The Big Weekend

Picture of the dance hall/small bar in the Overland Hotel in Pioche Nevada

Last weekend was the big Closure Mardi Gras party in Pioche Nevada. We had played Friday night at the Firehouse Club here in St. George and had to leave at 2 on Saturday to head to Pioche for the annual party. We got to Pioche about 4 our time and set up the equipment. We had a hell of a time getting the feedback to go away. The PA kept feeding back through the monitors. Talk about frustrating! Grady and I were about ready to kill each other by the time we got the sound dialed in. You can only say, "check , check" so many times before you get pretty upset. So, we got it all dialed in and went up to our rooms to get checked in. Now, the hotel is pretty old. There is a lot of history there. It has burned down and been rebuilt a couple of times if I remember correctly. The hotel reminds me of something in an old cowboy movie. Long narrow hallways, creaky stairs etc. The room we stay in every year is actually two rooms connected together. One doesn't have a window and that was the one we stayed in this time. It is really hard to get a sense of what time it is or what is going on because you can't see anything outside the room. Dustin finally got his turn in the "good" room. Anyhow, so went downstairs and they had a huge Cajun dinner. I didn't eat much cause I knew what it would do to me, and I am just not mean enough to do that to the guys in my room :) We started playing at 7 and rapped things up at about 1. Long night! By the time we were done my fingers were about to fall off! We were getting guitars packed up to go back up to the room when we found out that they gave us a huge bonus for playing. When I heard how much it was, my fingers quit hurting so bad. They treat us better in Pioche than anywhere else that we play. So, we took guitars up to the room and then we went downstairs to see what was going on up the street at the Nevada club. All the other bands had gone home, but a bunch of the people that were at our show were going to a party. They invited Grady and I so, we went and BS'd with them for a while. Sleep probably would have been better, but you can only be a rock star every once in a while so we took advantage of it! It is really nice having Grady to hang out with when we go play. The whole band kind of looks out for each other too. It is really nice. Anyway, back to Pioche in September for Labor day. Looking forward to it.