Man, what a fun night. The trip, as usual, was arduous – If you’ve ever driven I-5 from LA to SF you know that’s it’s a lot of nothing for three hundred some miles… Lot’s of time to talk, laugh, play Cube Runner on my iPhone, ruminate, sing, laugh… Laugh.
Some pics from inside the van:
We found ourselves pulling up to Grant & Green about 7pm, double parking and unloading. Ran the sound ourselves and only had three mics for the three vocals and drum set. A lot of 80s-style mic sharing when Stephen and Phil harmonies came around… Serious fun.
The crowd was very warm and receptive, the staff was cool and collected and my white shirt was see-through by the end of our set. Such a warm stage for such a cool night… Thanks go out to all the awesome people that moved and grooved and met us after the show.
The aftershow party brought pizza, drinks and the awesome Little Italy/Chinatown atmosphere. I bought a melodica at a cool, little music store just around the corner from G&G and we closed a couple of bars… All to wake up the next morning to try and find a breakfast joint that didn’t just serve bagels and coffee. Rico’s famous burritos did the trick but, on the way, we passed some very impressive grafitti and I couldn’t resist snapping some iPhone pics:
Some pics from the top of Lombard Street:
And, on the way back to Los Angeles, our blown tire experience:
Awesome, awesome trip. We’ll be back upstate soon…
Tags: pics, San Francisco
July 14, 2008 at 3:07 pm |
This is good stuff! Especially the picture of the boys sleeping. Keep blogging!
July 17, 2008 at 11:15 am |
Even at my age, I long to go on the road with a band.