Symbolic sound

Besides its many merits as a purveyor of music, Birdman Sound is also a great place to take fisheye photos, as evidenced by these shots from The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol's set. Also a pretty decent place to see a show, the fact the band is stretched out along the venue's markedly rectangular space.

John! Nate! Bill!



And here's Mark, not to mention the symbol of The Band Whose Name Is A Symbol.



Translucent action!



John hits!



Mark handls the low end.



Bill frets!



Nate frets!



I have that record too!



Thunderstick action!



Then I sneaked to the back so I could take a pictures of the other Symbolists on hand: Jason Vaughn (somewhere off to the left) and Dave Redford.



Keyboard action!



Guitar action!



More Jason.



More John!



Bonus Nate!



And some final guitar and harmonica action from Dave and Jason.



Harp action!



I'm not sure what they're up to next. Bassist Mark has departed for the West Coast, so when they do re-emerge it will be in a slightly different form, I presume ...

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