My Night with SAFETYSUIT

I'm dressed & ready to go!

This is probably going to be the most insane moment of my life that I am documenting here for all my readers to witness.  I warn you now for what I am about to tell you.  There will be lots of CAPS and lots of !!!!!!!!!!

If you haven't already heard, on this blog, on twitter, or anywhere else for that matter lol.. my favorite band SafetySuit came to town for an acoustic performance.  I found out only a week in advance & was beyond ecstatic of the opportunity to see these guys perform live.  I had NO clue what was waiting for me, though.  So I show up at the aloft hotel here in Houston, where they were hosting a wine & live music event.

Jeremy & Tate... at the bar :-)

I walk in to the bar area and I am the only one there. HA!  I order myself a drink & just sorta chill out at the bar.  In walks Tate, the drummer of the band, and I'm thinking.. HOLY CRAP.  I try to be cool, sip my beer, check my phone, ya know.. whatever normal people do.  Then I hear, "Ginger?"  I look up & Tate is walking over to me.  HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS, THEY KNOW WHO I AM!!!!!  So the next 10-15 mins is all a blur.  I'm just chilling with Tate, THE DRUMMER OF SAFETYSUIT, talking about lord knows what.  Then the rest of the guys walk in & I am beside myself.  Jeremy (the bassist) walks up & Tate says, "you know who this is?" and Jeremy's response, "yeah it's Ginger". !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My heart fell to my knees for the second time.  So the next hour or so goes by, and by this time my friend Lena is there with me.  We're enjoying our drinks, me catching her up on the epicness that just went down.  I'm looking around the small intimate space & I'm just in awe that Doug, Tate, Jeremy, & Dave are there.  Chilling on the couches, talking to other peeps.  I'm thinking, IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING?!

Acoustic performance

So then it's show time.  The boys gather up their guitars & position themselves behind their mics.  First song up was "Get Around This" with "Stay" to follow.  Before the next song, Doug is talking in to the mic, looks right at me and says, "Are you Ginger?" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I said yes.  I'm pretty sure I said yes.  He then proceeds to tell everyone there who I am & how I am a huge promoter of theirs on twitter and how much they appreciate me.  OMG YOU GUYS!!! How nice & awesome is that?!  So at this point I am dying inside.  The biggest smile is plastered across my face.  Then Doug asks what song I want them to play. I'M SORRY, WHAT??!!  He says they'll play anything I want.  At this moment my mind isn't working & I can't think of ANY OF THEIR SONGS!!! I first shout out "Gone Away" b/c it's the song I first fell in love with.  But then I thought, wait.. that's not really a concerty-feel good song lol.  So I then scream out "Anywhere But Here"!!!  As Doug sang the song, he changed the lyrics to "Ginger you are so beautiful inside, so lovely.." Y'all I about died (if I wasn't dead already).

I love Doug's face! He knew I was EXCITED!!! lol

They rounded out their acoustic set with "Let Go" which is now my new favorite song, btw.  I told myself during that song to remember this moment.  Make an imprint in my memory & never let it go.  After the performance ended the local radio station guy got up there to announce the winner of the giveaway they were doing for the promotional wine event.  Thinking nothing of it, I heard the dude ask who happens to be the biggest SafetySuit fan with a birthday in July?  Umm I literally screamed ME! Raised my hand! And jumped up & down! hahaha  So then every one is looking at me.  He then says to me, name every member of the band & you're the winner.  Well that was easy!!!  Dave, Tate, Doug, & Jeremy. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I won 2 nights stay at any aloft hotel in the US + roundtrip airfare for two.  I have never won anything like this in my life!!!!  The guys all congratulated me.  Doug gave me a huge hug & thanked me more privately for always promoting them & he was happy to finally meet me.  I then told him how they just made MY LIFE!

The rest of the evening consisted of photos, hanging out on couches, and the most epic ending..... as I'm driving out of the parking garage, top down on the convertible, blasting my SafetySuit music.. I see the guys walking down the street.  They all scream, "hey Ginger!" come over & give me high fives.  Yes. That is how my epic evening ended.  I drove off, wind blowing in my hair, waving goodbye to them, all while listening to their CD.  I am still in shock that all of this happened.  This band is truly humbling.  I have never, in my life, witnessed a more caring & loyal group of guys to their fans.  Their talent is amazing live.  This night will forever change my life.  How could it not?!  I told Doug that I plan to use my free trip & come see them somewhere on the road.  Let the epicness continue!!!

I got video of a few of their songs. It's crappy quality, so I apologize for that. But you get the idea :-)



"Let Go"




"Get Around This"