12/19/08, My Bar
It was a crazy weekend starting at My Bar which was the second time 80 PROOF performed there, but my first time. The guys referred to me as the "My Bar Virgin" all freakin' night! ;) We had such a great time with all of our friends there showing their support. We've gained quite a following since our Houston Press nomination. The sound that night was unbelievable too! It always helps to have a good soundperson behind the board adding that extra pump. He added some cool effects to our vocals and the drums sounded phenominal! Thanks a lot to Mike that night for running our sound.
The show was incredible and the people were loving it. Chaka was the lucky man that night though with a bra being thrown at him from one of the pretty girls in the audience. ;)
We tried out a new song we had never rehearsed as a whole and it rocked! Thanks to everyone who bought the band shots....lemon drops are the bomb! I felt it during the 3rd set and who knows what kind of outlandish things I said or did during that set, but it was all in fun! The crowd loved us and that's all that matters. Our last song of the night was Paranoid by Black Sabbath featuring our drummer Joey on vocals. He totally rocked it! What a good way to end the night!
12/20/08, Beach Bums Bar
Okay! This was our second time at this place and I guess because of the HOLIDAYS, there weren't as many people as we anticipated. Danny Divar filled in for Jason with only 2 practices before the show. He did a lot better than everyone expected and kicked some serious butt! It took some time for he and I to feel the natural chemistry Jason and I have, but towards the end, we were definately feeling it! The crowd that night ( if you want to call it that ) was hard to read. We couldn't tell if they were enjoying the show or not, but after the show was over, everyone came up to us to say what a good band we were and how much they enjoyed it. They even bought us two rounds of shots. Yummy Yum Yum!
