on june 6th, 2002, my first gig with the ashes (also my first gig in alabama) went down at the high-note on 21st street. i had met ashby via another project earlier in the spring that lingered on for a few months but never came together. he had been playing at the hippodrum for a few months with some other guys.
by the time we played this show in june, we had been rehearsing for maybe 2-3 weeks. we played a mixed bag of covers, originals and some idea fragments. we played summer babes by pavement, something by david gray, and several songs that would become staples in the ashes sets over the next 2 years.
although we wrote easily 40-50 songs as the ashes - we only existed as a live band for just over 2 years. pictured here is ashby pate, houston wood, tony dichiara and myself. i was kinda freaked out to be playing in front of a crowd for the first time in almost 2 years, and ashby was plastered drunk from a combination of nerves, and having to wait around forever to play our set. good times. horrible set. luckily we eventually got a little better.
by the time we played this show in june, we had been rehearsing for maybe 2-3 weeks. we played a mixed bag of covers, originals and some idea fragments. we played summer babes by pavement, something by david gray, and several songs that would become staples in the ashes sets over the next 2 years.
although we wrote easily 40-50 songs as the ashes - we only existed as a live band for just over 2 years. pictured here is ashby pate, houston wood, tony dichiara and myself. i was kinda freaked out to be playing in front of a crowd for the first time in almost 2 years, and ashby was plastered drunk from a combination of nerves, and having to wait around forever to play our set. good times. horrible set. luckily we eventually got a little better.