"Raise the Rafters" release part I

A concert in Morgan Hill...



Upon arriving home from Hawaii, the island hoppers were reunited with Pete whom had just returned from England with a quick side trip through San Mateo to pick up a truck sized load of the new album... "Raise the Rafters".
Over the past two weeks the good people of Sienna Digital worked with no sleep to complete the massive order of units placed by Mollys Revenge. With hours to spare, Lynda broke open the first box of cds as the lads went to work practicing for that nights show: a cd release concert at the Morgan Hill Playhouse. It was a tense practice-- Pete hadn't been able to play his ax for weeks, the others had gotten used to altered arrangements for the Hawaii trip, and there were several as-of-yet undebuted sets, like the extremely technical La Cabana MSR.
With the miraculous grace that only rarely hovers around the band, things came together, show time arrived, and an amazing performance followed prompting even some of the bands toughest critics to utter compliments as they left the hall.
Despite the desperate isolation, chaos, and frustration of the preceding months, it was heralded by all present that night that a new era for the band had just been birthed. Out from the cocoon of Gadget Box Studio had emerged not the moss covered subtlety of the previous "IV", but a new and explosive "Raise the Rafters".

(thanks to Sarojani for the pic)



David continued to warm up his pipes backstage at the Morgan Hill Playhouse despite the fire marshals posted placards...


Later that week: an appearance at Sierra Rocklin College...
It was Earth Day on campus, and the students and faculty were treated to a sunny festive day full of speeches and music from Mollys Revenge. The earth, in recognition, then demonstrated it's effect of gravity over Stu's guitar...


And then onto the Woodland Scottish Games
(Photo's to come...check back soon!)
After a full weekend in which the band performed at the Friday night concert, through out the day on Saturday, at the Saturday night Ceillidh, and through out Sunday, the festivals attendees had depleted the bands stock of Raise the Rafters completely. Every copy they had on hand was sold, leaving all with the realization that the new material was causing a stir.
It was an eventful weekend in all-- the group was reunited with their friend Vic, a fiddler the band had met previously in Colorado, whom was accused later in the weekend of inciting a late night jam session and a series of antic's which landed him and a hotel security guard in the pool, David discussed the ins and outs of amplifying bagpipes with stage mate Eric Riggler of Bad Haggis , and Bethany closed down the house on the finale Big Set with an amazing hard shoe dance done atop an aluminum picnic table amidst the audience.

The public at large was now fully aware: the new cd was out, and the band was back!