The tour is going well, Waits said, and all of the members are excited to return to the road after a car accident that occurred last year, which had canceled the Northeast and Midwest legs of the tour. Energy is high within the band, and the audience tonight should be able to see that, Waits said.
"It's going to be a fun performance," he said. "A lot of dancing and maybe even some drunken revelry from the audience. The crowd can expect a fun time."
The band formed while high school friends Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner attended Louisiana State University. During their junior year, the two musicians began jamming with drummer Greg Gauthreaux and Waits. After being introduced through a mutual friend to Ashlin Phillips, they formed the band.
Playing together with The Eames Era tonight will be the Washington, D.C.-based band The Hailing.
The Hailing began playing together in February 2005, and guitarist Nick Anderson said the group has been working on its first record, which is due out late this spring.
Bass player Alex Nixon said that he is very excited to be playing at Roustabout! and that the band became involved with Roustabout! because of guitarist Davey Bell's (David Hodgson) past connection with the event's organizer, Jeff Van Fossan.
Nixon said the audience could expect about seven songs "of well-crafted, light rock."
After the performance, Bell said he's hoping to leave the audience in a good mood.
He said he wants audience members to think, "I want
to take David out for ice cream."
While The Hailing and The Eames Era don't know each other and aren't touring together, Van Fossan said the performance should be a good one.
"They're really nice kids," he said.
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