The band was on the road all weekend, slogged through two gigs Friday and Saturday I didn't want to do for reasons I won't go into here. The cherry was the Sunday gig on the waterfront in Buffalo NY on the very same stage Alice Cooper will be on next week! The Saturday gig ended about 1:30 AM Sun. and I was back to our guitar players at 2:30 AM. The drummer and guitar player crashed at the house while I take up residence at the studio next door. Cats in the house I can't spend more than a hour in there even on meds. I like the studio
there is a big unused room that I can roll out my sleeping bag and a bathroom all to myself ! So by the time I bed down it's like 3 AM, didn't really sleep well but it's & 7 AM time to get moving. Wash up, pack up and meet the guys next door for coffee. Watching the weather and it doesn't look good, phone calls back and forth to the promoter, we are still on. On the road at 9AM due to arrive at the venue 10 AM, start time 12 PM. Driving there is is pouring buckets, when we arrive it clears
They sound company is busy drying off the stage and that stalls our load in and sound check. We do however managed to get sound checked by 12:00 during sound check to the Nw you can see the sky darkening............... another band of thunderstorms is heading for us. While the stage manager is telling us to quick get changed and on stage I am busy putting my basses in cases and breaking out the plastic to cover my rig. My leftover plastic I gave to the drummer and he was able to cover his kit................................ not that it did much good. The wind had picked up and it was raining steady, then it really hit high winds about 50 mph the stage was directly into the wind, it came right at us there was no place to hide. I just stood there and did my best to keep my rig covered. For reasons I do know Tony our gutairist had left his guitars out, So for a second week his guitars were dreanched as was his rig...........................he just stood there in shock with a wet ciggy hanging from his lips.
