coming clean...
i had known about the jim cobb sit-in for a couple weeks. however, it was originally supposed to be a different tune. having heard JC play before, and knowing what he\'s capable of, i knew it was going to be epic, so i posted in the knit chase thread for everyone to NOT miss the show, because great things would be going down.
soon after i posted that, i received a pm from jim, asking me not to get everyone too riled up, as the original plan was nixed. he was still sitting in, but on a different, less-exciting (IMO) song.
by this time, there was already speculation of what the big secret was. i wasn\'t sure what to do, so i made up something completely false that i thought NO ONE would believe, to try to make people think \'oh, there\'s not really anything planned, it\'s just gonna be a good show\'.. so i said they were gonna unshelf 3 originals (Love Lake, Za, and Heather), and debut a new cover and a new original. much to my surprise, a lot of people believed me!
as i was watching the responses pour into the thread, i felt slightly guilty.. but i started seeing people saying that they were on the fence, or not going at all, but now they were definitely making it. so i said, you know what? screw it. if starting a false rumor gets people to this show, i can deal with some folks being pissed at me afterwards..
a few people had asked the band about said rumor, and no one knew what they were talking about. i told the band the story on the way to the show yesterday, and before that conversation ended, we got a "let\'s soundcheck Love Lake and see what happens"!
well they soundchecked it, and it was the first time they\'ve played it together in close to 3 years. it was awesome. it felt SO great to be hearing them playing it again. felt like old times. i knew just by the sound of it that there was no question it would be played during the show. they threw together a new ending for it (dropped the harmonies, added a short guitar solo, and blues\'d out the ending), and it was added to the setlist!
also, while writing the setlist, they were discussing doing one of the other songs i\'d mentioned, but decided against it, so maybe we\'ll see another unshelving soon.
i need to start rumors more often!
