Day 4 - The Warehouse, Devonport

30/7/2010

Krisso texts me early, he's keen to get this set of tennis finished. I'm keen to kick his ass so I happily accept the challenge.

And an ass kicking it was. I'm now up 2 sets, 6-4 6-3.

I'll try and wrap it up in 3 sets when we get to Hobart. I think this no drinking thing might be giving me a slight advantage, it's usually pretty close.

Back to the hotel, and it's time to get ready to drive 95km's to the next gig in Devonport.

Joe jumps in the car with the crew as Nick, Kris, Phil & myself pile into the Tarago.

The journey is quick and uneventful.

Kris and I are sharing a 2 bedroom apartment. Settle in there and go for a walk around town.

Devonport must be the closest port town to the mainland. The Spirit of Tasmania car and passanger carrier docks here, and the river that skirts aroung the town center is littered with slipways and cargo container termials.

It's cold and raining today....surveying the windswept scene I feel like I could be in Liverpool, looking over the docks on the Mersey.

I make a quick stop by the gig on my way back. The crew are just starting to get set up. I ask Colzy to call me when the guitar rig is up so i can come down and work on my sound.

That call come about 4pm and i get Nick to shuttle me down there.

It's sounding good today, I adjust the clean tone a little, and try a few different pedals. Tony says he's happy! That doesn't happen very often, it usually goes more like..."IT'S FINE".

Kris & Joe turn up but Phil is crashed out. We run through Ace of Spades with our stand-in singer.....

We do a couple more and it's sounding pretty good, so it's back to the hotel and time to think about dinner!

I find an Indian place just around the corner from the hotel. It looks pretty authentic, plus we are on the water, so I order the fish curry..... BEST FISH CURRY EVER!

We watch the St Kilda v's Essendon game till it's time to go to the gig....

The upstairs band room is actually a bar that they are not using for the night. It's big and has everything we need, so the pre gig rituals begin (drinks, play some guitar, warm up the voice, watch the rest of the game)....

The Snowdroppers are sounding good tonight, and pretty soon it's our turn...

We go back out the front of the venue and walk round to the stage entrance. I give Colzy my camera and ask him to take some photos if he gets a chance.

The gig goes really well. The crowd were fun and really into it. Pedestrian went down particularly well! The band are starting to click now, it was a definate improvement over last night, and it's a good sign for the 30 or so shows to come.

Hang around for half an hour afterwards. Meet some people and sign some autographs, then back in the van and back to what's left of my fish currie. Hobart Casino tomorrow night. Should be a fun Saturday night....the last day of July......

Here are some of Colzy's photos....