Saturday, March 24, 2018

Crow Crash Radio-the Pit at KFJC, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills CA; 3/22/18

As is always the case, I was really excited to be playing at KFJC's Pit last Thursday night. Surely, Andrew and Brian were too. We're so lucky to guests on Naysayer's show! Crow Crash Radio sometimes go months without opportunities to play, and KFJC's far reach is a real boon to us as far as getting our sounds "out there".
Accordingly, we planned out nice, long set, and placed newer ideas with older tunes side by side. At 10PM, we began to play. The first set went pretty close to an hour in length, with most songs stretched this way and that. A cool loose feeling prevailed, usually the case with Crow Crash. We're not really ever in a hurry to "play it right". We just let things unfold. I had fun exploring a somewhat larger kit; hell, even a China cymbal was included! I even got to take a short drum solo! A high point of the set for me occurred when we realized a completely improvised piece, led by Brian. How I love walking into new musical areas. Andrew seemed particularly happy at points. He's going through some stuff currently, and I hope that the act of playing music made his spirit a bit more free.
After a short break for an interview with Naysayer, we hit again, whipping through some quick versions of about four or five songs. Although it was nearing midnight, and fatigue was setting in, it felt as though we had good focus. Tightness added to the looseness! 
KFJC still rules. Many thanks to Naysayer and the KFJC crew for being so damn great.
Crow Crash Radio will play in SF in a few weeks!

Below: drums!; Brian and Andrew set up

Above two photos: screen grabs by Rose, thanks Rose!






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