We ventured out again into the world of $4 gas for 3 shows in 24 hours this past weekend. We took our good friend Eli Kilburg out with us to open up all the shows. You probably know him, but if not keep an eye open for his band, Barefoot Compadres.
Friday Night 6/6/08
Charlie's - Coralville, IA
This is a brand new live music venue in Coralville, Iowa. Eli opened up and played a great set. We caught his performance and had a great time.....probably too much fun according to our tab. I'm not sure what Charlie's secret is but 3 of the most beautiful women in the world worked as waitress there. Charlie, we salute you! After Eli, BIT took the stage and played two LONG sets... It was fun for us to get some jamming in. Most of our shows are very planned out and kept to one two hour set but this one was just an open jam with long solos and trading fours, we even pulled out a couple of brand new songs. It was a blast and we even had one of Charlie's waitresses, Regina, join us on stage for some great blues. After the show we loaded out, took a cab to Hardees, ordered lots of food, pissed off everybody there (apparently Hardee's employees don't appreciate the humor of Tenacious D quotes at 3 am), ate the most delicious spit burgers we've ever had and headed to bed. Thanks to Kaylyn for putting us up at her place. We greatly appreciate it!!!
Charlie's - Coralville, IA
This is a brand new live music venue in Coralville, Iowa. Eli opened up and played a great set. We caught his performance and had a great time.....probably too much fun according to our tab. I'm not sure what Charlie's secret is but 3 of the most beautiful women in the world worked as waitress there. Charlie, we salute you! After Eli, BIT took the stage and played two LONG sets... It was fun for us to get some jamming in. Most of our shows are very planned out and kept to one two hour set but this one was just an open jam with long solos and trading fours, we even pulled out a couple of brand new songs. It was a blast and we even had one of Charlie's waitresses, Regina, join us on stage for some great blues. After the show we loaded out, took a cab to Hardees, ordered lots of food, pissed off everybody there (apparently Hardee's employees don't appreciate the humor of Tenacious D quotes at 3 am), ate the most delicious spit burgers we've ever had and headed to bed. Thanks to Kaylyn for putting us up at her place. We greatly appreciate it!!!
Saturday Afternoon 6/7/08
Bandshell - Independence, Ia
After filling up on Breugger's Bagels we traveled an hour north to Independence to play an antique car/motorcycle cruise. We arrived, loaded out, played about an hour set in scorching hot weather, met some new faces, loaded up, took showers with bottled water and headed to Dubuque. It looked like alot of fun, we just didn't have time to enjoy it.
Bandshell - Independence, Ia
After filling up on Breugger's Bagels we traveled an hour north to Independence to play an antique car/motorcycle cruise. We arrived, loaded out, played about an hour set in scorching hot weather, met some new faces, loaded up, took showers with bottled water and headed to Dubuque. It looked like alot of fun, we just didn't have time to enjoy it.
Saturday Night 6/7/08
The Busted Lift - Dubuque, IA
We pulled up to the Busted Lift about 8: 15 pm and did a quick load-in/sound-check before most of the band headed over to Kelly's parents house for showers. In the meantime The Busted Lift filled up and Eli started soft-rocking. Once again he played a great set and even got the "Encore" chant. We all cheered on as he pulled out Folsom Prison Blues to end his show. We got up and played two hours of the hottest show in history. Apparently "the lift", (as the regulars call it) doesn't need air conditioning because we all lost about 10 pounds of water that night. We had a great crowd, again we played a few new songs, we got a bunch of requests for "ready and waiting" which we hadn't played in over two years.....but we busted it out and surprisingly to all of us went much better than expected.
The Busted Lift - Dubuque, IA
We pulled up to the Busted Lift about 8: 15 pm and did a quick load-in/sound-check before most of the band headed over to Kelly's parents house for showers. In the meantime The Busted Lift filled up and Eli started soft-rocking. Once again he played a great set and even got the "Encore" chant. We all cheered on as he pulled out Folsom Prison Blues to end his show. We got up and played two hours of the hottest show in history. Apparently "the lift", (as the regulars call it) doesn't need air conditioning because we all lost about 10 pounds of water that night. We had a great crowd, again we played a few new songs, we got a bunch of requests for "ready and waiting" which we hadn't played in over two years.....but we busted it out and surprisingly to all of us went much better than expected.
After the show we loaded out and headed to our friend Norman's place, where we were crashing for the night. While talking to him on the phone getting directions to his house we were passed by two police cars going somewhere fast.....about 20 seconds later Norman says "cops are here, i've got to go!".... so we followed the police lights directly to his house and waited for the "all clear!" After some quick thinking and smooth talking from Norman we all walked into the house while the police were still in the front yard trying to figure out where all these people were coming from. We ate chili dogs, drank scotch, and laughed at Norman's gay dogs all night long. Thank you to Norman and Kerrie for the hospitality.
When we woke up the next day we headed over to an early afternoon brunch at the lovely Jess' house. Thank you to her, her mom, and ana, for cooking us some of the most delicious breakfeast food we have ever had.
After all that we headed for home....belly's full and tired.
After all that we headed for home....belly's full and tired.
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