Thursday: Norcross, GA. We played at a business party behind a building in an industrial park. They were more of a listening crowd than a dancing crowd, so it was a bit odd when they wanted us to play overtime. A pretty painless night, with the only hiccup being midway through the first set when the power went out. The audience didn't seem to notice, though. I think we got away with it!
Friday: Our second attempt at covering the Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense. All in all, better than the first time. My feeling was we were much more relaxed about it and played the songs instead of our individual parts. It's always fun to do something different. Keisha and Kourtney on background vocals, and Jason Nackers on drums.
We're going to hit this show again early next year at the Variety Playhouse (it's sold out twice at Venkman's), so I think it's probably time for me to stop borrowing gear and actually purchase a good synth for this gig. That being said, I was able to load out in record time.
Saturday: We played at a charity concert in Johns Creek. It was a rather excited crowd, if I do say so myself. Everybody we dealt with was cool to us and greatly appreciated our participation, and the crowd was pretty bananas by the end of the night, which helped to offset some of the fatigue of "third night in a row." Also, nice venue! (except for the giant roach that kept showing up on stage).
Johns Creek School of Rock opened the show with a very impressive set of classic rock. They also had a meet-and-greet in our dressing room while I was taking a nap. Word is that I slept through two-thirds of it.
As an extra treat (and extra rehearsal for next weekend), we had Keisha and Kourtney on background vocals for the night. They are awesome.
Next Friday: Thriller at the Variety Playhouse!
