The "Quartet" Tour: November, 2001

Backstage at The Bottom Line in New York City, Rick Musallam happily monopolizes the only comfortable place to sit in the whole dressing room. Comfort is everything to this soft-spoken guitarist, as evidenced by his visible socks and sated smile.

 

A pre-show ritual spins dangerously out of control as Nick and I turn the Bottom Line dressing room into an impromptu session of primal screaming with a vogue twist. Presumably, Rick was still relaxing on the couch as this occurred.

 

Rick was finally forced from his throne by Keneally, only to have the rest of the band-plus Heather LaMastra-pile on top of him. I didn't know Mike could turn that shade of red. And yes, that's Nick in the hat.

 

The silliness continued after the show, where we posed for pictures (including the one that ended up on Keneally.com for a week or so) under the famed Bottom Line marquee. (Left to right: Mike, Nick, myself, Rick.) In all fairness, we were still pumped up from what I look back on as the best show of the tour-the second show of the second night, 11/17/01. Tapers who've got that one know what I'm talking about.