We flew up to Denver for a show last Saturday night. We went up late
Friday on a flight that was delayed for a few hours and made it to
Colorado about ten minutes after the last dispensary closed. Plans
foiled.
The next day, bright and early, we made our way over to
Wellspring on Broadway where we were HOOKED UP! They gave us (gave, as
in no money) a load of bud, edibles and concentrate. Good God it's nice
up in Denver... We spent most of the afternoon smoking and munching
followed by more smoking and munching and a little bass playing. I'd
weigh 400 pounds if I lived there...
Eventually we made it up to
the Oriental Theater. Hickoids were the last on a bill of five.
Apparently there was a sixth "act" before everything else got started.
Some chick played a meditation bowl while she chanted. Maybe all the
legal weed isn't such a good thing... You know... Hippies can ruin
anything.
We went on around 9 and had a decent set. A big stage
and borrowed gear can make things interesting. The boat load of liquor
the crowd brought us was what really made things insane. There were a
lot of shots. Like a lot. Like to the point where there was a boat load
of sloppy on the stage. Not the good, funky slop I usually aim for, but
the "what a bunch of sloppy shit"... Not the greatest...
We lost a
decent chunk of the crowd when we did "Kung Fu Fighting" Apparently
casual racism offends hippies. We should have played it earlier... The
folks who came to rock stayed and brought us more shots. That led to
more of the aforementioned sloppy and pretty much ended our set.
It
wasn't the glorious out of town show we'd hoped for, but I still had a
hell of a good time. And I can't wait to smoke my way back to Denver
ASAP!
