wizardmickey
02-03-2008, 07:05 PM
Alrighty... I sure wish some of ya's lived close enough by to come and see us when we do these silly things! But, that aside...
Last night went well, all things considered.
Chris was still congested and squeeky, but he sang as much as he could until his voice started going out. Stevie took up the backing vocals Chris usually does when I'm singing lead, and I not only sang a few extra of the numbers I do lead vocals on but picked up a few of Chris's. I had some vocal issues during the 1st set because my monitor blew a fuse and I couldn't hear anything on my side, so I over compensated and wound up screechy on a few songs (not according to the crowd though.) I was also trying a new home remedy of fresh ginger root tea with honey... it only made me dry! Dump that out and go back to what works best lately: ICE water!
I was already in pain leading up to the show, but managed to make it half-way through the second set before my back became real bad and quickly tossed down a pain pill. My knees held well right up until we did "Rock & Roll all Nite", when near the end I was squatted down and had trouble getting back up. Needless to say, the wife saw that and duly admonished me afterwards.
We were called back up for 2 encores... the lounge manager wanted to close at midnight sharp, but due to the demanding crowd he told us to get ourselves back up there NOW! We'll get a break for a week, then the week after we go back there for some Wednesday night shows (apparently this is the night they have the most business... in the middle of the week?) So all of next week we'll be working up songs for when we hit the studio on the 15th.
Seemed easier (maybe?) to post the first new picture we got last night and if you just go to the next it should take you through them all... if not, let me know. We have more pictures that haven't come in yet taken with special lenses, so I'll link them too when they get developed.
http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z221/flyingicemanvx/RELIX-2/?action=view¤t=100_3430.jpg
Last night went well, all things considered.
Chris was still congested and squeeky, but he sang as much as he could until his voice started going out. Stevie took up the backing vocals Chris usually does when I'm singing lead, and I not only sang a few extra of the numbers I do lead vocals on but picked up a few of Chris's. I had some vocal issues during the 1st set because my monitor blew a fuse and I couldn't hear anything on my side, so I over compensated and wound up screechy on a few songs (not according to the crowd though.) I was also trying a new home remedy of fresh ginger root tea with honey... it only made me dry! Dump that out and go back to what works best lately: ICE water!
I was already in pain leading up to the show, but managed to make it half-way through the second set before my back became real bad and quickly tossed down a pain pill. My knees held well right up until we did "Rock & Roll all Nite", when near the end I was squatted down and had trouble getting back up. Needless to say, the wife saw that and duly admonished me afterwards.
We were called back up for 2 encores... the lounge manager wanted to close at midnight sharp, but due to the demanding crowd he told us to get ourselves back up there NOW! We'll get a break for a week, then the week after we go back there for some Wednesday night shows (apparently this is the night they have the most business... in the middle of the week?) So all of next week we'll be working up songs for when we hit the studio on the 15th.
Seemed easier (maybe?) to post the first new picture we got last night and if you just go to the next it should take you through them all... if not, let me know. We have more pictures that haven't come in yet taken with special lenses, so I'll link them too when they get developed.
http://s194.photobucket.com/albums/z221/flyingicemanvx/RELIX-2/?action=view¤t=100_3430.jpg