How many coffee shops have real gold and platinum records on the wall? Very few, but Brie’s Brews is the exception. There’s something humbling about going there to play knowing you are going to get the (not really) evil eye from a fellow who has sat behind the console for multiple million-sellers. And if you’re lucky, you will also get an outstanding smoothie from the same fellow.
Due to a variety of personal scheduling issues, we didn’t actually meet our drummer until we got to the gig, but for all of that it was a lot of fun. Naturally, there’s video; just as naturally, somehow I killed the video by playing a guitar solo.