The last Cranefest of 2010 occurred Saturday night. The night was filled with good tunes and plenty of beer- for those who weren't on the list of under-21-year-olds- until the crack heard around the world.
At the end of Blacktooth Brigade's set, Daniel Neff put his guitar down to pack his stuff up and Clint Cox, the singer, took a horribly accidental step backwards snapping the neck of Neff's guitar. Everyone on stage froze and Neff just said "fuck it," grabbed the guitar and smashed it to pieces on the edge of the stage.
This was all a brave front though. That guitar was like Neff's baby, he picked out all the parts and built it up to what is was. The audience didn't really realize the impact of what just happened and neither did I until I heard about Neff building it from BTB's other guitarist Eric Wolfe. Neff left the farm soon after that, I don't know where Clint went and everyone could tell that Wolfe was not in a good mood about it either, but the audience members just kept on partying and took the guitar smashing as a truly rock n' roll type moment.
Now when touring bands smash a guitar they have at least two more backstage waiting for them, but that's not the case here. And that may be why the crack of that neck could be the downfall to BTB... at least for a little while. Throughout their set Neff was also having problems with his amp, and then his guitar gets busted... I'm worried that this will cause a big setback in the band and in their future, but only time will tell. And I hope it tells us that a Blacktooth Brigade show is coming up.
At the end of Blacktooth Brigade's set, Daniel Neff put his guitar down to pack his stuff up and Clint Cox, the singer, took a horribly accidental step backwards snapping the neck of Neff's guitar. Everyone on stage froze and Neff just said "fuck it," grabbed the guitar and smashed it to pieces on the edge of the stage.
This was all a brave front though. That guitar was like Neff's baby, he picked out all the parts and built it up to what is was. The audience didn't really realize the impact of what just happened and neither did I until I heard about Neff building it from BTB's other guitarist Eric Wolfe. Neff left the farm soon after that, I don't know where Clint went and everyone could tell that Wolfe was not in a good mood about it either, but the audience members just kept on partying and took the guitar smashing as a truly rock n' roll type moment.
Now when touring bands smash a guitar they have at least two more backstage waiting for them, but that's not the case here. And that may be why the crack of that neck could be the downfall to BTB... at least for a little while. Throughout their set Neff was also having problems with his amp, and then his guitar gets busted... I'm worried that this will cause a big setback in the band and in their future, but only time will tell. And I hope it tells us that a Blacktooth Brigade show is coming up.
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