To close a weekend full of music all over San Diego county, Chuck Brodsky drew a full house on a Sunday evening. He'd played Friday night as part of the Tim Flannery & Friends celebration and CD release at the East County Performing Arts Center. On Saturday he shared the stage at Java Joe's with Joel Rafael, Berkley Hart and Tim Flannery. And on Sunday, Tim & Jeff Berkley warmed up the crowd before Chuck came on for a wonderful evening all his own.

Flannery was joined by Berkley, Dani Carroll (visiting from Nashville) and Joe Gierlach (all the way from Kentucky). Performing a short set so as to give Chuck more time to play and those in the audience plenty of time to enjoy Chuck's music. Flan kicked off the show was "Son of a Coal Mining Man," the opening track from his new CD, "Highway Song." Jeff Berkley followed with his own "Texas Line." They rounded out the 4 song set with Flan's "Island Lullaby" and a great cover of Gillian Welch's "One More Dollar."

With no delay, Flan introduced Chuck who took the floor with ease. Known for his story songs and his songs that tell baseball stories, Chuck lived up to his reputation by opening his first set with "The Day Dock Ellis Pitched a No-Hitter on LSD," (it's a true story!) He rolled on with "Bill and Annie," La Migra Viene," a song written while he was working in fruit orchards, and "Just Past the Third Dead Cat," which are literal directions to his house near Asheville, North Carolina. A few more songs including "Bonehead Merkel," "Our Gods" and "Radio" were played with stories to match to the captivated crowd. Chuck's unique voice and obvious talent for songwriting had every person hooked.

After a short break, Chuck returned with more baseball songs and stories including "Letters in the Dirt" and a tender-hearted "Max Patkin's Gone to Heaven." Chuck met Max, the Clown Prince of Baseball, and wrote the song, which was originally called "Max Patkin's Going to Heaven." Two weeks after meeting Max and hanging out with him, he passed on and Chuck had to change the title of the song. Honoring one of the reasons we were all there, Chuck played a Woody Guthrie song, "Pretty Boy Floyd" followed by his original songs "Boys in the Back Room" and "Goodbye Kid." Flannery joined in for "Take It Out Back" and Chuck performed one of his more well-known songs, "Blow 'Em Away."

For an encore, Chuck took us back to his childhood with the humorous "We Were Jews" and closed the show with an incredibly beautiful rendition of "We Are Each Other's Angels." It is a true statement and was a perfect way to end the night.

Thanks to everyone who was able to make it and we'll see you here again soon.

Check out some photos from the show!