Gigs in odd places
// December 13th, 2008 // Comments // Jazz, Rob Michael
We’ve all been there. The gig in the most unlikely of places. Airport terminals, bus stops, driveways, wheel-chair ramps… Screwy places.
I was going through some photos and found one that I had forgotten about. Not because it was bad, it was actually quite posh. Located in the beautiful Napa Valley Wine country, the Pine Ridge Winery holds a secret that belies the greenery of it’s exterior.
300 feet into the hillside is a subterranean dinning room you almost can’t believe: It’s a cave.
When informed that I would play in a cave, I immediately pictured bats, water running down walls, stalactites & stalagmites.
Yes–it’ a cave, but an upscale one. Stucco walls, tiles floors, electrical fixtures. The tunnels were filled with barrels of wine that opened-up to the chamber we see here.
