Big Shooter!

November 25, '05
Shooter's
Gainesville, Texas

Well, you can tell by all the pics that I was pretty stoked about playing the same venue the night before James hit town.

The room was a lot bigger than I had imagined it to be once we arrived. It has a very similar feeling to playing L&W in Grapevine. The sound was great and very professionally run by Danny Beaver – great guy. He also owns Dude’s Music in Sherman as well. When we met he had asked me if I wanted to mike the big nasty monster that I travel with now or if the use of a direct box would be a better fit. I’m a huge fan of running direct these days so that was the choice. With me being a complete illiterate when it comes to anything outside of beating down 5-stringed instruments I always wondered how to hook up the DI box with this Bassman tube head I have been using, and Danny was happy to walk me through the workings of a couple of boxes that he had, so it was pretty cool to learn something new.

The crowd was a bit of a late crowd but once they got there they seemed to get behind us relatively well. As for the food, it wasn’t the best that I have had out and about, but it served the purpose that a free meal does.

All in all it was a fine evening and I definitely look forward to booking there again.

Lp.