Thursday, April 30, 2009
So. Like I was saying... We recently started playing some gigs locally, and needless to say... we are loving it. At a recent gig at Mesa Ranch in South Austin, we began playing our "hit" song M'Stache only to find out that we were playing to a room full of undercover Mustache enthusiasts. We'd never seen people so excited to hear about facial-hair (other than ourselves during practice sessions).
We also went "backstage," meaning in the bathroom to wait for the riff-raff to clear out of the bar so we could come out for the VIP's and sign autographs, etc. I believe, however, that some sort of swine-flu scare broke out in the bar while we were "backstage" (or something similar) because when we came out, nobody was left. In fact, we were actually locked in the bar and had to climb out via the bathroom window, which, by the way, had not been cleaned in quite some time.
But overall, I think it was a great gig. We tried to sell T-shirts, but apparently ours aren't "professionally printed" and "cost too much" and "would be embarrassing to wear" and "are just white undershirts with sharpie writing on them." Some people just don't understand the music biz, as we call it in the biz.
Anyway, we WERE invited to play at a house party in Houston in June... So of course, we'll be road-tripping soon and have already gassed up the El Camino. We'll keep you posted.