Taking a step back in time

It was like we stepped through a time warp.

We arrived at the bar in Montrose where we were scheduled to play at 5:30. Our show started at 8.

When I walked through the front door, I knew this was unlike any bar we'd played in before. As we began loading in our equipment, the bar owner asked Bill (who was running our sound), "They aren't going to be loud, are they?" Without missing a beat, Bill answered, "Oh no."

You know because girl rock 'n' roll bands always play so quietly.

The bar is a replic of a Victorian tavern complete with elaborate woodwork, antique bar and lots of antique-y things adorning the wall-papered walls. The bathrooms were clean and there was toilet paper and paper towels. There was no vomit and/or pee stains anywhere that I could tell. Unusual indeed.

We got the sound ready (Thanks to Bill for running the sound so aptly and even more thanks to Scott for putting together our sound system and teaching Bill how to use it) and then got ourselves ready — our "getting ready" time is much decreased since we started wearing our jumpsuits. I love our jumpsuits.

As people started to arrive, things got even more strange. The first few folks through the door were ... um, how shall I say this without sounded like a dillweed ... they were the very regular patrons of the Montrose Arts Council (that had paid us to come to Montrose) and not at all the typical rock 'n' roll band audience.

But they stayed through the first set. We didn't seem to scare them away until we broke out our cover of AC/DC's "Shook me all night long" half way through the second set.
Even though it wasn't a typical bar or a typical crowd, it was a typically fun night with the girls. The crowd was generous with their applause and praise and there was even quite a bit of dancing which makes for a fun show. But, man, did it fly by. Our three 45-minute sets were over quicker than any show — without any glitches or snafus. It was just a rockin' good time.

So a big Woot! to Montrose.