Kaboom! That was the sound of the bomb that went off at Bombtown ("BT") last Thursday night! What a great time had by all! I dare say it may have been the best BT ever...
This BT marked a key event, the graduation of Matt Jr. from FSU which brought a solid crowd of usual "Bombtowners" plus an influx of new faces. This also meant a return visit of Jessica, Matt Jr's sister, which was a big plus as well. Everyone was in great spirits and ready to have a good time as to be expected, and so were we. I had made mention to Matthammed (our host) earlier in the day that our set list was moved around some and we may not do any free-styling parts as we had done for the last several BTs prior to this one. We do enjoy that part, but the way we planned our set list made it appear a little more difficult to fit in this time. So now on to the show!
We started with a cover, It's So Easy, mainly intended as a continuation from the ending at Down Below (we played this as our encore). We wanted to ride the wave of energy from that show right into this show and I think it worked. From Easy we went to Offensive, which was a brand new song we had never played out before. B and C were definitely on and that energy inspired several impromptu jams throughout the first set list that included a congrats jam to Matt Jr and a welcome home jam to Jessica, along with some random jam song in the middle that was created on the spot. The mood was perfect and we got to the last song of the first set, Rockin' Body, which is the song that usually gets a lot of Freestyle attention with it's 808 beat from my drum kit. Well, the free-styling spirits would not be denied and one of the best freestyle intros to Rockin' Body ensued. We then took a short but much needed break as we were all drained from going full throttle that first set. I know B and I were especially zapped and to that point I had completely soaked through 2 shirts. After a quick break, we gathered up before heading out for the second set and decided we would play a new song that incorporates the 909 drum kit to kick off the next set. The funny thing is, after we initially created this little jam the practice before the show, everyone swore they would remember it...then we all forgot it. So the next day B had it hit him in the car and he recorded the basic sound of it on his phone. We listened to that real quick then went and jammed it for about 15 minutes, mainly because this kicked off another round of free-styling that was dead on and had the crowd even more hyped than before! We then went on with the rest of the set, and stuck in yet another brand new song, County Line, right before the last 2 songs of the night, Last Call and I Am The Man. We ended up playing 31 songs that night and if you're keeping count, I soaked 3 shirts total. I also experienced a major cramp in my groin/thigh area right in the middle of I Am The Man. It was basically a rock solid knot for a little while. I switched to my left foot for a few bars then went right back to the right and it never let me down! I pleaded with it right before the encore (in front of the whole crowd) and it responded by backing off and letting me do my thing! And I appreciated it! hahahaha!
Also, we want to give a big shout out to our main free-stylers at this show, Jordan and Kale. You guys rocked the house!
Next Stop...Backwoods Bistro on August 17 at 4pm. The event kicks off at 3pm and goes on through the night. Here is a list of the bands that will be playing:
3:00pm-4:00pm Ashoka
4:15pm-5:15pm PIMP LIGHTNING
5:30pm-6:30pm Kenzie Report
6:45pm-7:45pm Mechanical Lincoln
8:00pm-9:15pm Brett Wellman
9:30pm-11:00pm Rick Ott Band and Lindsey Evans
See you guys there!
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