Angus.
Fucking Angus.
Chad and Noah come in with that moan the song starts on as I smoke the long neck of my Les Paul. Once I hear Shame start though, I almost cry from the excitement of playing this live the first time. Those drums come in hard and Chad and Noah follow. I am anxious to hear Chard rock some Brian Johnson.
He nails anything byAC/DC. Like me, Chad loves Nostalgic Rock and we jam it often.
Once he starts the first verse I see more and more people rushing in, forcing their way to the front, singing and cheering. It was unbelievable and I was honored by the love as they chanted my name.
We met some girls,
Some dancers who gave a good time,
Broke all the rules
played all the fools
Yeah yeah, they, they, they blew our minds
And I was shaken at the knees
Could I come again please,
Yeah, the ladies were too kind.
You’ve been… thunderstruck
I took that solo and played it how only Angus could as the crowd went ape shit for me.
I look up to see a vision in red that makes me stop singing. Chad, Noah and Shame look in my direction, but I play it off and shake my head in tune to the remainder of the song and end it on that fabulous riff.
I step off stage for a minute to grab my water with the rest of the guys. "You looked like you saw a ghost man, everything ok?" Chad asks with concern.
Shame looks at me with a shrug and I know he wants me to explain.
"Just saw Jen come in and I didn’t think she was going to be here." I shrug it off and see Noah eyeballing me. He knows, I am sure and he is waiting for my side of the story.
He can keep waiting. I am not getting in to it tonight. "We fought the other night so I figured she wouldn’t show." I turn my back when Sevyn hands me my acoustic and takes myLes.
Chad then swaps his out as I make my way back to the stage and wave to the audience. I sit on the stool they brought out and strum a few cords while the guys get in position.
Sevyn is off to the side ready to swap me back my Les when Chad will take over when I do the solo.Nutshellis complex and takes patience on the guitar to build it, but damn I love playing it.
"Hey, so we are going to slow it down a little. I wanted to showcase my favorites tonight as well as my favorites of our own shit.Jerry Cantrellis on that list for the way he owns both acoustic and electric inNutshell.
I wait a beat before I start and it is so natural to me that I focus on Jen in the audience. Bright and Raleigh go to her and drag her to the side of the stage. Luckily, they are on my left and I can look right to them as I play. I look out over the crowd though knowing that they are gonna’ go crazy when they hear Noah sing, not Chad.
This can only be respected by him.
We all know it.
I look to Carrie in tears and smile knowing that this song affects her and Noah. I glance at Jen and see her watch me with intensity that almost blinds me.
Knowing I need to focus as Chad starts strumming. I count Sev in by tapping my foot right before the chorus so he knows to swap my acoustic for theLes.
He does it right on time and I come in, eyes glued to Jen again. She smiles sweet at me so I wink before closing my eyes knowing my solo is coming up and I can’t get lost in her right now.
I feel the music as it goes through me, my fingers pinching as I climb the solo and jam. “Fuck yeah!” Noah yell’s away from the mic, proud of me for killing it.
