The Floydian Slips Cuthbert Amphitheater August 08

On August 18, 2008 my favorite Pink Floyd tribute band, The Floydian Slips, played at the Cuthbert Amphitheater in Eugene, OR. One of the reasons it is my favorite tribute band is because I sing in it and have the ultimate rock singer's dream jobs of singing "Great Gig in the Sky.!"

This was THE weekend in Oregon's for our 3 day heat wave. The day of the show the temps were above 100 and the stage was facing due West. There was a shade cloth put up to help protect the gear - and the people during sound check, but it was no match for that day. Our sound check ended abruptly as Asher's whole mixing rig just said "NO MORE" and started making sounds that it definitely should not have been making. Painful, grating, sample crushing barks that made Asher lose all color. When we broke for dinner and pre-show primp all Asher's sensitive stuff had been cloaked in white towels and turned off. We had no real 100% guarantee that any of it was going to work at showtime. Luckily everything worked out for the best and the sun had set within 20 minutes of our start time so the evening started to take a balmy curve fairly quickly.

Audrey and Bill came to the show and stayed at least until the end of the second set - which is when I get to sing "Great Gig." It works out perfectly for me that she gets to see at least that much. Dad was diligent and Audrey was willing regarding earplugs. Such a trooper that one.



What I had most fun with this show were my video clips from the stage. I got a few candid shots as well but my camera was having kind of a bad night (you would too now and then if you'd been dropped like 100 times) so the focus feature was troubled. You still get the feel for it anyway.




This is almost everyone. (but me and Brendan)








This is Jimmie. He takes very good care of us.








This is Guido. He also takes very good care of us.




This first video clip is the opening song of the night. I get a nice shot of the freeloaders who camp out on the bank of the stream behind official boundaries of the park to get a free earful of Floyd. This area has been made in to a literal bog by the crew in efforts to thwart these would-be ticket busters. They tough it out through the quicksand of mud just for us. Not a bad testimonial. (I think the real truth is that they stick it out for every band that comes to this great venue!)



This second clip one is the last solo of the night where my camera focus was cracking up but it's too good to can because of htat. Al truly pulled out all the stops and for me, it's all about the lip gloss!




Audrey had the time of her life. This is one of her most memorable road trips for sure. Hotel pool, her own rolling suitcase, fancy brunch, the hotel pool... the hotel pool. There are plenty of kids within the band now so they had fun together. It was a good shot in the rockstar arm for the rest of us, so we had fun together as well.

A good time was had by all.