Last night: Hard Rock Cafe in Berlin was a fun show. Great sound. Love it when the sound-guy’s switched on & good. Was a long day by the time we hit the stage. We had a great time. It was an unusual vibe though. Berliners go there to sit down, eat dinner & watch a band. We’re not used to that. We feed off crowd energy. It’s much harder to pick when people are sitting down over a steak. You’re looking for heads nodding & faces smiling, feet tapping. The place was packed. Like the Espy back home, but with meal tables in the front bar, right to the stage. It’s an interesting, challenging exercise to work a crowd like that. Gotta say, I was happy with how we went.
Ren (The Vagrants) & Max rocking in the catacombs of Gotha.
Then tonight, we had a show in Gotha. A beautiful, fairy-tale architectural place. We played in a club set up in the catacomb basement of an old, ornate building. Had a great show. People dancing, singing. Max writhing on the dance floor during a keyboard solo. Sweat flying. Nice.
Back at the hostel now. Sleep. Tomorrow off. We’ve had five shows in a row.
Fires out.
April 13th, 2013 on 1:54 pm
It’s the same at Hard Rock Cafe Saigon, except that the dining tables on the dance floor are removed before the band starts playing. You get a pretty good vibe here.
April 13th, 2013 on 7:34 pm
Cool buddy. Yeah, they don’t remove the chairs at this one. So it’s wall to wall tables. We stood on the front speakers a few times & things got pretty precarious for the diners at the front.