McGrath's - 2/23/06 - Harrisburg, PA

The night at McGrath's started out with with a bang. Not long after I arrived and started unloading my equipment from the parking lot across the street, a misunderstanding (and thus a confrontation) between myself, the parking attendant, and two other guys ensued. The details are not really worth recounting, but I'm happy to report that all ended peacefully. But not without a moment or two of thinking a brawl was about to happen. Never a dull moment.

Then as I was loading in, the guy who books me at McGrath's (a very cool guy named Adam) put the Flinchy's song on the jukebox. We just started laughing and joking around. I love a guy with a sense of humor.

The show went very well and the three of us had a blast. Ken had to sit this on out because of a long day at his job (jobs...whatever man), so the FLB was rockin' the acoustic trio. We joked around a lot and played quite a few never-played-before-let's-see-if-we-can-pull-this-out-of-our-ass tunes. They included "Slide," "Mr. Jones," and " Wonderful Tonight." Chris made his FLB vocal debut singing "Wonderful Tonight" and it rocked. I had no idea he could sing like that--the ladies were swooning in their seats.

Some LVC friends were at the show and it was nice seeing and talking with them. We also were helped by the same sweet waitress we had last time, Jessica. She's about 5 foot nothing and absolutely adorable. You just want to take her home with you. However, and this is a big "however," I believe someone told me a while back that she's been in a relationship with Adam for a while now. Ixnay on flirting with the girlfriend of the guy that hires you.

All around, a good show. The ride home was nice as usual, except that I was sweatin' that I might run out of gas before I got home. The needle was WAY in the red and occasionally it would dip past the "time to push" line. But alas, the blue dragon didn't let me down. All was well.

Tonight we play at the Ott House in Emmitsburg, MD, near Mt. St. Mary's University. I've heard that the MSM folks know how to get down, and that excites me. For those about to rock...