This weekend I had the pleasure of hanging out with my friends Continue and Save. I drove to Atlanta to singer/guitarist Gene’s house and then went to their Atlanta show at Lenny’s with The Winter Sounds and Parade. Kristoffer Ragnstam who is from Sweden was also set to play, but were added to the lineup with too short notice and were unfortunately turned away. The Winter Sounds had some traffic issues, and arrived just 5 minutes shy of being kicked off the bill as well, but fortunately they arrived and were able to do a speedy 5 song set. It was a great show nevertheless. Also I learned a lesson from the night; don’t do a double shot of liquid cocaine (liquor shot) in the middle of your beers, you will get sick.
That night I stayed at Gene’s place that night and rode with them to Continue and Save’s hometown of Columbus, GA. We arrived at 3pm, and had the bar to ourselves (Rhino’s); Continue and Saved practiced some new songs while The Winter Sounds who were also on the bill played an small acoustic set of covers (including some Neutral Milk Hotel) outside by the fountain, hopefully they do this in a live setting in the future.
Later that night the show began and Kristoffer Ragnstam were able to come play for their last show before heading back to Sweden. The Winter Sounds were first and were great as usual. Next was Kristoffer Ragnstam who really got the crowd going, and made some new fans. The hometown boys, Continue and Save, were last and they played a great set including two brand new songs they had just written as well as relearning some “oldies†on the spot due to the audience not letting them get off stage without playing more.
We stayed at Rhino’s until 4am which involved a lot of fun full of shenanigans including man-ginas, asses, umbrellas, and playing crappy music to make people leave. The night didn’t stop there though, after Rhino’s we went to a guy named Matt Copper’s who is also a photographer and I ended up talking shop with him for a while. After everyone left the house me and Gene and Jason from Continue and Save went to a friend of theirs named Cora’s apartment where we stayed up until 10am just BS’ing around and playing music.
After finally going to sleep we woke up around 3pm, and went back to Rhino’s to load up gear for their trip back to Atlanta. After loading up we decided to take some quick promo photos since they have recently went through a lineup change. We walked through downtown Columbus and found some good locations and took some quick shots which turned out well. Afterwards we went to a restaurant in downtown called Cannon’s which is a brewpub and also serves burgers, fries, etc.
We then drove back to Atlanta and I back to Athens, and called it a weekend. It was a great weekend full of music, fun, and memorable quotes. I will post photos from the shows soon.