We didn't come to any diffinitive solutions or anything we just rambled on and complained about how hard it is to meet new people in general...
ANYWAY.... So far this weekend has been long and darn near too much fun... If there was such thing as too much fun that is.... It started Thursday night at the Firehouse... Stoney Larue was playing.... I got there about 9 ish and I was shocked to find the parking lot basically empty and inside hardly enough people... I ran into CJ and ended up hanging with him most of the night... By about 10 ish more people had shown up and Rich O'Toole was partway through his set... (thank God) The only good thing about that band was the lead guitarist, not only a cutie but talented too.... I spent most of the last part of their set studying his technique... I know nothing about guitar playing but he was incredible... He wasn't Coby Weir or Stoney Larue or Matt Powell (my idea of the best guitarists in Texas Music) but he was good... And staring at him kept me from staring at the icky bassist or Rich O'Toole himself... I couldn't understand most of the words and the ones I could understand, the lyrics could use some work.... And the band didn't have a sound that really gelled... It could be lack of experience but it just didn't sound.... right... Ya know? AND they did a 3 song encore... WTF??!?! Thats the only opening band I've ever heard do an encore... And NO ONE was screaming for them to come back or anything, it was just that Stoney wasn't ready yet....
So CJ says he thinks he sees Matt Burns come in, I'm like he's at Kays tonight, how could he be here? Turns out I was wrong and he WAS there... He had shaved and gotten a haircut so he wasn't the Matt I remembered from last week since he looked about 15 (and he got carded for beer too!!!
). So Chris and Colin (not the one I'm into) showed up and eventually James did too... I met their new guitarist Steve... And throughout the night I rediscovered something... I LOVE LOVE LOVE tall guys... I dont know why I just do.... Anyway as it happens, Matt skipped out on playing Kays to see Stoney, the naughty monkey.... So I spend most of my time between Stoney and Rich's set talking to Matt and them, getting the latest and greatest on rumors and news in the music biz.... And also a promise of a copy of their new CD... I heart those guys... And I also found out Matt still has a copy of that first post I ever made on Galley about him... We were talking and I was like yeah I think I said you were hot or something... And hes like yeah you did and its hanging on my bulletin board at home... Sweet, I'm semi famous or something.... So Stoney eventually goes on and I go back to the front and hang out with CJ some more.... I was surprised since Stoney mostly did older stuff he hadn't done since back in the day when he didn't have a full time band... Stuff like Texas Cooking and others I can't even remember right now... It was AMAZING... There was a point when an acoustic guitar was broken on stage and pieces handed out... Nichols bit off a piece... And then Stoney poured beer over the semi broken bigger piece and let people in the crowd drink from it... I barely managed to avoid getting wet, but somehow I still did... Then towards the end Stoney goes around playing different instruments he goes from guitar to bass to playing drums... Which I didn't know he could do.... They ended the night almost all playing different instruments... It was awesome... Then I spent a bit of time 'backstage' with Matt and them, gossiping some more and bashing Rich O'Toole's band who was right behind us most of the time... Oops..
I got my CD, which I promised to review... Which I still need to do... And then I came home... Friday was rather uneventful.. I spent the morning at Mom's waiting for the UPS guy, who still hadn't come by the time I left about 130... So I went home, walked the dog and went to the grocery store and paid rent.... Then Friday night I went back to the Firehouse... This time for Josh Owen and Eli Young Band... I'm not a huge EYB fan but I do dig them... And the fact they sound exactly like they do recorded is cool too... And Josh is just a cutie pie who can play a mean blues guitar.... I ended up hanging with Susanna most of the night which was cool, since I don't get to see her alot... And during one trip to the bar I ran into a guy who swore he knew me.... The conversation went something like this... (after I had gotten my coke and put it in my koozie)
Him: Thats really cool how you do that...
Me looking skeptical: thanks...
Him: Do I know you from somewhere?
Me: Well I do come here a lot....
Him: What's your name?
Me: Alison
Him: Do you go by anything else?
Me: Yeah but thats the one I usually answer to...
Him: Like Denise?
Me: No never Denise...
Him: Are you sure you're not Denise?
Me: Yeah
Him: You look just like Denise, I swear you're her... Don't you remember me?
Me: No I'm not Denise and I have no idea who you are....
He pretty much persisted that I was Denise, I just walked away... But every time I went back to the bar he kept acting like he was going to start up with calling me Denise again... Stupid drunk man...
So I left before 1 am and came home, walked the dog and then slept most of today...
Sean came over about 530 and we went to dinner at Beck's and then we came back to my apartment where we watched movies til he left about 10 ish.... And now here I be... lol... SNL's on and Kevin would love it cuz it seems to be Christmas themed... PERFECT for him....
And now I've officially rambled on long enough and I actually think I've run out of things to write about for now... Shocking...
Laters.
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