It was kind of a strange gig. We showed up while the band before us was playing--an Atlanta wedding band string of songs: Cupid Shuffle, Electric Slide/I'll Take You There, the PG version of Cee-Lo's Fuck You, and then It's Tricky/Funky Cold Medina/Oye Como Va. It's hard for me to say whether or not they were even any good. Those kind of lowest-common-denominator set lists are such a turn off, and it's not like they were trying to get close to the sounds--it was the same acoustic piano/guitar/bass thing for all of it. I walked away.
While we were setting up, Georgia Tech held their pep rally. That was kind of odd. We kind of worked around Buzz while he was throwing out free t shirts. The cheerleaders and a smaller version of the band were also in attendance. When that finished, the crowd dispersed.
Our sets were pretty good. We had three subs from the Schooner: Kevin Spencer out front, Ganesh Giri Jaya on drums, and Tom Young out front on bass. We got to play a few tunes we'd never touch with Nick and Pete leading--Love is Alive, Lonely Boy, and Thunder Island, so that was cool. Other than that, it was business as usual.
We played two sets beginning at 8 PM…we were cold and there was nothing to do and the crowd seemed confused, so we were finished by 10:15. The advance for the gig said we had to stop no later than 11 PM. I guess that was ok? I was home by 11:15. Not bad!
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