Today we were finishing up a few things, and I had put my “wind meter/temperature thingy” on my work box and walked away for a second to work on something else, when I came back the temperature said 137 degree’s and change, I took a picture (for this post, I think ahead sometimes) and then noticed it kept going till it hit 140 degree’s then the meter said “HI”, I wonder if it was saying HI temp. or HI as in hello dummy get me off this case it’s 140 degree’s on here stupid!
I thought that was pretty funny, for years I’ve always known that the cases get hot just sitting around in the sun, I mean it’s not rocket science to figure that out, especially when you touch them. Just earlier in today we were stacking our led cases (3 high) and I kept telling the guys “the cases are hot so…. hurry up”
Doing festivals can be a lot of fun, it can be a good place to catch up with bands and band crew that you don’t get to see all the time, for the most part I have a lot of fun doing festivals. This particular festival all the crew, lighting (which is just one guy, Travis, for a 160 par can rig and 20 movers maybe, is a lot of crap for one guy, bless his heart) and audio just happen to be tour guys, and some really good friends of mine, which makes this festival feel more like a tour show, rather than doing a gig up in the black hills. Also this festival is one of the few festivals that I do that the hotel accommodations are pretty awesome. Just thought I would throw that in there.
Today one of the the opener bands was Petra, it was pretty awesome to see and hear some old school music from old school guys. Only 2 of them were actually ever in Petra, but one of the cool things was seeing Bob Hartman play again, I mean he is Petra but has been the behind the scenes guy since the mid 90′s, that was pretty cool. The last time I saw Petra was in the 90′s my mom took me to see White Heart/Petra/Grammatrain/Johnny Q. Public show, that was a good show, I can still remember it, we sat house left in a church in Georgia. I didn’t know much about production, but I remember it being cramped on that stage, and my mom liking everybody, except not caring much for Johnny Q Public (haha)
