Greensboro NC. the Gate city. We just got back from playing a brand new venue called the Flying Anvil with Patty Hurst Shifter (who have a fantastic review-photo in this month's UNCUT magazine - look out). We were the 2nd band ever to play there, and the first band to knock over both drums and fancy overhead mics onstage during a song (sorry, Skillet). To anybody who lives near the g-boro area, we at roman candle suggest you get out and support this club. It's a good place and it's run by good people. By the way we will be playing there again on May 25 and we'll be playing with Patty Hurst Shifter again on June 24 at the pour house in raleigh. The crowd this evening (as well as roman candle) was fortunate enough to have Mr. Thad Cockrell grace the stage to help sing "i can't even recall". Though we are not playing merlefest this year properly, some of us will be up there - watching Gillian Welch, and others -- but especially to see Thad and Caitlin (Cary) take over the main stage on saturday.
Special thanks this special evening go out to Kent Bennett for running a knockout light show (we thought we were opening for Whitesnake!) and to Skillet for grabbing our box of cd's - after we left them at the venue, like the absolute business professionals that we are.