WaterNow Benefit @ The Nutty Brown Cafe

And now for an update!

Back on the evening of May 29th the benefit concert did go down and it was full of good times as I got to rock out with Paul E, Marc B, Cullen F, and Ryan T. on the stage of the Nutty Brown Amphitheatre. It was a warm day with some stiff breezes that occasionally caused small dust storms but we had a grand ol' time. I wound up taking photos pretty much the whole time we weren't preparing to get on stage with a couple breaks. #1 was when we found out that the back line drum kit did not come with a snare drum (I had only brought cymbals, hardware and sticks). I wound up having to drive back into town for my snare and missed a set or two but thankfully was in no danger of missing our scheduled 7:30 start. Somehow the set got behind by 30 minutes so I really didn't have anything to worry about. #2 was right after we wrapped up and I wound up keeping an eye on a very cool little dude while his dad went to grab him some juice. I wound up missing most of Todd Agnew unfortunately but, like the whole concert, it was a for a good cause. :)

As always, the Nutty Brown was a fun family venue and it was cool to see so many familiar faces out there. Many thanks to all those who came out to support us! As I was predisposed on the drums, I handed out my two cameras to a couple friends and a third had his own to snap away with. The collective of all those shots can be found at the address below and the images are color coded depending on who shot them. I must give credit where credit is due after all. Just know that I didn't actually take any of the pictures of our band playing but there's a 2 out of 3 chance it was taken with one of my cameras.
http://oneseventwo.com/photos/concerts/WaterNow2011

There is also a small gallery of highlights that I've posted on facebook that is more condensed and primarily features members of the various bands that performed. It can be found here.

Without further ado, let me post a few of those pictures out of the several hundred... 

JR Taylor jamming out to open the show.

Miranda Dodson striking a pose.

Cullen, Ryan and Ryan's fiance' chilling before the show.

Todd Agnew & Paul Emerson hanging out in the green room.

Nate Navarro of Music For the City plugging WaterNow between sets.

Sara Overall and band. You can see the dust kicking up just down and to the left of he bud light sign.

Matt McCloskey jamming acoustically.

This kid was rocking out!

We were rocking out too. :)

Cullen & Ryan rocking it out.

Paul was having a good ol' time too!

My arms were a'movin'!

Marc Byers wailing on that guitar.

This shot of Gelan's, thanks to the flash really helps illuminate all the dust particles the wind kicked up!

Cullen and the kid head banging.

This was one of two guitars signed by the artists to be auctioned for WaterNow.

Courrier rocking it out to close out the show.