11/20/15 day 21: Ebersbach-Neugersdorf, DE

Met Olga and her friend Anna for coffee downtown before we hit the road. We got caught up on the extended Slovakian crew, said our goodbyes, and hit the road. Traveled east parallel to the German border for a couple hours before heading north to Ebersbach. GPS took us past a couple good sized cities, a couple more power plants and then dropped us at a one lane goat path over a little mountain range. 

The old border crossing was completely desolate. A collection of light blue buildings and a couple parking lots. It'd make a great setting for a horror film. We made it to the Hainberg Hotel at like 3:30 and had a couple hours in our rooms to chill before load in. I opted for Comedy Central dubbed in German and a short nap.

Load in at OKV at 530 just down the road. It's a big building with different spaces for events. The performance room looks to be out of the 50s or 60s but the PA is good and our main man Otto was behind the console. He asked his boss (our promoter) if he could mix tonight. He told me he still has Worth The Fight in his car CD player from last year. I asked if the CD player was broken, he said no. Quick sound check and back at the Hainberg Hotel for a delicious dinner. We toasted our good fortune and dug in. Pork chops with a cream and mushroom sauce and little fried mashed potato croquettes.

Back at the club at 7:50 and we hit to a full crowd (60+) of boisterous, yet attentive Germans. Oh man, the German stories were flowing and laughs were had. Every day the German comes back a little more.. Feeling good about that.

The set went really well. We did an encore of 1000 Little Pieces, Free Falling, and Bid You. Afterwards, Renee (the promoter) and his wife shared their homemade Egg Liqour served in the chocolate shot glasses... Such a treat. After the set we noticed a family (mom, dad, friend, young daughters, and their friends) were hanging together on a couch. Interesting for a couple reasons 1) the concert was clearly a family event which is awesome 2) we rarely see young people at our shows. We struck up a conversation about music, guitar players and it wasn't long before the guitar was busted out and the sing along came about spurred on by a giddy Peter Day who LIVES for these moments. We played Beatles, Oasis, John Denver... The classics.

Another great night in the books. We will definitely be back next year.