Charlotte, NC -Show Day
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Head down to the gig at 11am. We are only the 4th show in the new Charlotte Bobcats Arena (Stones were the first). Big day today, as I have a lot of guests (family and friends). I'm also still fine tuning my amp rig. Work steadily till the first wave of guests arrive around 5pm. I give them a quick tour backstage, then the next wave arrives, they join the first and we all hang backstage till doors. Off go the guests to their seats, just as my wife and her friends arrive (perfect timing). We grab dinner (not good) in catering and soon it's time for the opening act, which we watch from the FOH mix position. I excuse myself midway through the openers set to get ready for our show. Show goes well, except for the onstage camera operator, who shut down my rig by dragging his cable across the boss' pedalboard. Bad cameraman, no donut.
Head home after the show for a couple of days, I'll meet up with the tour again on Sunday in Atlanta.