Lets begin at the beginning shall we. First off the show at McMenimans on St Patrick's Day was AWESOME!!!!!!!! The place was packed and full of energy. The sound was fantastic also. Getting there was quite a challenge. It was almost a 9 hour journey full of extremely disgusting and juvenile conversations. Let me tell you, stuck n a small space for that long with that many musicians creates quite a unique dialogue. We covered everything from the German language to broken penises.
On Sunday after getting a great night sleep at the Best Western Plus in Troutdale Oregon we took off for Seattle. Little did we now what we were headed for. We arrived at 3pm at Deborah and Pepper's house, friends of Maggie and Gary. We took a load off and had a wonderful dinner prepared by Debbie and the headed off to The Central Saloon for our first gig with our touring buddies The Darn. The Central Saloon was built in 1892 and seems to be n ts original state. A huge room with booming acoustics the Saloon sound s loud. We all arrived around 7:30pm assuming we start setup at 8pm and start playing at 9. Well the sound guy did not show up until 9pm. So we had time to kill. I walked up to the bar where Paul and Lewis (from The Darn) were splitting a French Dip sandwich to say hello to them and was approached by the bartender. She was a awkwardly exotic young woman with a blue Mohawk and a low-cut shirt. I wasn't planning on drinking before I played but she asked me with assertion what kind of beer I wanted. Being the professional I am I blindly asked what her favorite was. She answered and I sad okay give me one of those. Paul looked at me with confusion and asked me if I liked flavored beer. I said no why? He told me I just ordered a Blackberry Porter. Ugh. It arrived and I paid her and took a sip. Paul leaned over and asked if I liked it. Nope but I drank t anyway! What a dork!
So the sound guy finally showed up at 9pm. It took about an hour to set up everything then he had to have a cigarette before he did sound check. By this time all the people that come to see us had to leave. The Darn started at 10pm. Ths was the first show I played with the Darn and t went better than expected. There was one funny thing that happened during the set. We had just finished a song called Dumbass on the Mountain which is about people who climb Mt Everest to prove they are studs and end up dying. It is a funny song. Anyway after the song one of the bartenders approached the band with three shots of whiskey. She handed them to Paul and said these are for my boyfriend who died on Mt Everest. Paul replied with a low "awkward". She then continued that she has a rule that she buys a round for anyone who can offend her. Paul responded with "if that's the case I'll be drunk n 20 minutes"
Due to the fact the computer I am using to type this is missing the ( i k , 8) keys it has taken me an hour to write this much by cutting and pasting and continuously spell checking. I have had enough for one day. I will continue with more tomorrow.
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