Hollywood. February 7, 2004. The Troubadour
Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:20 pm
Hollywood FEBRUARY 7, 2005 Troubadour
Ok. I figured it out. If you'll allow, I want to officially appoint you guys as the photographers of Eisley live shows. You're doing a better job than i am anyway (those crappy screen clips take me forever to produce). And besides, I simply can't find the time to do it - with out endangering my very human bean.
HEY! Eisley's record is actually out. It's out of the bag. It's on the streets. And that's boggling my bean. Or maybe it's 'cuz I'm drinking a 5-shot venti latte because the Starbucks guy loaded it up, moved it down the line where a Starbucks lady lloaded it up with the 3 more shots (the original 3 I'd asked for). So... the effect seems to be that I'm cracking more jokes that nobody gets. So...I can't recommend this.
THE TROUBADOUR SHOW
Sold out show. Amazing evening. It felt like a mini-premier. Room Noises went on sale. (100 at the show) Friends/fans were there, the Launch.com team was there, The Director's club people were there (video), management was there, tons of WB peeps were there... good times.
My rating is very high. In fact... Austin fans are probably going to gore me with their giant cow horns - but I have to rate the Troubadour 8.9 because the crowd bellowed 'n' screamed 'n' whistled at eardrum-blasting levels after almost every song.
I'm not saying the show was as tight as Austin's, but that even decreases the odds for a LA victory; in fact, the two singing sisters couldn't hear themselves in the monitors - which lead to occasional stray pitches. And there were lots of little goofs; chalk it up to pressure - Hollywood is the toughest for the band - I suppose because WB, who are their biggest fans, comes out in droves to hear them. oh well. Don't cry for me Austin. You heard the best show to date.
The enthusiasm of the band and the crowd really covered any small problems with sound. It was a wonderful crescendo leading up to a surprise finale'. You know, at the Troub', you sorta have to do the encore thing. I think it's just the way it works best there.... those stairs leading up to the loft where you can see the band behind the glass, etc. Whatever. They broke their grid and planned a few songs in case anybody wanted more:
"Sea King" is Blake's fav' - I think I told you guys that. Since day one, he insisted they play that song - at least in sound check. At the Troubadour, he got his wish - and then some - by replacing Weston as drummer for the catchy, old school, tune. There was great euphoria in the house. I was laughing the whole was through the song.
Blake said it was his most cherished, favorite moment of the tour. He's a very decent drummer actually but said he was almost nauseous while waiting backstage for his debut drumming moment. It was definitely a defining moment in the Winter West tour.
I had my worst moment. The moment I realized that the battery to my video cam was dead - and my charger was left at the hotel. That sucked. That was hard to get over. Alas, the Troubadour show, on the eve of their cd release is only recorded in my mind...
Anyway, the set ended with a lovely performance by Stacy of her new hit (with me) tune: "Just Like We Do". I hope some of you are listening to the record. You might get to hear it on one of the later shows on this tour. Anyway, the song brought great closure to the show. Everyone seemed to really, really love it. (i heard it on every breath as the mob made their way over to the merch booth: "oh my gosh... I love that song", etc.)
Thanks - all you crazy Californians for tipping the Texas scales Westward. You know, we're all "in the West". One big Western bunch of rugged individualists. ye ha and all of that - little doggies.
This copy is being written while on the road - leaving LA toward San Fran. Now we're in a San Fran Hotel and I gotta head 'em up and move 'em out. bd
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