Hungry Lucy

We’ve had a busy few days here playing in Myrtle Beach and Charleston. The Myrtle Beach gig was at a tiny little garage space in the back to a retail store called Monkey Business. Honestly, my initial reaction when we arrived was “Oh dear. How is this going to workâ€?. It always a little unnerving to arrive in a new place and then see such an unusual venue. As we loaded in to Monkey Business, local band Castalia were setting up and running through some songs. They sounded pretty damn good. After a few minutes Brian (of Electric Bird Noise) arrived with a friendly smile. Brian is one of those people you feel that you’ve known for years. Brian loaded in his gear and then took us off to grab some dinner. We went to a little Mexican place called the Sun City Cafe and were joined by Brian’s girlfriend (Chrissy) and friend Phil and the folks in Castalia. It was great to hang out and chat a bit and helped put us at ease in our unfamiliar territory. After delicious food we headed back to Monkey Business where the opening band was already started. After they played a raucous set Brian setup up his gear and I preset some HL gear behind him. I honestly did not know what to expect of Electric Bird Noise but both Christa and I were blown away. One man (Brian), 1 guitar and lots of electronics, lights and smoke … amazing. This kind of looping performance can sometimes become a little repetitive, but Brian has obviously spent a lot of time honing each piece of music. There was a definite build & release and wonderful flow to each composition. Honestly a joy to experience and a total mood mender! Next up we took to the stage and quickly finished setting up, did a 30 sec soundcheck and launched into a slightly shorter set than usual. Our set was very well received which was very cool. After a quick tear down, Castalia took the stage. Sadly we were so busy packing up gear that we only got to properly enjoy there final song … bloody good though. I recommended to Beth (the lead singer/bassist) that they submit for Chicks RockFest in Cincinnati. I really think they would do well there.

After loading up the van and saying our goodbyes for now we headed back to our super sweet Super 8 Motel room, right on the beach. Being the off season meant that we got a nice cheap room with the beach right out back. We took a brief 1am stroll on the beach and then went to bed.

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