A crazy weekend

May 2 2009 we played a cinco de mayo celebration in visalia. At first the whole thing seemed as if it was gonna be a place where nothing good was gonna happen except for the pay check. After our first three songs we were asked to vacate the stage for a regional mexican group. After they took an hour or so with bad sound we hit the stage with something to prove and slayed (not literally) the few drunken people who wanted to dance. We came out of it a better band and two hundred dollars richer.
May 3 2009 we had a grand old time at a clovis version of the visalia gig. After a quick soundcheck through the tom petty classic "I wont back down" an old man who looked nothing like Tom petty came up to me and said he was related to him after seeing his drivers license he did indeed share a surname with Mr. Petty so gave him a business card and told him to forward the message that Firecat are huge fans of His and the Heartbreakers. We were also allowed to play on a professional stage with professional soundmen which made a huge difference in how we heard oursleves on stage. We moved oursleves to a smaller stage and also did a good job and made a good chunk of change through donations which we are always grateful for.

Songs recomended for this week
Take it so hard Keith Richards
That kind of Fool Jerry Lee lewis
Glad and Sorry The faces

Courage