Wednesday, August 24th, I rounded up some friends to see my cousin Richie's band, Hail Social play here in Orlando at The Social. It's been maybe three years since I last saw him at my sister's wedding.
During the wedding he passed me off some demos of their music. They sounded pretty decent so I shared them with other friends. They've been getting great exposure the past few years touring with Interpol and releasing a CD this year. Reviews have been great and they've even been played in Urban Outfitters. Pretty awesome.
Preshow was spent having a few drinks with Paul, Scott, Erin,THOMAS "PIMPIN" GRIMES and Ollie. Later on my sister Rachel showed up as well as Ed and his new squeeze, Erin. Nice little group. Richie was able to hang out before his set and chat it up. That dude is funny as hell.
Talking with him was an eye opener on what being in a band is like. It's not all that it's cracked up to be. Scraping by just trying to get to each new city to play. Pay isn't great, the hours are rough, and driving all night can be tedious.
The show itself was a great set, although a little offputting that the lead singer ran off the stage afterwards. With the other band, Rainer Maria, they at least said little things in between songs to "interact" with the crowd. Still the music was well crafted and the lead's vocal were on point.
My sister Cherilyn was able to catch up with Richie in Columbis, SC while my bro, Ricky, caught the show at the Drunken Unicorn in ATL. He had to bail out unfortunately before they could finish their set and he could chat with Richie - old man!
It was cool to see Richie perform. Even better to catch up with him. Hey man next time you've got some time to kill come on back and hang out longer!
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