So at the Southside show last weekend, Spencer and I pretty much got life lessons from a drunk hobo sitting on the curb. "Don't go f***ing everything you see like rabbits. Keep it in your pants, kid. Save it for marriage. You got a lot going for you guys. Don't mess it up. Play some music for Jesus every once in a while. You could have no love at all and everyone could hate you and look down on you but you still got Jesus who loves you. You're gonna have a lot of hard times and things going agaisnt you but you gotta keep going."
We had some time to kill before our set so we walked up and down the strip, checking out all the antique stores and bars, it's a cool little place. And this guy sitting there with a bag in front of him and half his teeth missing calls me over and he's like, "what are you doing with your life?" "Uh, music i guess" "You look like a musician. you're skinny"
I don't know. I guess if it were for anything, it would be for what happened an hour later. I broke two strings, one on both guitars, and they just happened to be the two string we didn't have more of. I kept saying we shouldn't go home, we should keep trying to find a way to play the show, because i was definitely going to play that night. So eventually the singer from Common Roots did us a huge favor and gave us two of his strings. And we played an awesome show.
Also, to plug a little bit, we made some friends that night... Tomorrow's Rumor are a pop punk band that played a couple hours after us, so we hung out at Mangia's with them until they played. Unfortunately, despite the fact that Spencer and i had been in there twice before that night, there was a last minute decision that since the two of us were underage we shouldn't be allowed in to see Tomorrow's play their set. This caused a lot of outrage, some people left and Kevin of Tomorrow's threatened to not play at all... but eventually they did, and we were forced to leave after a few songs listened to through the lobby door. Anyway, my point is they're really nice, humble guys and their EP is amazingly well done. We were surprised they hadn't tried out for the Warped Tour in St. Louis this year.
Well, that night was a blast for all of us. Sarah McCracken was really god, she's got some crazy lyrics... and Common Roots played forever. We only had about a 30-45 minute set. It was nice seeing Becca, too, of STLSound! We hadn't seen her since Mayfest. All in all it was a great last show for us before hitting the studio.
Seeing as how we might be signed pretty soon to Gravel Road Records, a small acoustic/blues label, you might be hearing some new songs sooner than you think.
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