Show Journal 2002-04-19
It’s been a while since we played somewhere totally new so we were all pretty stoked on playing Bainbridge Island. The drive up was nice because going up and down I-5 to Seattle really gets to be a drag sometimes and the variety was a welcome change. The show was at a high school and since we were there so early we decided to grab a basketball and play a game of Horse. Sadly though the game took about an hour since none of us could make it in the basket. Despite the lack of actual running involved in Horse, the three old men in the band (i.e. – not Justin) were all tired afterwards and regretted our decision to play before a show. The show itself was pretty fun. There were quite a few people there and they actually had two band areas set up which was kind of cool. The first band (made up of two VERY young kids) played first on the main stage. After that there was another band (who’s name is escaping me right now) setup in the opposite corner of the floor. They played while we setup which was pretty unique because it didn’t give people time to get bored. When we were done setting up, they stopped playing, we started and life was good. The show was cool but I must confess that the sound on stage was awful, bordering on terrible. The amps were all about 3 feet in front of Jim so he couldn’t hear anything we were playing. The stage monitors weren’t working and as we later discovered they weren’t plugged in. (Insert groaning sound here). Still there was a crowd, they stood up front and they seemed to dig us so we can overlook the terrible sound on stage. When we finished, the other band (the one in the corner) played again, and eventually the Daryls took the stage. They sounded great and the kids loved them. That’s not a surprise though because they totally rock. After that the show wrapped up and we all got to bail pretty early. Thanks to Kelvis, Sam and Chris for walking the trail of tears to come see us play.
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