Finally...Friday nights pics...

The band played the last set at Club 152 at 10:15 pm on Friday, closing the semi-finals of the 2008 IBC. The crowd was ready and we were ready. We opened with "Born In Maine", our version of "Born In Chicago"), went into a aggressive version of "Tore Up", slowed down with Matt's "Back To Livermore", and ended with "Crusin 27". Unlike Thursday night (we were flat) with PA issues all night...no monitors, mike's shorting out, etc....tonight's gig was dead on...the soundguy, Steve, had rewired most of the house system....showtime... The crowd was into it and so were we....in the zone for the entire set....both Matt and Kyle stepped to the front and let it rip....Rich and Dave were like a sledgehammer....ringing all night...only stumble was when I almost went down trying to cross behind Dave to do some backup vocals with Matt on Rich's song. Our guitar chords got tangled and I almost unplugged myself, along with almost falling... we just laughed it off and didn't miss a beat. Nothing could be better than playing the final set on Beale Street dead on....we pretty much knew we weren't going to the finals but wanted to end our time on a positive note....we did!!!!

This post would have been done sooner but we stayed out much later and enjoyed Beale Street. Some members of the band didn't get in until 3:00am. Today was short as we all went to the Finals at the Orpheum Theater...just 10 killer bands but that and more pics will have to wait...





Nothing like a great performance to end the trip!!!!