Scarce is sending a shout out to Martha's Vineyard this weekend, for giving us not only the royal carpet treatment, but by surprising us by knowing all our songs! We arrived off the ferry in Vineyard Haven greeted by Colin, our new friend from the island—rocker, promoter, and Scarce's tour guide for the day, who gave us a lift in his wagon. As we stepped onto the island the clouds litterally parted and the sun came out. Colin and his girlfriend Neddy (an awesome jeweler and artist) took us to a private beach down a long dirt road, where we met up with a bunch of their friends to hang out on the beach for the afternoon. We had such a chill afternoon we almost forgot we had a show to play. We had a quick bite on a dock down in Menusha, fresh oysters, crab cakes, and other delicious delites straight off the dock and into our mouths. Then we headed down for soundcheck.
Nectars, formerly Outerland and we were told Hot Tin Roof, (Carly Simon's bar) was just getting up and running. Second show of the summer that night. The club was great, nice bartenders, clean white towels, even a shower to wash off from the beach. Alex the club manager heard us soundchecking our new song called Circus Boy, and he made sure we had a huge bucket of Magic Hat Circus Boy beer. Sweet. It was Joe's birthday too, and a lovely waitress brought us shots to celebrate. The show started with Loira Borra a lively punk rock three piece, and then Kahootz followed with a rockin set that had the crowd dancing and making us wonder why they weren't headlining. They were celebrating their record release, and I highly recommend buying their music if you don't have any. Elijah and Rob the two main guitar players and singers told us afterward they were the first ones on the island to see us at The Loudfest in Northhampton so long ago and brought a single back to a great local record store named Above Ground Records. So shout out to them both and to Michael who owns the record store for promoting our records ,and who invited us back to play a show their next time.
We took the stage thinking everyone but the bands would leave, and then the crowd surprised us. Not only did they stay but they knew our songs, and they knew Scarce. They sang along to all the songs, and danced, and gave us some much needed love. After an hour of bloody, sweaty, messy punk rock set, Rob from Kahootz put us up for the night in his groovy house in the woods. So shout out to Rob too, hope you enjoy reading the book! We met up with Colin and Neddy again for a goodbye breakfast and talks of another show there in the fall. Felt so much like Halifax there. Great people, great music, good vibes all around. So cheers to you Martha's Vineyard. We will be back soon. Thanks for your hospitality and love of music—and well just being lovely.
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