San Francisco
Posted 10/21/2007 by Vagrant_Admin
Last night we played at the historic Warfield Theatre in San Francisco. The show was fabulous. I had been getting a lot of emails on our site and our Myspace since the show was announced. I should have known that it was going to be a special show. The problem is that I am fighting off a sore throat (more from singing than from germs, at least that is what I am telling myself!), so all that was on my mind throughout the day was how I have to sing three shows in a row on a sore throat! I’d never stopped to think about all the excitement I had been expecting out of San Fran since we told them we were coming. All I can tell you is that San Francisco is the best medicine.
The lights went down the crowd roared. I felt revived as I walked on stage. I felt rejuvenated as I sang the first note. As the crowd sang in such utterly joyful voices, I felt invincible and I sang my heart out through the first chorus. I felt indestructible as I sang the second verse. I felt inspired as I sang the last chorus, and as the audience swept up the last lyrics of the song without me, I felt cured. I thank you SF. You are the miracle drug I was searching for. We sang without trepidation, they with their impossibly loud, impossibly tuneful voices and me with my painless unhindered throat.
It didn’t last after the show. The strained feeling in my throat came right back once I was out of their presence. I fell asleep for hours on the couch in Jerry Garcia’s namesake of a dressing room. I woke to find the bus had left me! Don’t worry Portland they came back for me.
I now sit here thinking of how, this time, I know that the tight feeling in my vocal chords will be treated to another round of pain relief when I hit the stage.
I live to sing my heart out for you guys. I am fool enough to not hold back even when I should. I don’t ever want to sing with less passion than you do. I am so glad I have all of you to inspire me even when my body is doing its best to revolt!
Thanks San Francisco and thanks in advance to Portland and to Seattle. It’s so good to know that I can always count on you!
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