Mark Eitzel fremstod allerede fra første øjeblik hans musik og ord blev hørt, som en af sin generations helt store sangskrivere. Nu, efter år alene på vandvogn og solokarriere, er han tilbage i den sammenhæng det hele begyndte, som forsanger i American Music Club. Et band der i sin kreative storhedstid kunne male stemning af fortabthed som næsten ingen andre. I aften spiller Mark Eitzel og AMC denne kronisk ensomme musik i en tørstig københavnsk sal. Her en top-10 over San Francisco-bandets stærkeste sangøjeblikke:

01. Western Sky (fra California, 1988)
02. Why Won’t You Stay? (fra Everclear, 1991)
03. Sick Of Food (fra Everclear, 1991)
04. Pale Skinny Girl (fra California, 1988)
05. Highway 5 (fra California, 1988)
06. Yvonne Gets Dumped (fra The Restless Stranger, 1986)
07. Outside This Bar (fra Engine, 1987)
08. Royal Cafe (fra Everclear, 1991)
09. Last Harbor (fra California, 1988)
10. Patriots Heart (fra Love Songs For Patriots, 2004)

WESTERN SKY

Time for me to go away
I’ll get a new name, I’ll get a new face
Time for me to go away
No I don’t belong in this place

But I’m not gonna ask you why
You think the parade has passed you by
Or if everything good is gone into the western sky

I hate to see you look that way
All the beauty has left your face
That’s such an easy thing to give away
That’s impossible to replace

So I’ll take you in my two weak hands
And I’ll throw you so high
Watch you fall forever in the western sky
And when you land you’ll turn into some kind of prize
Into somebody’s sweet prize

I won’t see you no more
Who am I to rate that high
The world’s a shadow of what went before
The world gives off none of its own light

So please be happy baby
And please don’t cry
Even though the parade has passed us by
Well you can still see it shining in the western sky
So why won’t you stop crying
You can still see it shining

© Mark Eitzel