On the road again. After a refreshing few days with family and "friends" (see "girls trying to pay their way through college"), we hit the road and headed to Atlanta to play Smith's Olde Bar with our new buddies Hightide Blues (http://hightideblues.com/). I had heard a lot about this joint and have a lot of friends who have played there, so I was shocked when I arrived and found that no one had ever told me how delightfully charming the backstage decor was! In short, it's my hypothesis that many of the musicians who have played Smith's have taken the liberty of adding their own dashing accents to the walls, most of which are creatively influenced by the combination of two main themes:
1. The names of other bands, and...
2. A youthful, nostalgia-inspiring brand of humor that, for so many of us, is tragically lost when we shed the innocence of childhood for the laborious rigors of modern adulthood.
We really must take a moment to appreciate musicians, for they have for centuries ignored the call of society to graduate from juvenescence, and in doing so, have proven to us that their seemingly sophmoric tomfoolery is actually a reflection of a society who has long since forgotten the nectar of youth's sweet taste.
At least that's one explanation.
Here's another...
Backstage at Smith's from Austin Hartley-Leonard on Vimeo.
Ramz, warming up the pipes.
Aust and Ramz, playing to a packed (ish?) house...
Ramz...after hearing the "Taco Mac in Atlanta, GA" story...it's kind of a classic. We didn't end up eating there.
So...Hightide Blues went on after us and killed it. Great band, great tunes. While they're playing, a few young ladies wander over to the merch table. Here's how it goes...
They say "Hey, we really enjoyed your set, you guys were really great."
Twenty minutes of conversation go by...
Then I say "Fantatstic, sounds like a great gig, thank you so much for inviting us. Ramz and I have never played Tuscaloosa before, but it sounds great. So nice to meet you, we'll see you there next week."
Tour serendipity, you are a sultry vixen.
To be continued...
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