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Show Recap:
This show was a benefit show for J-Rock, who was responsible for getting the band their shows at State Theatre.  A mainstay of the Tampa Bay local music scene for years, J-Rock, along with his cohort, Patty, the party girl, head up Rock Solid Pressure, a radio station geared for new FL talent.  J-Rock was battling shingles, and this show was in his honor, to assist him with his medical bills; the least the local bands could do for all that he had done for them.  The show was filled with many "firsts" for From This Fire.  It was the first show Ben Bowman played with the guys, and Derek Fair found himself on his instrument of choice: bass guitar.  It was the first time the band played "Tear Me Down," and played "Check My Brain," a new track from Alice In Chains.  The show is also notable that it was the first show Gabe Higgins played as a first-time father.  He had welcomed his son for the first time only a week earlier.