The Stones opened for the Heroes

Happy Day After St. Patrick's Day! Last night the Greatest American Heroes were part of the first Austin Tribute Band Marathon at Ego's, and it was a crazy fun time! Austin is overflowing with visitors right now because of the big South By Southwest festival, and when you combine that with St. Patrick's Day, you get a huge crowd of green-wearing party people. This show wasn't officially part of the festival, but even so, Ego's was totally packed from 4:00 PM until after midnight. The marathon was a great idea (and was advertised all over town with cool posters) - a different tribute band took the stage every hour, and we showed up early to take it in. We got to hear Elvis Costello, Journey, Iron Maiden, the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, and the Beatles! The Heroes were sandwiched in-between the Stones and Hendrix, so I'm not sure the crowd knew what the heck was going on when we kicked into The Jeffersons, but at least the applause was nice. Overall, it was a pretty cool experience, and it was nice to mingle with the festival crowds (which I usually avoid) for awhile. What a night!