Hot Licks gig on the Seafront, on Saturday

Saturday evening gig menu caused a slight dilemma as there were two bands I wanted to see. First, Hot Licks - a Rolling Stones tribute band. Then, Smash Hits - 90's hits & 90's look..
I've never really been a fan of Rolling Stones, although they do have a number of good songs. However, I'd checked out all the other tribute bands during this year's Summerfest, so I definitely wanted to see Hot Licks as well. Smash Hits, on the other hand, sounded like a lot of fun, and had been very popular last year, apparently.

I only have a 2GB memory card in the camera (for now..), so it wasn't going to be enough as I'd shoot a few videos, anyway. So, my plan was to go and see Hot Licks, leave early, go home, transfer photos and videos to the laptop, clear the memory card, and go back to the Seafront for Smash Hits. But....

 
I arrived during the first or second song, and wondered where all the people were! :o I mean, early Saturday evening on the Seafront, gorgeous weather, a decent band on stage, yet there's only a handful of people there.. Of course, there were loads of people just across the road, listening to the gig with pints in hand, but I'd imagine that it's no fun for the band when you can barely see or hear most of your audience.

 




So, anyway.. I just couldn't leave early as I'd planned. Instead, I stayed for the rest of the gig. Here's the first video, which I shot before the band took a break;



 


During the break, there was some Summerfest related sports prize thingamaling (=can't remember, not into sports, not interested, yawn..), and after that, the band was back with some Rolling Stones, and also looked a bit different.. =)


That couple stood there for the whole gig. Rockers! =D

 

 



 
Here's the second video;



 
Eventually, some more people came, and although the audience numbers weren't huge, the gig was still good - fair play to the band!


Afterwards, I had 30 minutes before the next gig, so I rushed home, transferred the pics and videos to the laptop, cleared the memory card, and rushed back to the Seafront for Smash Hits - but I'll blog about that when I've uploaded all the pics and videos.