Sweet show yesterday, definitely one of the stranger locales we've played. We were originally supposed to play at the Riverfront Park, but it got moved to their rain site under the 787 overpass (it didn't rain). Sounds weird, but it was kind of awesome. Big stage, and there were at least a thousand people there (probably more). Even had catering backstage! The only downer was the acoustics of the overpass... there was lots of slapback echo that made it a little difficult at times, but we managed to get through it. The whole thing was pretty wild. The whole staff was supremely nice. Even found out the dude doing the monitor mixes, Adam, lived near our hood in Mass for a whole year and even went to school in Orlando. It's a small world after all.

Also bumped into our friend Pat, who'd recognized the tunes and popped by. Really good chatting to him. Hadn't seen him since we played Saratoga Springs back in 2007 and he let us crash at this house.

It was fun playing with Ryan again (hadn't played with him since Arlene's back in May). His band, Keeping Riley, just got signed recently and they've been writing a new record, and Travis (on loan from The Motion Sick) was terrific. We were opening for an Eagles cover band who, despite my slight distaste for the Eagles, were actually really good. I think they actually do this for a living, so they have to be that tight.

Have to run out the door in a bit, so gotta cut it short. Playing Provincetown Rocks Festival today. We'll see how that goes. Haven't seen any terrible rumors swirling around since it started on Wednesday, so perhaps it's a good sign that all's going well on the Cape.

Henry

PS: Here are some phone pics from Albany. Annie took a bunch of the show itself, so we'll probably have those up soon.