Sidetrack
Café -
CD Release Party - Edmonton, Alberta - August 30th 2005
Walking into the empty
Sidetrack Café at 3:00PM
for sound check with no one in sight but the sound guy
and the rest of the band: it was kind of weird knowing
that the bar was (hopefully) going to be packed full of
people in 6 hours. It was also kind of weird to be in a
bar before it opened. Our openers, Hazeldean, arrived after
we had finished with our sound check and took their turn
with the sound tech.
The band went to Red Robin for some good eats and to kill
time before the show. With a stack of CDs in the bag with
me and knowing that we had already sold around 60 tickets
I felt pretty confident as we headed back to the Sidetrack.
People were begining to trickle in and Hazeldean was about
to hit the stage by the time we got back. Slowly more and
more people entered the building. My cell phone began to
ring off the hook as people wanted me to bring more and
more tickets to the door to sell to them.
Show time. With over 125
in the crowd, including a slew of people I never expected
to show up, we started our set. The bar made sure we
had alcohol at arms length and as we played the drinking
continued. We started to play our title track "Living Illuion" and
I got the crowd going. There were over 75 people directly
in front of the stage dancing and rocking out. It was
awesome.
After our first set we
went to the green room and the owner of the Sidetrack
came out and told us that he thought we were doing an
amazing job. The Sidetrack is one of the best venues
in the city of Edmonton by far, so this meant a lot to
us. After a couple smokes and another beer we were back
on stage. My drunken hysterics kept the crowd going between
songs and we were almost done for the night. As the crowd
died down and slowly dwindled away, we played "For
Whom the Bells Toll" during which I forgot the lyrics
and slurred my way through to the end.
The Sidetrack Café treated
us really well, awarded us for our efforts and kept us
drunk and happy. It was an amazing show. Special thanks
to all of you who made that night possible.
Happy and Fulfilled,
Shane Lamotte
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