It was the band's first time at Mulcahy's in Centereach. It was my first time their since Mulcahy's took over what once was The King's Club. When I first entered the place, I was immediately impressed by a few things. First of all, the place is pretty big (but this I knew). The whole venue was given a real nice facelift. It now looks like a nice venue and not a country western hole-in-the-wall. Though, the mechanical bull was cool, I didn't miss it one bit. And most importantly, the sound was terrific. It was exactly as you'd expect it to be and it was surprisingly very well controlled. The room was so big that there was plenty of space for the music to go at a decent volume but it didn't sound too loud. It was great.
We had a great show. We (surprisingly) didn't play any of our new songs but we did introduce a new cover to the mix. We are covering The Beatles', "Don't Let Me Down." It definitely went over well. However, we did suffer one small casualty. Nick's amp decided not to work for the last 3 songs (starting with "Don't Let Me Down"). So that sucked but other than that, the show went really well. We opened with Free To Love and that, as it often does, sets the mood for the rest of the night. Holy Ghost and Wintertime were among my favorites for the night.
We ended the show with an extended version of "Moon So Heavy" where we went into this really long jam. And then Matty-O started going off on some Doors lyrics where the audience seemed spellbound. I know that I was! I couldn't figure out how to get back into "Moon So Heavy" but it was all good because we just took it someplace different all together. And finally, we ended the show with the other cover that we do, "The Weight".