Thoughts On The Preons Gig 5/22
The Preons are sounding better all the time. I think our Thursday night show at the Comet tavern was really good. Janie and Josh were very solid, and Brad was his usual awesome self. Good stuff all around, with everyone reaching for new ideas during the more free moments of our set.
We shared the bill with two other bands, so we played last. On a Thursday night, that usually means the last band has an 11:00 start at the earliest. The first band on the bill was a duo from Idaho who few in to play the show. They were very cool and played great. We spent some time chatting with them afterwards and I’m sure we’ll play together again. The middle band on the bill was musically good; but they had (1) a lot of gear and (2) apparently didn’t own a watch. After taking a fairly long time to get set up and line checked, the band then left the stage and went outside to smoke / hung out in the bar / stand around for another 20+ minutes before beginning their set. Although I did enjoy hearing them play, when their set was over the band immediately abandoned the stage, leaving their gear behind. They took another 10-15 minutes to return and clear their equipment from the stage. When we finally had sufficient control over the stage to set up our gear and begin playing, it was much later than we had expected. I didn’t get home until around 1:30 AM, which made for a pretty wiped out Friday at work.