The Pour House, December 9th, 2004
Raleigh has always been a decent place for me to perform. I can dependably draw a fair crowd any night of the week.
Thursday isn’t the most ideal night to play a show, but at least it’s not Monday. On Thursday, December 9th, my pal Nathan Davis and I co-headlined the Pour House in Raleigh, NC.
I arrived at the Pour House at 7:45 p.m. I live in Greensboro, NC, which is 90 miles from the Pour House. I was able to have dinner at Moe’s with my wife and be on the road by 5:30 p.m. I had to park in a deck once I got to Raleigh. The Pour House is located on Blount Street in the center of downtown. Good luck finding a parking spot on the street. Patrick, the bartender, encouraged me to double park. I’ve had bad luck with cops lately so I just walked my gear in an extra block. No big deal.
A guy named Sam Hindmarsh opened the show. He plays in a new band called Evenfall. I liked his sound. He’s very much inspired by Edwin McCain. During his set, Nathan and I talked a bit about the Raleigh scene. I’m impressed that Nathan buys guitar strings in the gross. It’s amazing to see how 144 sets are packaged. It may be 200 sets that he had, too.
Nathan took the stage around 10:30 p.m. I hung out by my merchandise rig and watched people come and go. I talked to John Hodge and Kyle Hanlin for the better part of the evening before I played. A few women with obvious lower back tattoos hung out at the bar for a while during Nathan’s set. They didn’t pay any attention to the music. It was all about the beer, which, sometimes, is all one goes to a bar for in the first place. A lot of drunk guys didn’t realize that they were staring at them with their mouths open. I don’t drink when I play, so I tend to notice little things like that. It was amusing.
Nathan's set was great. It was the best of the three times I've seen him play. I expect great things from him in the years to come.
I took to the stage at around midnight. I saw some fans of mine leave before I started. Most people have real lives, so I understand when people can’t stay. A lot of clubs are really late, so it goes with the territory.
My set was good. I wrote a lot of music over the past week and I tried to sneak it in as best I could. Inevitably, when something new arrives, something old departs. My set:
April Moon
October
Another Day in Paradise
Rusted Radio
She Alone
Walk in Circles
Automatic
Throwaway, A Race Horse/Birthday Song
When I Was Five
Jenny (w/ Nathan Davis)
Falling in Love Too Fast
So Strange
Capture
Enjoy the Silence
Chartreuse
High Caliber Grease
Sundrop
Wonderland
Gravity Affects Me
The Original Pullman Palace Car Dream
Don’t Fade Away
I opened up the set to requests mid-way through the show. I got some really obscure ones that I didn’t mind playing. I’m grateful that so many people knew of my lesser known songs. Hell, most of the time when I open up my requests, some drunk asshole calls out “October,” even if I already played it. Raleigh is good to me.
It was good to play so much new stuff, too. Some of it went over well, some of it didn’t. That’s par for the course, as they say. I think “The Original Pullman Palace Car Dream” is the best song I’ve written all year. I’m really proud of it. If The Return of Spring ends up being an album about childhood and imagination, then, this song has found a welcome home.
The manager of the club was happy with the turnout. Nathan mentioned the possibility of doing a “songwriter in the round” show in the near future at the Pour House. I welcome that possibility. It was a good night.
Thursday isn’t the most ideal night to play a show, but at least it’s not Monday. On Thursday, December 9th, my pal Nathan Davis and I co-headlined the Pour House in Raleigh, NC.
I arrived at the Pour House at 7:45 p.m. I live in Greensboro, NC, which is 90 miles from the Pour House. I was able to have dinner at Moe’s with my wife and be on the road by 5:30 p.m. I had to park in a deck once I got to Raleigh. The Pour House is located on Blount Street in the center of downtown. Good luck finding a parking spot on the street. Patrick, the bartender, encouraged me to double park. I’ve had bad luck with cops lately so I just walked my gear in an extra block. No big deal.
A guy named Sam Hindmarsh opened the show. He plays in a new band called Evenfall. I liked his sound. He’s very much inspired by Edwin McCain. During his set, Nathan and I talked a bit about the Raleigh scene. I’m impressed that Nathan buys guitar strings in the gross. It’s amazing to see how 144 sets are packaged. It may be 200 sets that he had, too.
Nathan took the stage around 10:30 p.m. I hung out by my merchandise rig and watched people come and go. I talked to John Hodge and Kyle Hanlin for the better part of the evening before I played. A few women with obvious lower back tattoos hung out at the bar for a while during Nathan’s set. They didn’t pay any attention to the music. It was all about the beer, which, sometimes, is all one goes to a bar for in the first place. A lot of drunk guys didn’t realize that they were staring at them with their mouths open. I don’t drink when I play, so I tend to notice little things like that. It was amusing.
Nathan's set was great. It was the best of the three times I've seen him play. I expect great things from him in the years to come.
I took to the stage at around midnight. I saw some fans of mine leave before I started. Most people have real lives, so I understand when people can’t stay. A lot of clubs are really late, so it goes with the territory.
My set was good. I wrote a lot of music over the past week and I tried to sneak it in as best I could. Inevitably, when something new arrives, something old departs. My set:
April Moon
October
Another Day in Paradise
Rusted Radio
She Alone
Walk in Circles
Automatic
Throwaway, A Race Horse/Birthday Song
When I Was Five
Jenny (w/ Nathan Davis)
Falling in Love Too Fast
So Strange
Capture
Enjoy the Silence
Chartreuse
High Caliber Grease
Sundrop
Wonderland
Gravity Affects Me
The Original Pullman Palace Car Dream
Don’t Fade Away
I opened up the set to requests mid-way through the show. I got some really obscure ones that I didn’t mind playing. I’m grateful that so many people knew of my lesser known songs. Hell, most of the time when I open up my requests, some drunk asshole calls out “October,” even if I already played it. Raleigh is good to me.
It was good to play so much new stuff, too. Some of it went over well, some of it didn’t. That’s par for the course, as they say. I think “The Original Pullman Palace Car Dream” is the best song I’ve written all year. I’m really proud of it. If The Return of Spring ends up being an album about childhood and imagination, then, this song has found a welcome home.
The manager of the club was happy with the turnout. Nathan mentioned the possibility of doing a “songwriter in the round” show in the near future at the Pour House. I welcome that possibility. It was a good night.
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