We saw Mark Eitzel last night at Johnny Brenda's.  This time he was just singing (instead of fussing with a guitar and singing) and that, my friends, makes all the difference.  From his first note to the last, Mark was amazing. Literally. Amazing.  

He's one of the few people who I've seen live that sounds perfect on his albums and 20 times better in person.  He could have sung the whole show without the mike, his voice is so powerful, and did several times.  Magical.  Perfect. Enchanting.  He was accompanied by a piano player, who was *awesome* and perfectly in sync with Mark.

They seemed to really be enjoying hanging out and singing for us.  I loved hearing him cover I Left My Heart In San Francisco and Me and Mr. Jones (changed from "Mrs.").  And, of course, I loved seeing him perform his own songs, like The Decibels & The Little Pills ... as you see below from a previous show (with some horns, which we didn't have).

If you watch the video, he seems to ease into this one, and by the time he gets to 3:30 on the timer, he's totally in the zone.  He was in that zone the WHOLE show last night.