King Wedding and Party with the Ponies 5-23-09

Another absolutely unpredictable gig. We played inside of the King Equestrian Center. I mean right in the arena itself. The horses could be heard rockin' out and kicking the sides of their stalls. I figured they were having a good time just like the entire crowd seemed to be having while we played. The Kings are ever so kind and they are excellent hosts.

The wedding was beautiful even in the Arena. It was a bit dark and we couldn't open the center doors for the ever present Idaho wind kept blowing all of the napkins at the tables, away! None the less, we quickly pulled the vehicles in and shut the doors and unloaded.

There was a stage that was about 3 feet off of the ground and which was shaped well enough to fit us all in there nicely. it was a bit dusty but considering it was an all hard packed dirt floor that the wedding was on, a person could understand why it was as dusty as stated.

Interestingly enough, the bride had been one of the coconut girls from the party we had there a few years ago and when we played outside. That was back in the day when we were just a 4 piece band. Now with 7 members (6 musicians and a sound person), we come just a bit bigger and a bit more polished.

It was fun to watch folks dance all night long to the old tunes we do. We never did get to some of the ones we practiced like the Alan Parsons song. But, we gave them the show and stuck really close to the set list.

Our thanks to the mighty Kevin Hess for filling in for Tony. Tony was enroute to Florida for a vacation. He did a great job and worked hard! Way to go Lemmy! Also, thanks to Kim for running the sound, and to Scott for being the roadie. It was a good thing to have them along.

Now we tune up for the shows in July. Come see us!