David Freeman Music

A few more shows as fall ends... October 23, we played Chastain again. This show was originally to be at the Roxy, but we moved it. Quite a bit chillier than our night here in August. I am a big wimp about being cold, so as soon as this show changed to outdoors, I started watching the weather.   Other than a few random gear malfunctions, there was nothing really to talk about for this show. This used to be our Thriller/Purple Rain  show, but now everybody does that, so other than one song off each album, this was mostly our usual stuff. Can Chastain be just another night on stage? I guess so. I did play some nice stuff in the dressing room before we went on, so there's that. October 28, we played the Georgia Theatre in Athens. Yay for this one! I do love playing this room, and we had a great crowd, especially for a Thursday night. Unfortunately, I had another issue with my gear--this time with my effects pedal that I use for saxophone stuff. I first noticed at Chastain ...

...but first...some other random gigs! First up was our trip to Charleston (Isle of Palms, to be exact). We played the infamous Windjammer, a dive bar right on the beach that attracts some pretty big names. If you've ever seen us at the Park Tavern in Atlanta, this had a similar, but sandier, feel. They did have dogs in the bar, though. All total, there were three chocolate labs, and they were all very sweet. I had wireless microphone troubles again on this gig (for whatever reason), and it squashed my whole mood about this one. It was probably an ok gig, but I was preoccupied with the equipment gremlin.  Here's a random hotel room--the window was on the side wall, just past the desk. Not something you see every day. The next day, we played a wedding behind a beach club. When we showed up for load in, the tent company was only this far into setting up. Evidently, whoever packed the truck forgot one critical piece that held the whole tent together, and so the entire operation g...