New musical friends

What a weekend for Das!  Saturday night was absolutely fantastic.  We had the privilege of playing a raucous opening set for Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey at our homebase in Portland; the Goodfoot Lounge.  The night blew up with a rowdy crowd ready to get down to some wacked out instrumental sounds.  From load in/soundcheck the two bands just had a good feel to them.  Everything flowed so damn well from the setup to the compositions, that we all had a feeling things were going to go our way that night.  Sunday had the two groups heading north for a show at the Tractor in Seattle.  Again the music was from my perspective at the top of the game.  We even were graced with a stellar opening set from Stebmo who led off the evening perfectly with a solo showing of some downtempo grooves using drum machines and rhodes.  As the night ended I remember just feeling extremely satisfied with the whole event.  All the folks that made the Sunday night trek out from there cozy Seattle homes were treated to a great night.  Thanks again to Brian, Chris, Pete, and Josh of JFJO and Steve of Stebmo for giving everything they could musically to make the night one to remember.

~Justin