Hey! Guess who’s work schedule finally allowed her to go see her friends in Animal Sounds play a show?!
You guessed it. It was me!
And I happen to have a few photos of the occasion…
While I Breathe, I Say “Goodbye”
Photos of While I Breathe, I Hope & Pezz @ The Hi-Tone. Mar. 25 ’11.
When I got word some months back that While I Breathe, I Hope (WIBIH) was “getting the band back together” and playing a reunion show, I was so unbelievably happy. These guys are friends of mine, and watching them play, taking their photos, and singing along with them had been a staple in my life for years! I couldn’t wait for this reunion show because I knew I and all of our friends connected to WIBIH would have SO much fun. I was not wrong about this. We had a blast! The band sounded great, they were enjoying themselves, and, as one of my friends so aptly put it, “It was like 2005 again!”
Now, even though I knew it was their last show, it didn’t actually occur to me until the very end that this was not just a reunion show, it was a final show. While I Breathe played their final song, one called “I’d Be a Liar to Feel That Way.” There is a break in the music, where the band stops for a second, Drew comes back in on the drums, then they start playing again and Jeremy sings the outro “It’s gotta go, so much deeper than they have/for me to make a move that way.” But on the night of this show, the band stopped playing, Jeremy stepped off the stage, the band started playing the outro, and Adam started singing those words. And, I don’t mean to get all emotional on ya’ll, but I suddenly felt a sense of finality. Because I don’t really know if WIBIH will ever play a show together again. I got unexpectedly sad!
Then we went outside and took “kids pics” (a feature on the old version of Shoot With Personality) and it really did feel like 2005 all over again.
It truly was a bittersweet sort of night, and while there were some friends missing from the crowd who I wish would have been there with us, I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
So, my friends in While I Breathe, I Hope, I want to say:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYVakOQzd6A
And without further ado…
Shoot With Personality will now resume it’s normally scheduled programming.
That is to say, I got to do a bit of live band photography recently when I saw David Bazan and mewithoutYou play a gig together at the Hi-Tone on June 21.
I’d like to remind you of something.
I saw mewithoutYou in August of last year and thought “Oh, I can die happy now.”
Then I saw Dave Bazan in October and thought, “But REALLY I can die happy now.”
And, having said that, I’m not the type that gets all hot and bothered about musicians and thinks “OMG I gotta get near this person!” It just happens that there are a couple of folks out there making music right now that means something to me. The aforementioned musicians are highest on that list. When I found out that mewithoutYou was playing in Memphis again and – wait for it – David Bazan would also be back because they’re touring together…let’s just say I became a very happy girl!
Seeing bands play during the summer in Memphis is not always the most pleasant experience – all those people, all that lack of air conditioning in most venues. The night of June 21 at the Hi-Tone was no exception. I’d like to sit here and say “oh, that didn’t matter. It was just all part of the experience.” But, yeah, it mattered that we were all dripping with sweat! It just didn’t matter enough that I don’t consider that night to be one of the top three of 2010 so far.
And here is the album where the rest of the photos from that show reside!
Andrew Bryant (& Friends) at the Hi-Tone
Well hooray!
I went to see Andrew Bryant’s band play Wednesday night at The Hi-Tone. I had such a great time watching them and am quite pleased with the photographic results of the night.
Andrew Bryant & Friends. Febuary 24, 2010 @ The Hi-Tone. Mem[phis, TN.
(a few shots of the band Giant Bear that played at the beginning of the night are also in the mix.)