11/29/08 Starline (Fresno, Ca)

After a glutenous Thanksgiving lots of friends were in town and it seemed like everyone was ready to get away from their families and hear some music.  Musically it was an incestuous night.  Jay Rossette opened the show with Awall on drums and Quetzal on bass.....so I must admit it was bangin.  Then Jay and Quetzal stayed on guitar/bass and I(awall) went to the front to grab the mic.  I think it took the crowd a few songs to realize that Jay Rossette Project had ended their set and 40 Watt Hype had started theirs.  The highlight of the night was the spontaneous invention of the "Timbale waterfall"  no its not a drink (but that does sound good).  Richard Juarez and Marisa Orduna(she is the musical director of an all female mariachi that performed at the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing) were in attendance.  So was conguero Javier Navarette, a Fresno native who has gone on to play with the heavy weights of the Latin community.  During one of the songs, Javier jumped on congas and ripped then Richard, Marisa and me grabbed a sticks and rotated soloing on the timbales  As one person stopped the next person in line would pick up.  The rotation got faster and more intense thus creatin the first ever timbale waterfall.  If anybody has video or pictures of it please send them to me(info@40watthype.com).  I think there may be a clip of us on youtube.  Thanks everyone for coming out and supporting us, it was good seeing some people in from out of town.