The cast of characters: Jaymz Larson...
...Rob Brooks...
...Shannon Appleby...
...and me (the one on the right).
My malt liquor.
Shannon's cigarette (and wedding ring).
Jaymz and Shannon at the West Branch McDonald's.
Shannon, Jaymz and Brooksie at Stars & Stripes in Davenport (where Pearcy was playing).
(That's "P-E-A-R-C-Y".)
The crowd gathers.
The opening act (Agent Zero).
The big sign by the DJ booth.
Pearcy takes the stage.
Which makes Shannon happy.
A couple of Pearcy shots.
We did a head-count: 85 people.
(Hey, the war had started like two hours before he took the stage.)
(But still...85???)
Yeah, 85.
Shannon calls Chris "DJ" Lehner from his cel phone and starts to leave a voicemail, when Pearcy grabs the phone takes over during "Lay It Down".
Shannon eventually gets the phone back.
Shannon attempts to dance.
Shannon attempts to...um...I don't know what.
Male-pattern baldness.
The four travelers: me, Jaymz, Brooksie and Shannon.
My wardrobe brought to you by One-Eyed Jake's in Iowa City.
I think at this point Shannon took over my camera.
(Nice shots, Shannon.)
Brooksie, me (peering from the background) and Jaymz.
The hot waitress.
Pearcy took the camera from Shannon and got a good shot of the crowd during "Round And Round".
Then the camera goes back to Shannon.
Former Q-103 DJ and owner of the now-defunct Cedar Rapids nightclub The Zone "Crazy Casey", now a manager at Stars & Stripes.
Pearcy on his way backstage.
Brooksie, Jaymz and Pearcy after the show.
Brooksie, Jaymz, Pearcy, Shannon and me.
Pearcy with Brooksie.
Pearcy with Shannon.
Pearcy with Jaymz.
Pearcy with me.
The beer tub girls.
A shot of the sign above the door on our way out.
Lost in the fog somewhere in Cedar County, between Tipton and Anamosa.
(I had the camera's carrying cord wrapped around my wrist...it was never in danger...but don't try this at home.)
But was it really a Dense Fog Advisory...or Shannon's smoke...?
1:30am: Shannon gets dropped off at his house in Anamosa.
The rest of us got back to Cedar Rapids about 45 minutes later.