Stan & Joe's 1-16-09 Idle Americans

Stan & Joe's
37 West St.
Annapolis, MD

This was both our first time at Stan & Joe's and our first time in Annapolis. Remember that show "Wild On.."? I remember seeing on of those for Annapolis and I thinked to myself, "How could Annpolis, MD be that wild of a time?" Then, I played Stan & Joe's.

The place is tiny. We had to set up our mics on the floor because the stage was so small. The place was shoulder to shoulder all night. People were dancing in the aisles because there was no place else to dance (note to self: Don't bring your mic-stand drink holder to this gig unless you prefer your beer on the floor.) The bar staff seemed like they were used to the fights outside and drunk chicks passing out on the curb (I don't know how their asses didn't freeze to the concrete...). We played an ok set, but that was less important than the impression that we made that I'm pretty sure will lead to another gig here.

And that was all before closing time.

After hours, we met a traveling politico named Dan who went with Connie, Wolf, and I to the Double-T diner down the street. Dan was the type of cool guy (with an extra bed in his hotel room) that make it possible for me to lead this lifestyle that I've carved out for myself. We were up till 5 trading stories about Reverend Horton Heat, polishing off a bottle of wine, and trying to hide his black lab from the hotel staff.

The next day, I had to go to Leonardtown, so if I went home and showered and stuff, I would have basically had to have turned around and gone right back out again. Oh, and Obama was speaking in Baltimore on his whistle-stop thinger, so I wouldn't have been able to get into town anyway. So, I headed straight down to Country Store...

Next: busy week...working every day except Wednesday.