#load-in

In the midst of a fairly frantic load-in for a show in San Antonio, we made a horrible discovery. The lighting rig, the sound system, the entire show was dead.

Because the trunk full of feeder cable was missing.

We were (literally) about a thousand miles from the shop. Not a good situation, especially when the clock was ticking and there was less than six hours to showtime.

For those who don’t know, feeder cable is that stuff that defies several laws of physics. It weighs more than any other known substance and jumps up to trip us when we’re sneaking around the stage. On the good side, it carries all of that fancy electricity from the panel to those doo-hickeys we make our living with.

Well, at least it does if it actually makes it to the venue.

Here’s a time lapse of our load-in process at the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, Virginia. You can also hear our rendition of Aretha Franklin’s “Think,” which we play right before Julius Caesar.