goin' fishin

as i said earlier, friday night was long. but it was nothing compared to saturday night. it was 102° when we were setting up for a sound check that afternoon, and it wasn't much cooler when we went on at 7. but we didn't have to play in the sun for very long, as the main amp overheated during the 3rd song so we had to stop. so while we were waiting for it to cool, several people got on stage to make some announcements, and one of them nocked a stand over, which fell and hit the microphone on my speaker cabinet, which sent a very loud signal to the mixer board that was hot from sitting in the sun all afternoon, and proceded to overload it and melt a circuit board in it. after trying unsuccessfully to get the mixer and power amp to reset, we ended up changing the mixer AND the power amps, and finally had it working again at 1am. so we did an hour set and let the other acts get up and do their's, finally getting home about 8 in the morning. but it was fun, and i have some interesting photo's from through out the night that i will post later, as i decided to go camping at the lake this week. if anyone needs me, you'll have to come get me as luckily there is no cell service in the mountains. which is just too bad..........