Hi All,

I revisited this venue last night. The regular played a party earlier in the day, but showed up anyway to pick with me for the first hour or so.

He played acoustic guitar through a nice amp, I played, of course, through the L1 with 4 B1s.

The drinks finally got to him and he decided he was no longer an asset so he put the guitar away and just walked the room. He suggested I turn up a little, which I did. I think it was probably the loudest I have ever been with the L1. Still no complaints. He just kept walking, listening, and grinning. As he was leaving he walked up beside me and said, "I got to have one of these".

I didn't leave the stage area the whole night, playing continuosly for 4 hours. When things are going good it's really not like work at all.

The Porchboard is becoming a normal part of my program now and I believe it sounds perfect with the addition of the PackLite system. Not totally neccessary to have 4 B1s, but worth the effort.

One of the manager / owners mentioned at the end of the night that I did more up tempo tunes than last time. My songlist doesn't change much so I am personally convinced that the Porchboard and the additional B1s, fool the audience because they feel the beat on some material they normally wouldn't notice.

~Oldghm, October 8, 2006~

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