Griff's Landing - 5/5/06 & 5/6/06 - Frederick, MD

By far the best weekend we've had at Griff's. Solid crowds both nights. Had a lot of friends and fans come out to the show, which was great. Dancing, singing and drinking--just having a good time.

Friday was Cinco De Mayo and everyone was out celebrating. We even whipped out an impromptu version of "tequila" for the festivities. Lord knows there was a lot of that being imbibed. There was a good dancing crowd--And what night would be complete without beautiful girls on stage with tambourines?

For "Roadhouse Blues" we had a guest singer, whose name I don't even know or remember. There was a guy who requested some Doors, so we played "Peace Frog" first. When we started to go into "Roadhouse," I was adjusting my harmonica so I'm not really sure how it came about that this random guy became the lead singer. Regardless, he nailed the song. It was almost as if Jim Morrison himself had come back to sing with the FLB. It really brought the house down.

On Saturday, Randy and I actually went to a barbecue before the show at a friend's place downtown a couple blocks from the venue. After a few Guinni (plural of Guinness), a burger, a few kabobs, wings, a couple of small pieces of vodka saturated watermelon that were pretty much forced upon me, as well as some other various cookout delicacies, I was ready to rock. Randy and I grabbed our guitars and walked to the show.

Saturday seemed just about as good as Friday. Lots of folks at the show, yelling, dancing, the whole bit. My brother Steve came out to the gig with some of his friends and it was really good to have him there. The whole Long clan was in attendance.

After the show, a small group of us decided to hang out down the street. Ken was actually the only one in the band who punked out and went home, although in retrospect we probably all could've used the sleep. I ended up not getting back home and into bed until about 6am Sunday, which was kind of crazy considering I had to be up at 10am to make it to the Arlington benefit.