An Evening Of Music At Tap That Glass

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​An Evening Of Music At Tap That Glass

      A couple of weeks ago one of my fellow members of the Licking County Ukulele Club,

...Matt Hopper, ukulelist par excellence, dulcet-voiced tenor, and master of the banjolele, which is a cross between a banjo and a ukulele, 

...shared with the club that he would be performing an evening of music with Caleb Powers, singer and gifted player of numerous instruments with the Virginia bluegrass/folk band Hackensaw Boys,

...at Tap That Glass, a bar and music venue in Newark, Ohio on Thursday, February 15.
      And so on February 15 Tom and I drove 29 miles out to the Columbus exurb of Newark where we sought out Tap That Glass, only to be initially confused, as the place apparently also goes by the name Franks & Sammies.

      However, once we got ourselves sorted out we were able to find our destination, 
a cheery  place with a fun rock and roll motif,

...and a stage at the front of the room, as there's live music here every Thursday night.

       The music was to start at 7 pm, but we arrived at 6:30 to to snag a good spot close to the stage, which we were able to do, and also to have some dinner beforehand.
       The menu was, as suggested by the Franks and Sammies reference in the name of the place, a vast variety of boutique hot dogs,

​...and a plethora of intriguing sandwiches, many of them sausage-based.

     I played it safe and went with the Gyro Sandwich Meal served with fries and macaroni salad, 

​...though I traded the macaroni salad for baked beans, which I subsequently gave to my mate, who ordered the Meatloaf Sandwich Meal.

     My gyro was first-rate, thanks to the tasty meat and outstanding tzatziki sauce. Tom, sadly, was less enthusiastic about his meatloaf sandwich. But here's the thing: Tom is always on the prowl in search of meatloaf such as his mother used to make, but though he's tried the meatloaf in restaurant after restaurant, no restaurant meatloaf has ever come close to the quality of his mother's.
       So anyway, if anyone knows of a restaurant that serves a primo meatloaf, please share. Or I'd even be appreciative of a terrific meatloaf recipe, if anyone has one. I've never succeeded in making  a decent meatloaf, either.
       By the time seven o'clock rolled around the bar was full almost to capacity of folks who'd come to hear the music,     

...which was wonderful.
       Matt and Caleb's voices and instruments blended harmoniously in an engaging  program of bluegrass, folk, country and traditional tunes, most of which they'd been hearing, singing, and playing all their lives, having learned these songs from their dads' band, The North Fork Rounders.

      They also played some old-timey fiddle tunes,

...among them this  one called Katydid.

      And so the evening was a delight. As were the two musicians who gifted us with their music.