We played a gig on top of a mountain today. It was a very nice gig, a birthday party for a hard working guy. As we drove to Shelburne, Massachusetts, the roads got skinnier and more tree lined.
When we got to the address where the directions said was our destination, at first I thought they rented out a state park, as we drove up a mountain on a twisting tree lined road.
Being a city boy, I was awestruck with the views. Rolling hills, Bright crimson and orange colored leaves in the trees. Beautiful. Autumn in New England is really beautiful.
Arriving at the top of the mountain, I observed a cool house with a couple of interesting buildings scattered around the property. I parked our tour bus and scouted the area for the best way to load in out equipment.
Unfortunately for me, the roadie on this trip, the only way to the tent we were to perform in was up a hill, across a lawn. There was no paved access to the performance area. I humped the PA and our instruments up the hill and proceeded to set everything up.
Everything went well, and we were ahead of schedule. I fired up the ipod, which Janet had filled with cool tunes that the birthday party hosts had requested.
Every guest to this party brought a platter of food, and there was SO much good food and drink there. I felt like Dom DeLuise in a Mel Brooks movie.
We played all afternoon and had the birthday boy and his buddies singing backup vocals by the end of the show.
Doing these kinds of gigs makes me feel great, as everyone who attended had a lot of fun, and we did, too.