Here\'s what went down: A ragged, road-weary band stumbles into Last Call in Athens Ga to play yet another gig at the tail end of a grueling, excruciating road trip, with not one day off between gigs. The promoter at Last Call fails to post the show in the local newspaper, does not include the show on the marquis outside, and fails to put up a single poster inside the club, much less anywhere else around town.
But miraculously....people show up from out of nowhere. It was a late-arriving crowd - most people rolled in around midnight - and you could tell that up till now the band members were not pleased with the poor effort on the part of the venue to promote this show. To quote Adrian : "we\'re gonna play for 45 minutes and get the f--- outta here". But then the people showed up. Lets face it - you can\'t keep people away from a Breakfast show - you can try to keep it a secret - but they will find out. Hell, you could install a minefield and razor wire and hire a Iraqi with explosives strapped to his chest to check ID\'s, and people will still come.
So was it a doozie? I would say no, because a doozy is not a show where you get only a few people - it\'s a show where you get fewer people than EXPECTED. I expected 30-40 people and in reality there were about 40 people, at least 15 of whom were clustered around the stage and very into the music. I think it was a key show because most people there came because they saw the Breakfast open for Umphrey\'s a few months ago, and they were very knowledgable fans who found out about the show only via Jambase.
As for the setlist, the highlights included, a wicked Puppetry, a sick Rufus, Drunk Monk, Wild Pack of Asscracks, and an epic Beef Barley that had a super extended jam in the middle of it, that almost sounded like a whole nother song, in which Tim went nuts on guitar, and then went back into Beef Barley. Overall the music was superior, and everyone in attendance was very impressed, and those I talked to vowed to come back next time the Breakfast comes to town.
Granted, the band members appeared to be strung out from their tour, with frayed nerves, psychological fatigue, and little patience left to deal with a doozy show in which they were corn-holed with a broken broomstick by local promoters. But in spite of all these factors working against them, they drew a decent number of
**** fans and delivered a killer show with some ridiculous jams. The Breakfast will not be denied. They will succeed - not because they are lucky and have good connections - THEY WILL SUCCEED IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS LUCKY AND DO NOT HAVE ALL THE BEST CONNECTIONS. That shows just how talented and determined they are, and that they have what it takes to make it in this business.
