RedGorilla Music Fest / SXSW - Recap Part 1

The day of Dave's show on 6th street during SXSW I dropped him off on 6th street at about 11. He had to get there early to do sound check and all of that good stuff and my parents had just gotten in town so I was meeting up with them. I wish you all could have seen him when I dropped him off with all his stuff, it was too funny (I'll probably post those pics in part 2).

If you're in Austin, you know the traffic is CRAZY during SXSW. What should have been a 30 minute drive to meet up with my parents took an hour and a half. We had planned on them coming to see our place first and going somewhere to eat on our side of town, but thanks to the traffic decided to scratch that and just head downtown.

This worked out perfectly though because Dave was finished with his stuff and he was able to join us for some dinner...

We had come down earlier in the week to put up posters and when we showed up on Thursday (the day before the show) we noticed a bunch of them were gone. The bartender told us people had been taking them as souvenirs, apparently everything that's not bolted down is fair game at SXSW...

The bartenders at Touche had decided that before Dave's show they were going to break the world record for the number of "flaming doctor peppers" taken at the same time...still not sure what a flaming doctor pepper is, in case someone can fill me in...

So, they were rounding people up and taking down their information (for the Guinness book of records), it was pretty fun to watch.

I couldn't stand/sit still while waiting for Dave's show to start so I walked around and took a few pics of Touche and 6th street...

Then, at 9, it was finally time for the show to start! Dave rocked it (as always) and I took pictures and handed out albums. Every time I asked someone if they wanted an album I would get an "ummmm" with a face telling me that they've already been handed plenty of albums this week that they will probably never listen to...

...BUT when I told them it was the album of "the guy playing" their faces instantly lit up and their answer was "yes!" I think this is such a testament for Dave's music and how amazing he is live.

Special shoutout to my blogger friends Shalyn and Nikol for coming out to the show and bringing friends! You all are awesome :) If you're like to to purchase Dave's album you can go here! We really appreciate all of your support and for helping us spread the word about the music. We can't do this without you all and we are so grateful you guys are behind us in this. Also, if you're curious where to find Dave, here are his links...

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