Wow! Take about 12 inches of heavy snowfall, bad road conditions, good beer and a room ful of great people that can walk to a pub and you've got the makings of a great party. It was, by about midnight, just like those late-night gigs at the Fairview Inn in little Talkeetna (as a reference for my Alaskan readers).
Otherwise, it was a party- Granite City Style!
We played the bulk of the show straight. Lots of groving blues, some shuffles and a bunch of stuff from the new CD. And then something clicked around midnight. Might have been that completely over the top version of "I want you to love me", with extra funk and greese. Or "Cross Cut Saw", but the room just exploded with dancers on the tables. It was too bad we had to quit at 1 a.m., we were good to go for a couple hours more. Especially with an energetic room like that. Shoot, I'd play all night for folks having that good a time. Hope you all made it home safely!
The puzzled looks on the bar tenders was worth it all, I don't think they see unbridled mayhem like that very often.
Next gig is the Paddock in Portlethen. Hope to see some of you there, because we're moving the party
