Slow Drags tour entry #2.

Sunday, September 16th, 10:48am. Boise, ID.

The second gig was good. Set up was easy, and we started playing pretty solidly, although we were having trouble with the vocals in the monitors. The place was medium full, and got fuller as people arrived from the Boise State game. It wasn't packed by any estimation, and like we're used to, we got the old spiel from the bartenderess or doorman: "Sorry, guys, we're not usually this slow." In this case, apparently, it was due to the street fair across town and the punk music fest out in the desert. Still, Zach's friends all came out, and by the end of the set, there were enough clappers and dancers to get our energy up nice and high; I'm not ashamed to say that we really rocked it. There were a few downers: 1) we didn't get paid very much, because the headliners had a huge guarantee which wasn't met — the bar manager gave us $100 as a thank you because, as she told me, they really like us a lot and want us back on a night when there's not another headliner to take all the cash; and 2) the aforementioned headliners were rather dickish. The bass player was really impatient to get us off the stage, though we were hustling our asses off - he even started pushing our stuff out of the way while we were packing up. They didn't acknowledge us on stage, which is just impolite. I went up to the drummer afterwards, and I don't think he even knew I had played before him; Scot got the same feeling from the lead singer. We have played with other "established" acts in the past, and have had similar experiences, and I hope we don't turn out like that. Nevertheless, it was a good night – we played well.

Upcoming: watch some football today, eat some food, practice a little, chill out. Rawlins, Wyoming, on Tuesday night.