(4/25/09) Ogerfest at Mac's Bar in Lansing, MI:
Well, this was an eventful show....we almost didn't
get to play. Near the end of the last song of the band before us
the power went completly out in the bar. Upon looking outside we
discovered why...a thunderstorm was hitting Lansing and knocked
out power to at least the whole block. After sitting in the dark
twiddling our thumbs realizing that we were at the mercy of the
city power crews, they finally told us to set our gear up anyway
and if our set time passed before power returned then we would
have to pack up without playing. Uncertain at best and with a
whole line up of bands for the rest of the day and night it
wasn't looking too good for us. The time passed and they got word
that a generator was on it's way so they extended the time
allowance for us. Still more time passed and finally the
generator arrived...but it was uncertain how much power they
could use from it. They ended up running the board and main P.A.
for vocals and skipped putting any mics on the drums or guitars
(pretty much killed all but the snare and cymbals for the
drums)....and they only ran two basic white lights on the stage.
So, despite the near fatal problems we managed to play anyway
having to skip only 2 songs of our set and about a minute after
we finished all the main power came back on.........oh well.