May 20, 2009
JUDAS PRIEST WRAP-UPOur incarnation as a 4-piece concluded when our friend Hank Donovan wrapped up his stint as a Lazerwolf when we performed our Judas Priest Tribute in Bozeman the other night. It was a lot of fun, hopefully we will do something like that again (Motorhead, perhaps?). If you wonder about the rowdy times kept backstage at a rough-and-tumble rock club, here are Hank and Jimmy, pre-show. I'm sure if there was a window and a TV to hurl from it, they would have preferred to do that. 
Here's Bubba reading the walls of the "Green Room." Green rooms are never green. He got so settled into that couch that, rather than go out to the truck where he'd left his "rock clothes" he played the set instead in his fleece pullover. He survived, though. 
The Zebra is cool enough, with a decent (low) stage and great sound, especially on stage. The monitors were face-melting, which is rare. We're usually lucky if we can just barely hear the vocals, so it was a welcome treat. The stage is in one room, then another room off that is where the bar is (there are 2 or 3 more rooms back in this maze too, actually). The bar has a bunch of art in it. From the stage, directly in front of Chris was a big pole, which sucked, but off in the back of the room he had a clear sight of this painting through the doorway; when he thinks of this show, this is the image he'll most likely remember. 
Didn't get any pictures of us playing. In fact, we don't have any from any of our Priest shows other than the couple Hank's wife took the first night we did it. That's unfortunate. Good thing is the soundguy at the Zebra recorded our set, and it came out pretty decent. Here are a couple tunes for your listening pleasure: Grinder Steeler It was a lot of fun. We have a show in Great Falls in June, hopefully, then we are playing a festival out in Minnesota in July, then after that we'll see what happens.
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