First we prepped at home.
Then we hit up the venue and made history.
But it was more than just the show. One of my friends - Lucy - was also in attendance because her Uncle Peter travels around and works the lights for The Avett Brothers shows. So he let us backstage before the show and all kinds of business went down.
First we got onstage for a photo.
Then we got to sign the wall of fame. There is a stairwell from the stage going down to the basement where the bands hang before and after the show. So all kinds of famous people have signed this wall - Madonna, Elton John, basically every musician who has come through.
Hold on a second... RIP
Well, we got a chance to sign it as well.
And then after about ten songs I went to sit with Lucy up with her Uncle Peter where they were doing the lights. This was cool for a lot of reasons. First off, it was a totally unobstructed view of the stage. Secondly, I got to ACTUALLY DO THE LIGHTS. So during one of the songs - Road Full of Promise - I told him my favorite color was blue so when he told me to, I pulled the lever and the lights changed from red to blue.
The next day it got even better. Lucy's mom called and invited us all to sound check. So we sat in an empty Chicago Theater and listened to them rehearse for about 45 minutes.
And then things got turned up a notch on Mom and Dad's front. They bought second row tickets with Colin and Steph to go on Friday night and proceeded to snag 10th row tickets in the center for Saturday night. They called it "The 72 Hours of Avett" and it still wasn't enough. I heard talk at breakfast on Sunday morning... something about selling the house and an RV and a reference to "next week's show at the Greek Theatre in LA." Um, yah, we did it.
