Saturday night, a time to get out of the house and into the world and what better way to spend it then listening to some creative beings pouring their creative heart and souls into a night full of music to hype not only a crowd of eager on lookers but also some well deserving charities including Atlanta Community Food Bank and Sweet Relief.
As the sun came shinning over hotlanta, 30 band members entered the Earl. They were given coffee, bagels and (as one band joked) gluten free muffins then were sent to create new music as they were divided into 6 different groups, their names were drawn out of hats and equally distributed with guitarist, bassist, drummer, keys and given the day to form a band, writing 3 original new songs or 20 min set worth and perfecting a cover all revolving around a theme, being weather. Some new faces and some recurring ones started to vibe making the magic of weather come to life. And after 9.5 short hours after walking through the door and meeting one another, people started showing up to see what the night had to bring. For the excitement and anticipation had people crowded around the bar and the stage on their toes.
One after the other bands hit the stage, named after favorite southern breakfast food, a missing band member and weather inspired tongue twisters the energy of the room was filled to the brim as people clapped, waved and danced to the lyrics of rain, sun, thunder and seasons including a gnarly X-mas song that almost everyone got involved in!
Involvement, that was what this night was about, to getting out and getting involved. Involved in helping a good cause, working together, coming together. Getting out, being encouraged and inspired by the music and people.
