Gifted indeed. A venue that has been blessed with beautiful decor, an amazing intimate stage, gorgeous lights and a somewhat sacred reputation for comedy & music.
This isn't all just a coincidence, however... It was a church way back in the day, and has since become a mecca for music and comedy alike.
But enough of the history; I may wear a tweed coat, but I'm not quite there yet!
We got there right on time, and got straight to work; (on a personal note, I'd like to say thanks to Ronnie from The Vals for letting me use his amazing Vox 2x12 cab. It sounded amazing with my Kelly head, and I am currently now sifting through online music stores to try and pick one up!)
The sound was great, and we previewed one of our newest songs to a lucky few during soundcheck!
So, the stage was set, so we went backstage and got ourselves ready for a new radio show on Féile FM (103.2 - http://www.feilefm.com/) with our very own Junior Johnson alongside Eamon Loughlin with 'E & J's Showcase'! We sang the a cappella version of Leadbelly, and chatted to the lads online. Juniors voice? What a smooth guy!
Eamon & Junior hard at it!
So, back to the Empire.
The crowd, although small; were receptive, and seemed to enjoyed it as much as we did. The sound was great onstage and from what I've been told, sounded great out front!
We had a 30 minute set, which sadly; as all bands know, feels like 15 minutes so I didn't jump around as much (It takes me about 30 minutes to go a bit nuts!)
Well, tomorrow is the Cellar Bar in Draperstown (lovingly re-dubbed 'Whiskeytown' by ourselves), and its been a while since we've been down, so looking forward very much to it.
Cheers for reading,
J
