This was a pretty cool venue. It was AT the brewery itself, and they had a viewing room for the huge vats where they make the beer. The music room was fairly large, with kind of a fancy shmacy atmosphere. We had zero soundcheck whatsoever since the crew was a bit late with their arrival, and it was an early start (7:30) with doors at 5pm. A bit unnerving since I was using an amp provided by the venue and had no time to check it out. Brian got things fairly dialed in during the first song and we all survived, though Melvin was suffering pretty bad with a terrible in-ear mix. He still wailed, though!
The show was sold out, but you wouldn’t have guessed it since the room could have accommodated about twice the people in there. It seemed that they just sold enough tickets to fill the actual tables and chairs in the back, but most people ended up on the dance floor anyway. It was a fun show, with a marathon 2+ hour set, with lots of stage time for The Girls.
I got to enjoy some chat time with fans after the show, including not one, but TWO, dog-pettings of Scorpio, a black lab guide dog, and Rider, a spaniel/husky-looking mix.
Our usually punctual ride back to the hotel was lagging due to Charlie dealing with the final merch settling, but we didn’t mind since the show ended rather early at 10pm. It was fun to stay late enough to actually witness the gear load-out, which I had missed at every other load-out on the tour. Mind you, I still did not HELP with the load!
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We're so glad you came to Chico; an awesome show. We had an ugly incident in 1995 when someone threw a shot glass at the stage when Steve was with Zero and we doubted he'd ever come back. We're not a bunch of country bumpkins or rowdy college kids. We hope you mark the North State on your schedule sometime soon!
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thanks skip! chico was a lot of a fun and we hope to be back soon!
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