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McCabe's

Date: April 4, 2009 11:28 AM
Topic: McCabe's

McCabe's is a cool and interesting venue. During the day it's a music/
guitar store, and at night it's a concert hall, seating about 150
people. On the walls are a bunch of odd and old instruments, and the
place is just jam packed with old guitars, new guitars, mandolins,
ukes, miscellaneous musical stuff, etc. And they sell a lot of
instructional books and CDs.

It's a great place, and in fact, it's the most fun place I've
performed at in LA.

We did two sets, and the sound was great. The audience was extremely
attentive, and by far this was one of the top shows we've done on this
trip.

Staying at the Travelodge across the street made the entire experience
easy, from our viewpoint.

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