Last night's show was at a small venue in Charleston called Friends and Company. We've been hearing a lot of good things about this venue from friends and other bands, so we were excited for the show.
We rolled into town at about 7pm, passing by a house with about 20 or 30 hippies hanging out on the front porch, who gave us a nice welcoming holler as we rolled by. The load in was easy, and the owner, Mike, ordered us a few pizzas so we continued to feel right at home.
When the doors opened, the place filled up within a matter of minutes, and the local opener, Phillips and the Screwdrivers, got things warmed up for us. We then hit the stage for an intense 2 hour set and kept the crowd raging.
At the end of the night as we were packing up our gear, an over-exuberant fan attempted to hoist himself up on the stage to say hello, using Jordan's keyboard as an anchor. Before anyone could realize what was happening, Jordan's keyboard and light controller went crashing to the ground. The keyboard no longer works, and the light controller has questionable functionality, which we'll have to test out tonight. We then spent an hour or two at the hotel after the show looking into our insurance policy and thinking up contingency plans for how to deal with the broken gear (rentals, repairs, replacements, etc). A total pain in the ass, but Jordan is handling it very well.
On our way to Davenport for a show at the Redstone Room, of which you will hopefully see a report on here tomorrow if we can manage to stay committed to this blog for more than a day....we'll see. :)
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man broken gear right before festy season!! no good.... i remember at the canopy one time after the show the keyboard started falling and janis caught it. nice catch!RIP
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