SIX DEGREES KARAOKE (Tammy Award Party for wolfwithaguitar)

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Taking a quick look around Shawn nods in approval. Yeah, this is definitely it. The place where Randy's gonna get his well-deserved celebration big time. Renting the karaoke bar had proved even easier than he had imagined: Just some observations about certain employees and dirty deals, neatly packed into a breathtaking vision and the owner was even more than willing to make the place available. Acknowledgment of gratitude, which, of course, Shawn couldn't decline. That would have been totally rude.

The SIX DEGREES karaoke bar is a big place that somehow managed to stay comfy nevertheless. There are round tables near the bar as well as lounges in the corners. The bar itself is more of the modern kind but without looking too freaky to keep looking at it after five beers. The stage is actually perfect. Shawn checked it out, everybody should be able to see it.

It's all there, everything is ready so he hums a happy little tune as he waits for Randy and the guys to show up for the soundcheck. Not that he particularly cares if someone else decides to drop by early. If nobody shows up at all it doesn't really matter as well. Because it would only take him one call and approximately ten minutes to turn the event into something even more official than it already is and find enough random people on the street.

Yeah. No matter what, this is going to be awesome.

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Once they've carved their way through "Satellites" and a cover of Skid Row's "18 and Life," Randy knows it's time for a change of pace. Namely because he couldn't keep going all night at that level without killing his voice. But his bandmates are used to the fact that eventually, he gets to do a few Styx songs. They never do a gig without them, and at least, they seem to have developed an appreciation for Styx. Or they haven't gotten sick of it yet.

So they slow it down a little. He takes a breath and a drink, before he says, "There's a, um, there's a really important person in my life who couldn't be here tonight. My sister has always supported me, no matter what I do. She means the world to me, so even though she's not here, we're going to play her song anyway." Besides, she's sure Haley will find out about it, if not from him, then from Tara or somebody else.

And he effortlessly transitions to something a lot calmer: "Babe."

He always gets a little emotional when he's doing this one, because it's impossible not to remember that he sang it to his sister the day he left for college, but nobody would be able to tell. It's just one of his things.

Besides, it's still one of the best Styx songs ever. Probably number two on his list, if he had to rank them.