New Year's Eve - Part Deux...

After the fun at Hangar 1, we had to get ready for our gig at 1515 in Walnut Creek. A two floor, upscale club, we decided we wanted to play upstairs, as the downstairs bar was likely to just be too crowded. Well, upstairs was pretty crowded, too. We had a crowd of about 250 revelers through midnights.



Chris Estes and me at 1515 before the gig...



Now, I hadn't played a New Year's Eve gig in years. I thought I might be nervous but, thankfully, that wasn't the case. I sat out the first set, and Chris did what Chris does. I was set up and dialed in for the second set, and we kicked off about 11:10pm.

The crowd was loud. Then again, I guess it's probably a pipe dream to hope that 250 people will be quiet on New Year's Eve. It was all good, though. We had a steady stream of people coming up and requesting songs, and we did a pretty good job of meeting those requests. We probably would've done a better job had those requests been written on the backs of twenty dollar bills. Hehehehe... But I digress.



Me and Chris Estes at 1515...



Performing at 1515 with Chris Estes...



The thing about New Year's Eve, whether you're a reveler or the entertainment, is that you must don a festive holiday lid at some point in the evening. I'm pretty sure it's a requirement, even if it's on for only a few seconds. I wore two throughout the evening. I liked one of them:





Unhappy with our festive holiday lids...





It wasn't much better, but it was better...



Of course, it's always being the performer at midnight on New Year's Eve. The only issue is whose watch you use to countdown to midnight. Well, if you're in the audience, your watch doesn't count, because you don't have a microphone. So, it was between Chris and me. Chris had a Droid, and I had an Omega. We compromised and counted down to one minute on the phone, and then the last 60 seconds was counted down on my watch.



Me and Chris trying to syncronize our timepieces...


After the midnight festivities, the club decided to close the upstairs bar, so that meant we were, pretty much, out of a job. I sat out while Chris did one more song:



Enjoying the final song of the evening...



I don't remember what the final song was, but
it was probably a Dave Matthews song...





It was a great, great time. Like I said, it was my first New Year's Eve gig in some time, and it was a blast. I really have to thank Chris for letting me be a part of it...