July 24 at Liberty Station

Well, tonight was a nifty gig. Charles Bishop, who is a long-time fan of PLUMP, local-Houston talent booker, music scene promoter, and all-around nice guy, has opened up a bar here on Washington Street in Houston called Liberty Station. He gave us a call to see if we would be one of the bands in his grand opening celebration. We were pleased to have been asked. Liberty Station is a bar that has a huge big open area out front. The bar really has the feel of a neighborhood block party, which I really liked. They were having a corn-hole tournament, and they had two different taco trucks. Very nice.

Liberty Station had one of those temporary outdoor stages and PAset-ups you can rent aka for festivals and the like, and we played for about 45 minutes out on that sucker. Other bands included Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans, Sideshow Tramps, and this ska band from La Porte that was really good and really tight. There was a really good crowd out there, and most of them had never seen PLUMP before. It is always good to get some nice drunken "shout-outs" and we definitely did so that night. Earache My Eye seemed to really get the audience going. Another good thing is that Charles had seen fit to have a keg of Lone Star reserved for all the bands. That is like music to our ears. We hung out for quite a bit sipping on the keg, enjoying the bands and the crowd, and overall having a really nice time.