Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. was the last stop on our tour. We all knew it had to come to an end, but we didn't want it to come so soon. The 9:30 club was the setting for our final 30 minutes of rock (in case you were wondering, the 9:30 comes from the original address of the venue.) The club was very clean and felt very new. From the moment we arrived inside, we knew it would be different than the rest of the shows. There was a chef cooking up all sorts of lunch deliciousness. We had soup so spicy it put hair on the girl's chests.........

While we are on the topic of of food, we also got to pick what we wanted to eat for dinner off of an impressive menu. That was a first of the tour. I got vegetarian chili and the 9:30 Club (ba dum chhhhhh). It was delivered right after we finished playing and was delicious.

Back to the music.

We knew we had one last chance to show everyone what we were made of. What are we made of you ask? ROCK! Not your igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary rock, but melt your face, blow your ear drums, anger the old lady downstairs until she bangs on the ceiling with a broom, rock. We have spent countless hours practicing and writing and practicing over and over again so that we could be on this tour and we had one last chance to shine (so make it bright! (only a few people will get that TTV joke)).

We walked onto a blacked out stage to thunderous applause. I grabbed my guitar and threw the standby switch on my amp. The bass drum started its quarter note kick. We raised our hands above our head and started clapping. The audience followed and threw some whistles and cheers in for good measure. As soon as the first D minor chord kicked in, our clock started ticking. The crowd was nothing short of amazing for this show. The vast majority of people had never heard of us before but their legs moved with the music as if they had been old friends. I watched as people went from bobbing their heads to dancing where they stood. I found a tall set of speakers to stand on, stage right, for one of my solos and the entire band seemed comfortable up on stage for the entire set. When the last chord was played of our last song, the cheering went through the roof. I could not hold back my smile because I was living my dream. Simone's smile came in the form of leaping from the stage and crowd surfing. I'll admit, it was pretty badass and a great way to end the tour.

-Dunnigan TTV