Boise, ID. February 13, 2005
Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:43 am
It's 7:40 and we have just a few minutes to grab our gear and get out of here. I wanted to leave Boisians a place to visit and comment. I surely have my own words about the show...but, alas - I'm getting sucked out!
Talk soon. bd
BOISE FEBRUARY 13, 2005 The Big Easy
It's hard to concentrate right now. Hard to recreate the experience. We're now stove up in Salt Lake... not actually in the lake, and our friends (Thomas and fam) are playing a bunch of eisley stuff...like video's and the Launch thing on a big screen - surrround sound. I finally got a little sleep so my brain is thick; and, i haven't had any coffee.
THE BIG EASY.
The small room. It's this fancy club - you can get food, there's a nice bar, and there's a big venue downstairs. Lot's of huge artists have been there - like Creed.
But first - it took us 11 hours to get there. Wait before that - the night before - we got in at 3:00am from the Crocadile Club in Seattle. I finished mapping the next days journey and dealing with TM stuff - and fell asleep on the hotel floor, eventually climbed into bed after 4:00am, set my phone alarm for 6:00am and crashed for a few. Tours are not as glamorous as they might seem.
Anyway, we pulled out at day break; Kim drove the first few hours through the mist, I took over and drove 9 straight to arrive in Boise in just enough time to get a line check; At first it was awkward. Nobody was very friendly. But we sure were warmed up when the venue fed us some sweet gourmet food. They even fed our famiily. Yum. Then later, we met up with Antrider and Nicole...we had coffee at a nice little shop next door, the venue filled up with maybe 150 people or so (very small room) and...
It was rough. Eisley was rough. The PA was rough. The Colour somehow blew out a powered monitor... omygosh, the burnt wire/smoke filled up our senses... the entire room smelled weird. It wasn't a great night for the band, but that Boise crowd was really, really, enthusiastic. I'd rate the crowd at 8. The band was so shocked. It turned out to be a great experience and the venue was super glad we were coming back for the NFG tour in the big room.
We pulled out, drove to a grocery store and bought healthy party food; I crashed in the van; when they returned, I was so out of it, I couldn't figure out how to unlock the door. Anyway, we found our way back to the amazing Red Lion Hotel, had our food party and crashed.
the end.
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