This has got to be one of the best places on earth and here’s why. We rolled up feeling a little nervous, and anxious when we were greeted by a beautiful girl names Claire with long black hair. I swear it felt like a hippie, southern Anime movie. We are slugging gear out of the car and this awesomely calm vision comes walking over, introduces ourselves and starts talking about authentic jerk chicken and pork. Really? Has this ever happened to you? Probably not J- yet.
Moments before this when we were pulling in we passed Pisgah Brewing Company’s new outdoor wooden stage. The lumber was milled NEXT door to the club and came from the area. WOW. Talk about a beautiful design it looked like the Elf kings house in lord of the rings, but NC fashion.
The smell of Jamaican food hung in the air, we entered through the grill smoke, walked through the large outdoor area, where people can sit because there are huge doors that roll up to reveal the bar and stage. Shit yea- heaven.
Setting up was easy because Frank Bloome, only the BEST drummer and percussion player in NC was running sound. It had been so long since I had a monitor to sing through that I was beside myself. I will be jamming with Frank soon as he has ideas to put together some musicians with John W. Lee and I in the Asheville area. WOW. Now folks this is totally my BETTER than after school special- story-book moment here.
Well I had no time to take pictures, everything just happened so fast. We played to many great people who enjoyed the show and John W. Lee did a set of his own music which was VERY well-received. Why is this happening like this? I believe it is because of Alan Moon’s work on my facebook page to get things going! Big shout out to Alan and I hope he is having a blast being the producer for Josh Roberts and The Hinges, who are currently recording at Front End Audio. Can’t wait for the record y’all. You my have seen this band recently on tour with Band of Horses. Josh has gone big-time.
And now, a super shout out to Kevin Lowery and his team for taking over the websites and honing their crafts on some Howle. Kevin is even going to teach me how to talk to fans on facebook too! WOW, and I do promise not to suk at computers anymore. We will miss Alan, but he is making rock star records and it is what he is meant to be doing. He is genius at this stuff. Hey Alan!!! Oh yea, Kevin, so nice to have you on board. Kevin and I have great plans and many fun video adventures that we will start sharing with you so stay tuned.
Right now, I am sitting between two mountains, enjoying the cool air and hearing some frogs from a near by pond holler a it. It’s not Awendaw Green baby, but it will have to do and it does do for now. I miss Nat and the crew back at home, but I keep meeting so many great musicians who want to come play Awendaw that it isn’t even funny. And with the Wednesday night barn jam rockin the way it does, they will be well received.
John W. Lee just booked us two gigs in Northern Virginia, like TODAY!!! where we will head to tomorrow. The bummer is that his guitar hardware crapped out so he can’t plug in. If you know John and are coming to these gigs, spare you ax for an hour or so for a good cause. More word on the gig info soon. We are in process of gathering the information.
Oh yeah, one more thing that I forgot about this until now, and it was a cool moment. We had tourists read about me on the internet from Ohio who were down there coming to the gig. Facebook works! YAY! To end it all out proper, I just have to tell you guys that when the fireworks were going off during the gig, I sang “While I miss You” and then “Freedom” both tunes from Swamp Sessions solar recording I did in the Francis Marion Forest. People freaked out. And there were tons of people just sitting in the park by the big, new outdoor Stage at Pisgah Brewing. What a great time we had. Hope to see my NC friends at Pisgah Brewing soon.
All my best, DMFH
