Okay, first things first. Yes, I am Mr. Duffy's girlfriend. So I may be a little biased when it comes to this site. But then again, a lot of people who come to this site know Mr. Duffy in some way, shape or form, so they may also be a little biased.
But I don't think my bias has anything to do with what a huge success the donewaiting.com launch party was. The number of attendees hovered somewhere around 300. Little Brother's was packed. And the music, well, the music was incredible.
Starting off the show was Ken Gould. Wow. This set completely blew me away. I have a CD with Ken's demos on it, but hearing all the songs live was another story. Ken's voice is incredible, and with Little Brother's great acoustics, it carried over well. Ken made quite an impression on the audience, as well as the other bands in attendance.
Second up was Stardrop. I'd heard Stardrop's CD but never seen them live. They were also incredible. They called people from the bar to the stage and enticed them to start bobbing their heads in time with the music. By the time they were finished, people were crowding around the stage. And all the while, MORE people were filling in the door.
Miranda Sound played next, and their energy was something else. They rocked out on the very first song and got the audience screaming and 'wooooooo!' ing after every song. Toward the end of their set, Dan broke a string on his guitar - a very necessary string. As he hurriedly grabbed up another guitar, the band covered for him - Billy added another verse to the song which started off with "Every time we play a show/Dan breaks something" and ended with "But that's okay/because he's so talented." The audience loved it. And after playing their last song, they were informed that they had three more minutes to play. The audience went wild.
Manda & the Marbles finished off the set - another band I had never seen. Flashbulbs were popping like crazy as the power trio played, heavy bass lines thumping in the ears of the attendees. They sent the crowd home with buzzing eardrums.
So, all told, the event was a success. It was a loud, raccous, late night that I wish could have kept going. I can't wait for the next one.
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