The show started off kinda slow.  The Michael Claytor Trio played some sweet mellow bluegrass, and the crowd was slowly trickling in.  I mean, there were like 30 people, but it was still early, right?

Still, maybe 40 people.  It was approaching 11.  I was starting to worry.  “Don’t worry.  The Shitty Beatles always do well,” I assured our friend, Vince, who came from out of town to join the bill.  Still, I was worried.

Then, around 11, people started flowing in the door.  “There’s a line down the block,” the promoter told me.  “Well, god damn hurry up and let the people in.” I said. 

Sure enough, people just kept coming and coming.  All in all, 353 people paid to see our hour and a half set of all Beatles tunes.  Despite the enormous crowd, we felt the show was awesome on its own because it was probably one of the best performance we’ve ever had as the Shitty Beatles!  Everything aligned.  Playing at Market Street was like visiting an old friend who we hadn’t seen in years.  The sound guy, Rick was super nice and did a great job with the sound and lights.  And the crowd was extremely into every single song.

At times, I felt like we were cheating by playing someone else’s already popular music, but I do think we did a spot on rendition of the songs we played.

Even Collin mustered up the strength to rock his ass off despite having the flu and barely being able to move earlier in the day.

So, many many thanks to everyone who came out, and as you all yelled for at the show, we’ll do this again soon!