Boot Juice

The stars are for the band, not the establishment. Boot Juice is in demand - playing lots of establishments like Oskar Blues, but also is sought after for well known music festivals in CA, Idaho, MIssoula, Washington and Colorado (they've played and been invited back to both Aspen and Steamboat Springs in the past year as well as Denver and Boulder). While the band was GREAT, FANTASTIC we were extremely disappointed in the lack of publicity. We drove down from Fort Collins to hear this band and when we arrived there were 4 other people there. By the end of the night there were maybe 9-10 people there, including us and the sound guy. Not a surprise, since there was NOTHING on the website about them coming. I checked a month before, two weeks before, and the night before. NOTHING. In fact, there was only one event mentioned for the week before and after and that event was a month or so away. When I didn't find them listed two weeks before, I called to get more information and spoke to an employee about the lack of publicity. I asked why they weren't listed. They said they were going to put up the information. There was still nothing the night before the event so I called again and was told that they didn't know for sure whether they were coming. Well, I KNEW they were coming because I had known for a couple of months that they were coming and I had literally just spoken with them. When we got to the restaurant, there weren't any signs indicating a band was going to be playing there that night - or any nights, for that matter. Even people on the streets had no way of knowing there was an "event". And then we were charged $20 to SEE the band in a separate room even though we were eating there. Others were eating at the bar, but weren't in the room. The music was great, but it sure hurts the experience when you only have a few people there to dance and sing and enjoy it. Plus, I imagine Oskar Blues lost money that night. One positive piece - the food was GREAT!