This was our last of a half dozen shows at the Tongue & Groove, and probably came off as smoothly as any of them. And by “smoothly” I mean we only had one memorable instrument meltdown (Aaron’s bass lost power early in the set), most of the mics worked, and I think no one wanted to strangle anyone else on stage during the performance. Success!

We loved the scene at this place, but the logistics of the power set-up/break-down for the 45-minute set sandwiched with two other bands never suited our style. We’d be barely warmed up, Andy’s mic would finally be on, Mike would finally manage to tell the guy running the soundboard that he couldn’t hear anyone in his monitors… and then we’d be getting the boot off-stage for the next band. Ah San Francisco.