In the driving snow, even.
Traveling with The Larry Bagby Band through the frigid tundra in Utah and Idaho, having a degenerate Nixon-era-like ball, Idaho State froshling orientation meltdown gig notwithstanding. All the same it's always refreshing, especially at 20 degrees, to be appreciated as a musician.
LA: "Get the hell off the stage. Now."
Idaho Falls: "OK, just come back in a couple hours and we'll have a whole PA for you. And a bass amp. And anything else we can cobble together for you. YOU!! And we don't even know you, but we like you already."
LA: "You want what? Fuck you. Twice."
IF: "Wine? At our beautiful wine bar? Have all you want. In fact, now that you're done with your fabulous set that you concocted out of thin air at the very last minute in the snow, each one of you please take a bottle home."
LA: "Oh. Right. You're playing here tonight. Hhhhuuuuhhhggg. That'll be $200 please."
IF: "You did such a wonderful job tonight. Everybody loved you. We're ashamed and mortified that we can only pay you $200. And we humbly marvel that there's only $300 in the tip jar."
LA: "Buy me a drink. No, make it five drinks because I'm so very talented."
IF: "Let us buy you a drink, because thank you for bringing your talents to us."
Us: "Um...Wha...Why is everybody here so nice and friendly and helpful?"
IF: "Welcome to Idaho. We really like you."
A truism; sometimes you gotta take it to where it ain't. And that can be really, really hard, especially since sometimes you really don't know where you're going. Witness our gig at Vino Rosso in Idaho Falls tonight. We booked the gig from the road, an hour before we loaded in, and absolutely slayed. They bent over backwards to welcome and accomodate us, and sang along until we were all purple in the face. So much fun.
And new songs in the works too! I've been recording up at GetReel Productions in SF with Robby P., and getting some truly wondrous sounds. "Ticket To Mexico" and "True North" are the two great big songs in the offing, and as soon as I can clear my throat I'll be able to "sing" them and they'll be done. A new EP is on the way soon, so kindly stay tuned if you will.
Posted by eric at January 11, 2008 01:35 AM