Show Journal 2001-08-17
Finally our first stadium show. Well kind of. Tonight’s show was at a baseball field in Roseburg, OR. The show was a benefit to help cover with the medical costs of a local Roseburg kid who we were told is in a coma. That’s what we heard and it’s a good enough reason for us to play the show. Back to the stadium. The “stage” was a truck bed that was setup right behind home plate and the crowd stood out on the grass in the field. It was kinda weird especially when they turned on the stadium lights in the evening. The sound was pretty good for an outdoor show but only if you stood about 50 feet back from the stage. People who stood up front made us feel welcome but couldn’t have really enjoyed the show because it sounded like ass up there. A lot of people came up afterwards and gave us plenty of generic comments like “thanks for coming out” which actually translates into “You sounded like ass tonight but under different circumstances I might really enjoy your music.” So true. More technical difficulties tonight … my input jack broke on my guitar, I broke an A string and Justin’s guitar cord broke in the second song. That’s 3 cord failures for us in a month. In typical central Oregon fashion we had to cut our set to 7 songs. That kinda sucked for us since the van is in the shop and we had to rent a trailer for the 4 hour drive to Roseburg. 8 hours of driving, 20 minutes of setting up and 20 minutes of playing. I’d like to be pissed about it but it was a benefit so really who cares? It’s more about getting everyone together for a cause than seeing a technically perfect show. Thanks to Paint By Numbers for inviting us to play and also thanks to Easy Target as well. Special shout out to everyone who came out to see us last night in Eugene!
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