In the years before I joined Chris, Joe and Chuck, 3 Way Street played one show a year: The Penn Township Fall Festival. After I joined the trio, the first venue to book us was Greensburg's Hookah Connection, next to Buffalo Wild Wings, behind the mall.
Hookah Connection is a wonderful, intimate venue for groups starting out. It's a dimly lit, comfortable place with a sort of medieval look to it. The whole place probably seats about thirty around a dozen or so tables. The servers are nice and the manager is very "down-to-Earth."
Nick and the crew prefer to start acts out on Tuesdays, as to screen them before they allow said groups to perform on busier nights, so we played our first show there on a Tuesday in April. We played at Hookah Connection three more more times before we moved on to predominately outdoor venues (it was getting to be cookout/grad party season).
Now, with the weather only getting colder, shows are difficult to come by for new bands like 3 Way Street. Half the foursome that composes the band is under 21, ergo, bars are typically off-limits. With limited options, we return to Hookah Connection. There's a catch, however.
Hookah connection only hires "acoustic" acts, after an incident with a DJ who refused to turn his speakers down. Consequently, 3 Way Street will be a one-way alley February 2 - Ground Hog's day as I take the.....stool with Chris, two guitars, my voice, and his harmonicas. A friend of ours, Chris' roommate Ziggy, will open for us.
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