Midnight Mission

For those who are not familiar with the "Skid Row" or central city east check out this link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skid_Row,_Los_Angeles,_California

Today we played an acoustic set for about 200 residents and workers at Los Angeles famed Midnight Mission facility. Midnight Mission is dedicated to getting people off the streets and freed from addictions. The workers and residents were all incredibly kind and helpful. After the show residents were coming up to talk with us about what we do and thanked us a million times for coming to there city to play for them. It was probably one of the most moving experiences I have had in a long time. If you haven't listened to the bands music you can find there album on itunes or listen to some videos on you tube.

I was a bit nervous at first since we essentially had to park a vehicle full of expensive equipment in the poorest part of LA. If you have seen the movie the Soloist, this block is where most of it was filmed. Fortunately we had a couple of guys from midnight mission to help us load in and park our trailer. We only had one security breach when some dude asked if he could help us lift our soundboard over the curb but immediately took off running with it... Luckily security was able to get him to stop, i'm not really sure if the guy knew what he was doing anyway... lol

After we played we took a tour of the facility and helped serve lunch to 500 people. They serve around 700000 meals annually! Unfortunately I did not have my camera but the bands marketing company was there taking tons of pics so I am sure I will get some shortly.

Check out midnight mission at the link below...

http://www.midnightmission.org/index.asp