Day 23: The Blind Tiger. Greensboro, NC. 3-27-08

on our fall tour we played at The Flat Iron in Greensboro with Jew(s) & Catholic(s). that night, our bartender was this really nice guy named John, who also happened to be the lead guitarist in a local prog-metal band called Nyos. he was stoked on our set and we exchanged info. as i was booking this tour, i got in touch with him and he was able to get us on this show they were playing at The Blind Tiger. we didn't really know what to expect, but were pleasantly surprised.

we spent the pre-show watching some march madness basketball as all the North Carolina fans cheered UNC to a blowout win over Washington State University -- Palouse brethren from near our beloved Moscow, ID. as soon as the game was over, we started our set. with the addition of Florida-based jamband Burnin' Smyrnans to the bill -- a rather odd fit to the evening -- we ended up playing pretty early, and before most of the crowd showed up. it was a fun set regardless, and those there seemed to really dig it. BS followed, and were ayight... got the hoola-hoops spinnin round and round. then Nyos followed with their epic prog-metal. really got into their set. some serious shredderness. nice and light-hearted too. really fun stuff. cool attention to detail compositionally and really tight. nice dynamics too. and great guys. gave us tons of props and we're extremely thankful for that and for adding us to the show in general. check it check it out http://www.myspace.com/nyos

here's a couple more worthy photos from the evening:






we had an appointment to hang out with a really good old friend of mine (and high school girlfriend -- Tisha) at 9am the next morning in Apex, NC. so we drove after the show. about a half hour into the drive we stopped for one of the most all-star Waffle House experiences yet. 3am. and the place was bumpin. lots of southern drawl being thrown around and one particularly frisky old man who's conversation we were overhearing all too well. it was fascinating. and extremely classic. we'll leave it at that.

we drove on and crashed in a grocery store parking lot about a half mile from Tisha's house in Apex -- home to her, her husband Curteis and her two beautiful children Adley and Ani. It was 4:30am. we had a solid 4 hours of sleep to look forward to...

reporting for all of us Finn Rigginses
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