| | JUNE 13/08 FAYETTEVILLE, NC ,Shenandoah: The Doghouse Bar & Grill
Category: Blogging Shenandoah rolled out of Nashville around 1:15 am and started the journey to Fayetteville, NC. This time we had Jim Seale's son, Jake and his friend Mike along for the ride. It was good to see Jake again...it had been quite a while since he'd been out with us. Bart, Mcguire and myself played songs and hung out in the back lounge till early hours, (what's new)... while the rest of the crew watched some comedy in the front.
We arrived at the Doghouse Bar & Grill 1:30 Friday afternoon and proceeded to load-in. It was a wooden stage set up in a patio/courtyard setting behind the bar and restaurant. It was another scorcher.. the sun baked down on us ..like we were sittin' in a skillet and the humidity sure didn't help. Reminded us of the last two outdoor shows we had done. That's how it is in the South. * (We also had good friends Lin and Harriet come hang with us.)
While the sound company finished running lines, Jake picked up Jim's guitar and astounded us all . The progress he'd made in the last year on the guitar and bass was simply amazing. Like Father, like Son..it is definitely in the DNA!
In the parking lot next door, bikers were doing stunts that were quite entertaining as well as loud. I could hear em' over the band mix..even with headphones on. We got a little video footage of the some of the tricks they were doing..so check it out on myspace.com/shenandoahfans
We finished sound check and dinner was served in the restaurant at 5' o'clock. We ordered whatever we wanted. I got the chicken fingers platter and a salad. Bart got a rib-eye..I wish I had ordered that... When my plate showed up..I was shocked! There on that platter, was probably 3 lbs of chicken...maybe more..I wish I had gotten a picture.
Each "chicken finger" was the size of a big chicken breast and there were, I think, seven of them! I also figured the number of french fries was probably in the hundreds. Maybe they were cleaning out their chicken inventory. After a good twenty minutes I managed to actually eat all of one of the chicken "fingers"... thirty fries and I was Done...Full..Finished! Jimmy Yeary put the rest of what I left, on the bus to be consumed over the next few weeks. lol Wow..they must have taken a good look at me and decided I hadn't eaten in a while.
After the dinner adventure, everyone but Jim S. squeezed into an SUV to go back to the hotel for a little r&r and showers. Folsom and Yeary got a little exercise in while the rest of us lazy ones watched tv before cleaning up. Yep, there's always one or two to make the rest of us look bad. :) Our ride picked us up at 8:30 and we headed back to the venue.
We had a pretty cool opening act that played covers like Steely Dan's , "Reeling In the Years" and other great classics... it's always nice to have a good band open up for you.
Shenandoah hit the stage at 9:30 and rocked the place for a sweaty but energetic 75 minute set. After load-out we signed autographs and took a few pics with the fans. Our driver showed up and we took the road around midnight.
Jake put in a creepy movie I had never heard of called, "Silent Hill" and it was one of those that was quite disturbing at times. I got up at one point to go up front with the driver and managed to step in the deli tray that had been put on the top step...not the usual designated area for such items. That was a first for me.. and maybe all of mankind...to place a tennis shoe square in the middle of lunch meat and crunchy green lettuce. Mike Mcguire and Bart seemed to get perverse pleasure out of that moment and arrived on the scene immediately with video camera in hand. The exact words to capture the sensation of marching through a deli tray with Nike's are hard to come by but you can hear more about it on Shenandoah's myspace and facebook pages.
When the movie was over, one by one... we made the long trip down the hall to our bunks.. drifted off to la la land and arrived in Nashville at 9:30 am. Our driver, T.J. made good time. Once again, as we unloaded the bus.. I think we realized..another country music adventure had been had by all...
Down the road... Stan
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