All gigs with Susan Robkin.

Bumbershoot, 2001. (l-r: Lizzy Daymont, Jess Gaedtke, Pete Johnston, Susan Robkin, Josh Gaedtke)

Wednesday, November 14th, 2001
Q13 Morning News
Whoooey, this was fun. Had to get up a little bit extra early to arrive at the studio. Our live spot was at 8:40am, and we had to play several short segments ("bumper" music) to go to a commercial and such. They did a little interview with Susan. Everybody was really nice (although newscasters always have that "phony" quality about them, comes with the job), and professional. The whole thing went off without a hitch, and before we knew it we were done.

Saturday, November 17th, 2001
Easy Street Records
It was a beautiful day...so people weren't shopping for records today. They were out enjoying the sun. Nonetheless, pretty good gig. The store has a decent sized stage. We brought the PA and had to do our own sound, which by all accounts was good. Two very young girls were enjoying themselves as they watched, and kept waving at us. Seeing the young'uns dancing around always makes us smile.

Friday, November 23th, 2001
Rain Dancer
Ah, the day after Thanksgiving. Nice crowd for this one. It was promoted on the Q13 appearance. First big electric club gig in awhile, so it was fun to crank it up and put my new red Carvin bass to the test. There was a weird green light behind me which made the red bass look black when I held it up. Now I know what the black stain finish would have looked like. "Fury and Peace" went off really well, the best it's been so far.

Saturday, November 24th, 2001
The Rock Bottom Brewery
This place is a sports bar in Bellevue. Last time we played, we went electric and it was a mistake. So this time we played acoustic. I usually use my B5 fretless bass for acoustic shows, but I'm so excited about my new red bass I decided to play that one. Had a good time. We did 2 sets, between which I ordered a dessert (a slice of mud pie!). I wrongly assumed I'd have time to eat it before the second set, but no. The waiter brought it to me just as we were going back on stage. So I put it behind me on my amp. Lucky for me, the 3rd song was "Landslide", which I sit out on. Pete and I grabbed a table and ate my mud pie! Yum.

Saturday, December 8th, 2001
The Elysian Brewery
Interesting night...how many singers do you know who can pull off a show with laryngitis? Well, 
Susan can. Not only did Susan have laryngitis, but so did Josh, which means I covered his 
backing vocals. Badly. Of course everyone said it sounded good...but I don't believe them. Susan 
simply amazed us all with her performance. Sounded a little raspy, but she hit all the notes. I was
almost wincing throughout the entire set, and expected her to leave out several parts. But she went
for them, and hit them. Wow. Unfortunately, after January the Elysian will no longer have music.
Too bad, it's a groovy place to play.


Thursday, December 13th, 2001
The Lakepointe (benefit for New York Firefighters Fund)
Well, due to the monsoon happening outside, there was virtually no one at this show. Which is really 
too bad, because it was nice. We played acoustic, real mellow, but it rocked nonetheless. No money 
for the fund though.


Friday, December 14th, 2001
The Rock Bottom Brewery
Our third time playing at this place, and this was the best so far. I really felt we grooved well, in spite 
of the way the sound is set up there. Decent crowd. I made sure to order my pie before we started the 
first set, and it arrived during the break. This time I got the Chocolate Derby Pie, and oh my goodness
it was DEELISH. The waiter is very nice.

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