The Features Live

Had a nice surprise / shock recently. There's a website called TheFeatures.live that compiles an ongoing repository of bootlegs from the band The Features. They recently added another 19 shows to the overall list. There are a bunch of shows from the college town where I saw them countless times, as well as shows here in Nashville at venues that are long gone. I've been a fan of the band for a long time and distinctly remember seeing them for the first time in high school.

In fact, I distinctly remember the very first time I ever saw the band was in 1996 at Rocketown in Franklin, TN opening for Caesar's Glass Box. Much to my surprise, that show is now in the archive. What an absolute shock to see that someone recorded the show, that it survived for 30 years and made it on to this website. Stunning!

I'll pair this with the fact that my very first concert is also somehow on YouTube. That's probably not a big deal for anyone under the age of 40 but it is for me!