Rathskeller in Indy

When we first got booked at the Rathskeller.... I was scared..... It sounded like a heavy metal club!!! I was thinking, ummm.... do they know we are a country band?
But Ari is a really smart agent, and I KNOW he wouldn't do that to us... unless... nah.... he wouldn't.

Turns out. Yeah. Rathskeller is just a German word for "bar beneath street level"

This is one of the coolest bars we have EVER played. EVER.
The whole place is Unbelievable. The building is an old 19th century Antheneum building in downtown Indianapolis. Amazing dinner menu - with REALLY nice, upscale dining areas all the way to an outside Biergarten that is famous for their amazing pretzels.



THE STAGE! It is so beautiful. It looks like a fairytale. It's an old hatch-shell that was built for orchestras in the 1850's. They have restored it and made it such a cool stage. So basically, you get to play outside under the stars looking out onto the Indy skyline. I was ok with that. :)

So not only do we get there and see what a cool place it is, but Dan, the owner, was just the greatest guy. He took us on a tour of the whole place, He had pretzles, beer, and water (for me) :) waiting on us as we were setting up. Anything we wanted was on the house, and he REALLY took care of the guys after the show... taught them allll about German beer... which I am sure you saw the effects of in the tour diary....
YAY! DAN!


The guys liked the little flyers on every table - I like how Hootie is pointing at my forehead...



Everyone at the club really took care of us and the audience ROCKED out. We played over a hour longer than we were supposed to - actually we played all the way up until we HAD to quit due to the city noise ordinance. One of the Colts players and a Colts cheerleader were both there - the cheerleader got up on stage and sang with me :) She was absolutely adorable.

This entire group had seen us play in Nashville and saw that we were playing here! Thanks again for coming out yall!



And these girls were out celebrating a birthday!!!



This is just some random cool guy that wanted a picture at the end of the night. I don't think he saw the show - but he saw us taking pics and wanted in :)



We needed to drive a few hours after the show so we wouldn't have to get up so early the next morning for our drive to Simpson College. The drive was one of the most fun we have ever had. We had a pretty intense sing-a-long to Queen. The Tour Diary doesn't do it justice cause you can't SEE how into it Hootie is. We need a better way to light the Suburban for night taping.... I will NEVER forget that night.

Peace, Love, Fiddle, Rathskeller, and Queen