They slid from the end of "Tobacco Road" and into the beginning of "Light Me Up", easy as pie.
The ballad was guitar-light, so Spud leaned up against Steve, trying to get warm, hoping to grab the man's cigarette. Why the fuck were they doing a show in late October in fucking Canada? Caidon was sounding pretty good, Joe was sounding like he had a cold, and the whole band was shivering like they were in a meat locker. Goddamn.
He got Steve's cigarette, pulling hard, the smoke making his lungs burn a little. He leaned, whispered. "How many more fucking songs? It's snowing."
"I think three. Ask your boyfriend, man. He's got the set list." Man, someone had their shorts in a wad.
He stepped back, playing a run, tapping his toe in time to the music. Lord, they needed to go on break before somebody's dick fell off.
Caidon came over, bass thumping, bumping hips with him. Giving him a smile. Oh, better. He grinned back, bouncing a little. Oh, man. He was so getting laid tonight. Caidon'd been teasing all day. That would warm him right up. Hell, Caidon never even seemed to notice the cold. The man was like a furnace.
Steve came back around, rumbling a little bit, stepping right in between him and Caidon. Weirdo. Letting it go, Caidon winked at him and moved to riff with Joe, back to back, making the girls scream. It was cool, knowing Caidon was kinda his.
He had a solo coming up and he went for it, playing away, just jonesing on the sound and the crowd and the music. The crowd was just bouncing along, and maybe they were trying to keep warm, but they really looked into the music. He did his bit, flirting, dancing. Man, there were folks in the front row that knew all the words to all the songs.
The set ended on a high note, all of them rocking out on "Honky Tonk Woman". They were all sweating by then, and the sudden end to the set left them kinda blinking.
Joe headed off to do the signing thing and they started moving equipment, trying to keep the snow off.
"Goddamn. It's colder than a witch's tit in a brass bra." Cold hands landed on the back of his neck, Caidon tickling away.
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