A crazy night at Pies and Pints. After a loooooong weekend after a looooooong week, the Sunday night residency at Pies and Pints rolled around. When we were kids and starting to get cranky, or sick, or hungry, or hot, or cold, etc… my Dad would always say “get some sleep, that’ll make you feel better”. While annoying to hear as a child, it often is the perfect solution. Needless to say, my sleep deprivation and consumption of a few pints made last night kind of slide into the ether.

The crowd mainly consisted of a group of kids that are good friends and came from all over the region (bellingham, portland, colorado). Bellingham’s Scarlett Runners kicked off the night with their old timey harmonies. Some nice mandolin licks there as well. When the second act wasn’t there on time, I asked a couple folks in the audience if they wanted to play a few tunes. I noticed the woman showing her buddy her newly acquired washboard, so it wasn’t far fetched that they knew what they were doing. They (Mongol Juice?) closed out their short set with a great rendition of Purple Rain! Next up we played some ‘hot bluegrass’ (Tom, Johnny, Pat, and myself). Following us, a couple touring guys that are intimate friends with the Nettlehoney crew played some solo sets. First was some really intricate guitar work, closing out with Stairway to Heaven. Next up was Grif Snyder of Denver’s Dovekins. He sang original songs in the vein of Feist & Flaming Lips. Everybody was singing along with him. By this time of night, everybody there was pretty good friends and it had a very campfire feel. We ended up playing a few more ‘hot bluegrass’ tunes with Tim Wettmiller and Milly ‘Racoon’ joining in on fiddles.

Our current sound setup seems to be by far the best and most versatile. It handled every group and their instruments/vocals perfectly. One large diaphragm condenser for vocals and two small diaphragm condensers for instruments.

A couple pics below…

0 Comments | Posted by Michael Spaly in Shows