Tonight, Joe Lehnig Dan O'Sullivan and I went to Warrenton, MO to perform at the American Legion. A couple of weeks ago I went out there to make suggestions on how to set up the room. Unfortunately, they didn't really listen. The front row was easily 20 feet away from the stage, and the stage-left audience was easily twice that away. I didn't do a real thorough mic-check, which I paid for at the beginning of the show.
I had some guy, the president of the board maybe, bring me on stage. The audio wasn't up enough, so my first two minutes were pretty much wasted. I killed another minute trying to get the volume up, and then I restarted my set from scratch. It took me a while, but I got the crowd on my side and I finished a 25 minute set pretty strong. Joe and Dano both did really well, and there are talks of me booking another show there in April. That's be nice.