Show Journal 2001-04-20
Back to Anderson after almost a year. Our past shows there had been absolutely incredible and we were dying to return. In fact we were so excited we drove all the way from Portland to Redding (about 7 hours) just for this one show. The show was supposed to start at 6:00 but there was some mix up about the start time so it ended up starting around 7:30. The first band finished playing and then everyone was forced to sit and wait 45 minutes for the drummer of band number three. How is this possible? Band number two was using the drum set of band number three so everyone there (including band number four) had to sit around and wait for the arrival of the drum set. Eventually it finally arrived and life was good again. In fact life was real good because Hand Over Fist rocked so hard that it was almost scary. Those guys ruled. The bad news was that due to the delay they had to cut their set short which was a shame since they played so well. Hand Over Fist was cut short, but Spent was the band that really got screwed tonight. They were told they could only play 10 minutes since they held everyone up. Ouch! They ended up playing a few extra songs but the thing that really sucked for them was that they had to play without their second guitar player. Rumor has it he was at the show at one point but he never returned to play so they had to play without him. Note to Justin … please don’t ever do that! They pulled it off ok and I thought they sounded pretty good. Due to all of the delays a lot of people had taken off by the time we played so the crowd was down to about 25 or 30 people. The crowd size was a little disappointing but I think we all still had fun. Rumor has the low turnout was due to two factors, 1) a huge car show in Redding and 2) the fact it was 4/20 and people wanted to “party”. Speaking of which at exactly 4:20 on 4/20 we were in Weed, CA getting gas. Crazy huh? Anyway, back to the show, we played three songs and then just started taking requests for the rest of the show. It’s always cool when people know your songs. The drive back to Portland kind of sucked, but there was one memorable moment. At one point Justin asked Dave to hand him his coat and Dave handed him a box of doughnuts. You know you are driving way too late at night when you blur the line between clothing and junk food. Thanks to everyone who stuck around to see us play and extra thanks to Brent for busting out the ‘Clerks’ shirt!
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