THREE T-SHIRTS AND A BROKEN FOOTSWITCH

Last night’s gig with Rock Hard at Bardi’s was off the rails!

But what’s a gig without a Spinal Tap moment?

Right before soundcheck, my footswitch broke. Under my foot! Went to tap on it and…nothing. The sound guy tried fixing it and said “It’s done, man.” So with some quick thinking, I pulled the cable out from behind the amp and my tone came back! I said to the band, “No clean tones for me, only distortion” and I didn’t hear any complaints.

Why would they? 😉

So with that out of the way, we positively ripped through two sets’ worth of classic rock/metal/grunge (and, sigh, we did “Zombie” as per a college kid’s request…her night was complete though!) Alongside our tried-and-true Zeppelin, AC/DC, Motorhead, Audioslave, we debuted “Mother Mother” by Tracy Bonham. Safe to say our singer Alana owns that song now. Period. Also, got to do “Dogman” by King’s X!!! Yeah, my black heart is very happy 🙂

Not a big turnout but still, those who showed up were left slack-jawed at how we all brought our A-game and then some. I am not bragging, people. When you can get people to fist-bump and high-five you during a set, you’ve done something right. And I went through three t-shirts?! THAT’S HOW YOU PUT ON A SHOW!!!

I have nothing now until July 27 with Evolution at Tony’s Pizza, so my “tour” is on hold. I need to recharge and rest my fingers. And hair.

And buy a new damn footswitch!