Feb 18th The Grape Room

The Grape Room
Philadelphia, PA

We spent the day outside of Philly at Jon’s parents’ house. It was quite a relaxing day. Jon’s mom made us breakfast and some of us went to guitar Center to get some new gear. While in there, we were spotted by some people who knew our band, which made us feel ultra famous! We told them about the show at the Grape Room later that night and went back to Jon’s dads. The weather was absolutely gorgeous, t-shirt weather in the middle of February. We unloaded the entire van and spent a few hours revamping our pedal boards, this means zip ties and patch cables. It is such a great feeling to have your gear working properly, as nothing is as quite as frustrating as when you’re at a show and your gear just stops working, trust me! But with my new set up, this should be happening less. We got all dolled up and drove the 35-minute drive to Manyunk. The first thing we did, after congratulating Scooter, the manager of the Grape Room, on becoming a father of twins, was try and park the van in one of those spaces that seems too small to parallel park in, but tenacity will tell you differently. We ended up squeezing in the space with just enough room, but we forgot to factor in the fact that opening the back of the van is very important when unloading gear. But it just meant waiting a little longer to load in. We checked out the bands, the first was Chris Piola. Opening the night was a solo artist who had a great Jeff Buckley vibe going on, really great songwriter and singer. After that was a band with lots of synth pop going on. Following them, Brooklyn band the Energy rocked the crowd with their Killer’s type sound mixed with some 90’s pop. Good band. With the crowd foaming at the mouth, 28 North took the stage. Great vibe going on too, a lot of eagerness for the Philly fans to hear our new guitarist, Taylor Netzler.
Set List:
Clockwork
Trails
Call me Up
Two Hearts
The Shine
Dreams
Sneaky Woman
Pride
Brother
Panic
Home Side Up
Set it Down
What You Get

Encore:
Baba O’Riley
Travellin’




We closed the night and had a great response from the crowd. They always bring their dancing shoes and make us feel very welcome in the City of Brotherly Love. Come to think of it, this was the first time we didn’t get cheese steaks after a Philly show. And for the record, some of us like Pat’s and some of us like Geno’s, but we all know Jim’s is the best! We went back to Jon’s parents’ house and passed out after a job well done1

We got nothin’ but love!
28 North

Tom's River, NJ

The first tour date of the 'Long Walk Home' winter tour is in the books.  The place was called McIntyre's and was a big old Irish bar about 20 miles from the Jersey Shore (Situation). We walked in after long drive from Pittsburgh and immediately made ourselves at home at the bar.  The day was filled with preparation for the tour and we were ready for a beer and some music.  The first band wad a local Indie rock band that brought the passion and culminated with their drummer removing his shirt.  The second band was called Accidental Seabird and they were pretty Rad.  Like a psychedelic version of the Fleet Foxes.  After they tore the house down and the crowd calmed down from a blistering jukebox box rendition of 'Love Shack', 28 North hit the stage.  Before the performance, the MC of the night, Brandon Hans, rocked some acoustic songs solo, until We were set up and joined him on a blues original called "Tranquillizer".  After an epic blues ending, we began our set.

Pride
Dreams
Sneaky Woman
Clockwork
Panic
Take What's Mine
Trails
What you Get

Encore - I Want It That Way (in the van)

Good night..good people..we drove two hours post gig to Colman's parents house.  Arriving around 4am, trying to be quiet, we proceeded to come within seconds of burning their house down.  We put a backpack on the fireplace...too bad it was on.  Thank the lord for barking dogs. 

On our way to Guitar Center.  Rocking The Grape Room in Philly tonight!

Nothing like a Situation at the Jersey Shore.

Peace out
28 North

Taylor Netzler joins 28 North

After five incredible years, Alex Stanton has decided to leave 28 North.  The decision came as a surprise, but Al feels the need to go and experience something other than music for awhile. We sincerely wish him all the best and will always appreciate the unwavering contribution he had supplied over the years, not to mention his talent and his constant ability to make us laugh...Salute!

But as one door closes, another opens, and no more than two weeks after Al's departure, we told Cleveland native and Waterband guitarist Taylor Netzler of the news, and Taylor immediately showed interest in joining the 28 North family.  We sent Taylor the records, he learned them and drove to Pittsburgh with his guitar.  I'm happy to report that within two minutes of playing "Pride" together, we knew he was an absolute prefect fit.  Taylor will be touring with us and we couldn't be more excited to show you all the incredible guitar wizardry he posseses.

Much love, see you on the road!
Michael, Tyler, Jonathan, and Taylor.

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