West Coast – Pt 1

We hit 5 cities in 5 days.  Here is a brief recap:

3/10 – The Detroit Bar (Costa Mesa, CA)

kind of a warm-up show really, but still a good time.  Had some signal issues with the trailer heading up, so that ruined the high for a bit:(  Pete Brittsan filled in on drums that night, and that is always fun, but we were missing Mark Knoll as well.  I wouldn’t say it was our best show, but we hit it pretty solid.  I remember “Counterfeit Sunshine” sounding great.  We got many new fans on the fanlist, and had fun watching Republic of Letters and Runway perform.  It would be a preview of our Monterey show to come…  But Monterey would be 10x the show.

3/11 – U31 (San Diego, CA)

We were back home for this night, sharing the stage with Runway and opener Leisuresuit.  Great harmonies from Leisuresuit, and terrific use of different meters and interesting chord progressions.  It’s hard to hear lyrics in U31, but they were great (we all agreed we’d like to do more shows with these guys).  We just poured it out on this show.  Of course we always do, but this was our first night with all of Echo Revolution.  The lads were hungry, and so were the fans.  We saw some new faces in the crowd, which is great.  The crowd was great, even though we were a little slow between songs.  Got off to a slightly slow start waiting on the soundman to get Knoll’s keys up.  Still, a great start.  We packed the trailer for the long haul ahead, and I secretly prayed that we would make it back (with the same car).

…To Be Continued

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