and mandolin and three-part harmony made for a wonderfully concentrated package.  Very focused.  And then we took the stage and tore things up as is our wont.  We were a three-piece as well with Rowan joining us for the night.  We had some good bonding over the course of the evening and probably the small audience helped us all just hang out with one another over the course of the night. 

Heather and I enjoying the Hell out of the monthly happy hour at Chesapeake Systems in Baltimore, MD.

As sort of a running theme with shows recently, I liked the space a lot – normally I hate low-slung, long, narrow bars because it’s so hard to get sound right.  Either you’re just right in the front but can’t be heard 15’ in, or your noises get really muddy and nasty by the time you reach the back (but at least you’re heard!) and the levels at the front of house are well past the pain threshold.  However, at the squirrel they take one of your outputs and plug you into the house system which has a decent little Bose box every yard

It's rare that ilyAIMY plays in sight of the Washington Monument, so as we were loading into the Black Squirrel I took a moment to note our location in Adams Morgan, Washington, DC. The Monument is that teeny thing poking up in the middle. Below, the interior of the low-slung and long Black Squirrel.