pittsburgh

April 30th
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Smiling Moose
w/ Sort

I expected Pittsburgh for some reason to be flat and boring, it wasn't. It had the feel of a Pacific Northwest city. There was a huge river, beautiful bridges, and lots of cool shops.

Across the street from The Smiling Moose was a guitar store. The six of us stormed in like a hurricane, picking up guitars and playing them as loud as we could, unplugged. The lady that worked there didn't know what to make of us. Allen bought a really nice blue Squire Strat at the guitar for under a bill. Squire Strats are hit or miss, but this thing plays really nice.

As was kind of typical on this tour, the local band on the bill canceled and it was us and a band from Virginia on the bill, no local support.

The sound guy was really nice, I offered to smoke him up but he pointed me in the direction of the bartender, Scooby. Scooby looked like a tough biker, but as soon as we got him downstairs he was the nicest guy in the bar. They had chips and salsa, he gave us free drinks, and when he heard we were driving through the night to get to New York he gave us some red bulls and some chips for the road.

I don't really remember our set. Luke drove through the night and we were in New York City traffic by about 9am Thursday morning.