jill and i were just discussing local venues for them last night. unfortunately there\'s not really a good, smaller place around here (their last trip to dc was a great show, but an unpleasant experience that they don\'t wish to repeat). the best bet around here would be the tuesday night gig at the state theatre in falls church. every tuesday they have nationally touring smaller jambands for cheap, which is a great way to see these "newer" bands, but the crowds are usually pretty scarce. weeknight and all. but beyond that, there\'s really not a decent place until you can fill a pretty good size room. its basically the state and the 9:30 club.
as far as would folks like them, i bombed a bartender a couple weeks ago, and last night we went back for the first time, and he\'d burned a bunch of copies for friends and asked for more. so there\'s a possibility. but, as ron says, southerners like music slower than the breakfast plays. outside of this immediate area, i\'d say they should play alley katz (well, probably start at cary street cafe, then go to alley katz) in richmond. there\'s a decent amount of demographically correct folks in richmond, but i\'m not there to spread the word. a bunch of my friends are, but i wouldn\'t count on them to promote with the passion neccessary.
so the answer is, try to get an opening slot at the 9:30 club and play tuesday nights at the state.
i also think they should alternate sets with the bridge in baltimore (to get an automatic fanbase showing up). in fact, the bridge is having quite a string of great openers for the next couple months. not that the bridge is a phenomenal group, but they definitely have the fans.
