Well, we came, we saw, we were awed by the crowds. As promised, on July 11th, we played a Sound Session gig at The 201, and it was a sight to behold. All of the bands were great, and really nice people. The scene downtown was like something from another world - the streets were closed off to traffic, so all of downtown was filled with people, walking, drinking, dancing… the kind of thing you’d be more likely to see in Rio or New Orleans. We had to stop the gig in the middle for an hour, because The 201 was on the parade route, and there was no way that rock & roll could compete with the force of nature that is a Carnival-style parade, complete with dancing girls (with burly bodyguards), thousands of glowsticks, bands playing on the backs of trucks, and shoulder-to-shoulder revelers.

We finally loaded out in the rain around 2:00 a.m., and drove home as the last stragglers left the streets. We were all hurting a bit the next day, but it was, as they say, “a good hurt.” We’re looking forward to next year’s Sound Session already… Evidence of the least incriminating parts of the night are up in the photo section… enjoy!

A big thanks go out to Mark 75orLess and the guys from Coma Coma, who came out and stayed the whole night, from beginning to end - that was an unexpected and thoroughly appreciated surprise.