10/17/08 - Fine Line - Minneapolis

October 17, 2008

Share CD Release
The Fine Line Music Cafe
Minneapolis, Minn.

Set:
| Last Night | I'm a Bad MammaJamma (Who Works at Wendy's) | Poet (Who Didn't Know It) | M'Lady | Share | Place | The Date | Chosen Ones | Lady Madonna [The Beatles] | Good Vibes | Soul Shaker | Clone You | Aphrodite |

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If we thought the last show was fantastic, we didn't know what was coming to us. This Fine Line show trumped all Twin Cities shows thus far. We had been looking forward to playing the Fine Line for a long time and it really was a blast. We had people from Aberdeen drive out for it and some friends from college and high school were there as well. Gabe and Hannah even flew in from Kentucky to be there. Awesome. We had the benefit of having the crowds of Love in October, Jon Wayne and the Pain and My Lady Four there, too...which didn't hurt at all.

The energy was high and the crowd was diggin' it. We managed to pull it off with only a couple flubs, but no one seemed to notice at all. Except when Dustin executed a rockstar leap and kicked the mic away from Anthony's amp, causing his guitar to go silent. If I (tony) could have, I would have held up a card giving him a score of 9.0. It was a good leap.

Tonight Anthony told the brief version of the story of how the album came about, saying that Gabe had heard our demo version of "Place" and decided he wanted to make it sound good. We then invited Gabe onstage to sing "Place" with us. It was kind of a cool gesture to say thank you for all the work he put into it and the strings he pulled to get our album made. Very fun.

One of the cool things about the Fine Line is that in the band rooms downstairs, many of the bands that have performed there in the past couple years have written their names on the rafters. I saw Wolfmother, Shiny Toy Guns, Paddy Wagon and others. Pretty cool. Needless to say, we left our mark.

We loved the Fine Line. The staff was all excellent and the sound guy was amazing. We heard from a number of people that it was the best live mix they'd ever heard.

Anthony's description of Share: "Sometimes when you're in a dark alley and there's a ninja there, you gotta share that lollipop with that ninja! You're not going to fade into the darkness! Kill him with kindness."

Guy overheard on a fan video: "They're not too bad, are they?"

Thank you, guy. We appreciate it.