Around 8:20 p.m. Wednesday, roughly 35 minutes after alternative rock band Sister Hazel took the stage at The Bogey Bar & Grill, lead singer Ken Block paused between songs and stepped to the microphone to address the crowd.
“Who has seen us live before?” Block asked.
Roughly half the crowd cheered as they raised their beverages. Rousing would have been overstating the reaction.
“So that means about half of you guys have never seen us live before,” Block continued. “But what you might not know is that we have all one thing in common.