all I could think about was wether or not the hot sauce would catch up with me on stage. As much as I love spicy food my belly and I have often disagreed on what is an acceptable level of heat. For once, I considered how I would feel on stage and took it easy. Robbie (our bass player) and I have often shared this meal together while quietly deciding whether or not we should throw caution to the wind and get one more taco--sometimes the taco wins.

This past Monday night was a lovefest with the Romany Rye, Yellow Red Sparks, the Rambles, an dus the Steelwells. Truly a great group of bands. It was all hugs and mutual appreciation of each others' music for the whole evening.

Editor's note: Fullerton five-piece the Steelwells are playing Mondays this month at LA's Silverlake Lounge, where in recent years the venue has hosted Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Neko Case and a secret show by Beck, just to name a few. Each week, Steelwells singer-guitarist Joey Winter shares his thoughts on the performance. Here's the debut installment.

The Steelwells with Joey Winter in the center.

"So how are you going to play guitar?" Seemed to be the prevailing question I heard leading up to the first night of our residency at Silverlake Lounge. My response? "Carefully." I had dislocated my shoulder about a week prior to the show and wasn't really sure if it would stay in place as I am prone to get carried away at times on stage. Once we began all consideration for pain was gone and we got on with the business of what we do. We all felt pretty comfortable on stage and despite the fact that we tend to be the biggest critics of our live shows I think it generally went well for us. If you were there and you felt there were some notes missed you should get your ears checked, though. Or maybe I should.