Hangin’ with Keller. (Canton, New York)

Wow, what a great day and night today. We played just before sunset on the main lawn/quad at St. Lawrence University, with 70-degree temps and a thousand kids on laying out on blankets, dancing in front of the stage, playing whiffle ball at the back of the lawn, etc. Incredible vibe, incredible weather, great sound system, and a great musician to play alongside in Keller Williams. He came over to our van after his soundcheck and we hung out for a while, talking about touring, etc… super nice guy. We played an hour set, opening again with Wartime, which got the kids dancing right off the bat. Ended the set with “Egg” and calls for “one more song!” but we had to decline because of the strict set schedule.

We stayed backstage for Keller’s set, watching him from behind the stage, which was a cool angle on all of his pedal work, etc. Fred got to know his road manager, Andrew, well, as they were both running around helping with anything that needed their attention. After his set, Keller disappeared for a bit while the crowd dissipated, and then he came over to our van and we hung out for a while longer, and discovered that we were all staying at the same hotel around the corner from the school. Fred and I broke out to go grab some food at the cafeteria (where were were visited by kids coming over to our table to ask for CD’s and to tell us how much they dug the set, etc.). It was great, we probably got another 40-50 copies of the albums out while walking around on campus late night after the festival ended.

Fred and I headed back to the hotel around 1am, where we met up with the Keller crew at the pub in the hotel and we were the last ones to leave the bar at 1:40am. We actually took another walk because the weather was so gorgeous (the “after rain” smell in the air, 65 degrees or so)… and now it’s 3:04am and we’re about to hit the rack. Tomorrow we head to Burlington, Vermont, which should be a really nice drive, about 3 hours through the lakes and mountains region. Here are some pics from the festival:

spike jones video

watching keller’s set from backstage