Bryan Wachs and Friends

Bryan Wachs and friends perform an improvised variety show mixing spoken word, comedy, and parody songs. The set jumps between whimsical mountain stories, Tennessee nostalgia, and absurdist characters like Grandma Nick the sheriff, with the audience joining in throughout.
Chapters
Peter Brown doing a shot without me is against the law. That's right, there's a new damn sheriff in town, and his name's Grandma Nick. Intermission. We'll do a quick holla and swallow. Here we go. There's the big snow, there's the big sun. It's all been fun all week long. This ain't a man to be replaced. They say in the distance he's not here. Still I remember every face. Every man who took the hill. I see my life gone. From the west down to the east. Any day now, any way now, I shall be released. Swells in the corridors so loud. Swells back on our bleeding frame. I'll see my light come shining from the west down to the east. Birds stop at doorstep singing sweet song. Oh, little Eve, you're in charge. Sing this little message for you and more. He's a little star I wrote. I want to learn it. No, no, don't worry. Be happy. When you worry, you start to frown. That'll bring everybody down. And don't worry. Be happy. Don't worry. Be happy. Ski happy, Norway ski happy. Norway ski happy. He got no cash, he got no style, he got no gal to make you smile. Don't worry, be happy. In everyone's life there will be some trouble. When you worry, you make it double. Don't worry, be happy. Don't worry, be happy. Smile at the rising sun. 3 feet of fresh— [FOREIGN LANGUAGE] —sitting on my doorstep. Singing sweet songs. It is pure and true. Singing, this powder day is for you. Woo! I love living in the mountains. Every day I get up, I go, "God Almighty, I got a pretty wife and I live in the mountains with two good dogs." Life is good. I wish I could play like that. I'd fire you and get all the girls. Thanks, y'all. Woo! Jesus, I feel good. I feel like I need another cold beer. Yo, long-haired hippie fella behind the bar, he's You, your redneck buddy, bring me a beer, will you? Much better. my brothers and friends. There was always something to do. Had me a couple of real nice girls. They come around and see me once in a while. When I think about those days, all I can do is sit and smile. That's Our hearts were beating because— yeah! Yeah! I wish today would last forever but it begins when it passes quickly been running around little country town we're going next to He's broken. All that to say, when I was just a baby, my mama told me something. Always be a good boy, don't you ever play with guns. I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die. Yeah! That is nothing but fun! Wonder, my baby, then I get back to Tennessee. Jim Louderback. Tennessee, Tennessee, ain't no place I'd rather be. Baby, won't you carry me back To tell the— [MUSIC] —scene. Tennessee, Tennessee, there ain't no place I'd rather be. Baby, won't you carry me back to Tennessee? Hey, hey, Wacko! I know, Wacko, you just take breaks when you want to, show up when you want to. Freaking lottery winner. Trust on me. Sleep till 11. Just like Bill over there, the banker. Sleep till 11, get up, get there when you want to. Miss me when I'm gone. What is your baby? Roll in your baby's arms. What is your baby? Roll in your baby's arms. You guys have been awesome. We're gonna be right back in a minute. Thanks so much.
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