As always, yesterday’s show was ridiculously fun. Playing at the Blind Beggar Pub always has kind of a “going back home” vibe for me. It’s probably a combination of it being the first place we ever played live and the great atmosphere that Adam, the manager, promotes to help foster new musicians in the local scene. You never really know what to expect when you’re paired up with bands you’ve never heard of before, but I’d have to say last night’s lineup was stacked!
Opening the show was Vic Patt with nothing but his melodic vocals backed by folky acoustic riffs. I’m usually a little biased when I see a one man setup. I always imagine how much better it’d be if you threw in some drums and maybe a bass, but with Vic I didn’t think about it for a second. His cover of Coldplay’s Yellow especially caught my attention and took me a minute to place the song since he had really made it his own.
Next up was Burlap Sac. These guys kicked in the door with a unique kind of ska and hip-hop sound which kind of reminded me of the Beastie Boys. They gave off such an energetic vibe the whole show and you could tell they were loving it! Their lead singer also happened to be their drummer which always gets my attention and my undying admiration. In my opinion, it is by far the hardest vocal + instrument combo to pull off, and pull it off he did. The rest of the band was just as impressive each adding in their unique vocal styling for layers upon layers of rap, harmonies, shouts and even some beat-boxing!
Finishing the night, after our set, was Pretty Ugly. Man do these guys know how to rock! With their shredding guitars and pounding rhythms you just couldn’t help but get into their music. It also happened to be their bass player’s first show. Oh, and she’d only started playing bass 3 months ago. Yeah, no big deal…
For our turn, we pulled out a new Red Hot Chili Peppers cover along with our newest song, Magic Eye, which is probably the most rocking song we’ve written to date. Every time we play I just can’t get over how cool each and every one of our fans are. They show up and rock out like no body’s business leaving a trail of party induced destruction in their wake… and I love it! Without you guys there really wouldn’t be that much of a point to doing what we do and I can’t thank you enough!
