indian bear

so this entry is just for shoes.

Shoes has been tellin me to listen to this guy, Shane Barnard. and i said listen to David Crowder Band, and some other ppl, but all he can talk about is Shane Barnard. so last week i said, lets see what this shane is all about, and i looked him up online.

i found his site. apparently he’s one half of Shane and Shane. Shane Barnard and Shane Everett. two twenty-some guys with acoustic guitars, still havent heard them. then, on the corner of their page, “4/14 – Philadelphia Biblical University, Langhorne, PA.” hmm, that place is jsut down the street from me, wonder if Shoes knows about it. so sunday i told him and he said, wow, really? maybe ill go. and we left it at that. totally forgot about it, almost.

Wednesday, the 14th, i get a phone call from shoes around 4:30, “so, whens the concert?”

I was puzzled, “What concert?” I puased, “OH! The Shane and Shane concert!? It’s at 8″

“You going?”

“Are you going? I’ll go if you go. You’re the one that listens to them.”

“Well i gotta call some people and see if they want to go and I’ll call you back.”

so i went about my business. i had a busy day at work and i was tired and beat, but i figured i had thursday off so id be alright. around 530 he called again, “So right now it looks liek it’ll be jsut you and me, but i have to check with my dad to see if i can get the car.”

“Alright, sounds good, lata.”

I figured hed get here by 730 and we’d get there by 740, or earlier. He lives about 20 minutes away. 7 rolls around, still no call, so i figured he wasnt comin. 710, and my phone rings, “hey, im 2 minutes away from your house. I’m comin, you ready?” well of course not, but i jsut changed real quick and i was set. i got downstairs and he was busy eating food, some pizza we had left.

it didn’t really matter, we got there around 730, and the line was fairly long, not too long. by 745 the line was really long. 8, and they were still running sound check. finally, around 830 maybe they opened the doors.

there were two opening acts. first was James Clay, he’s signed to inPOP Records apparently. He’s got LONG hair, i mean almost waist lengthe hair. at first i think everyone thought it was a wig. he sang about 3-4 songs. kinda sounds like dave mathews, at least according to Shoes.

Then there was Bethany Dillon. She’s on SParrow Records. not bad, she’s 15 and has an incredible voice. its just so deep and mature. reminds me of jennifer knapp. but she did some awesome songs. she was the hero to girl sitting next to me. i know this because at one point she screamed out, “YOU’RE MY HERO!” a couple times she had to pause to tune her guitar, and while she tuned she told stories.

And of course, Shane and Shane. they were great. did some awesome songs. shane b has some nice guitar styles, specially that super fast strum he throws in the middle of some songs. but i liked them. they did about an hour or two, maybe more? they ended with a worship set which was great.

we were in the back, last row, and we saw elvin and binu come in. they sat elsewhere, we weren’t cool enough for them, or maybe it was vice versa =P. neway, at the back i was just droolin over the soundboard. ah, to be a roady.

anyways, got home round 11, and thursday i was off. wont get into how annoying it is living with my parents specially after what they did that night. and that was my fun day with SHoes, and this is the end of my entry for Shoes.