"All night long, people had been polite, having their conversations, doing what you do at a bar and enjoying themselves," says Croghan, who lived with Smith for a time. "So there was a fair amount of chatter throughout all the sets. And Elliott got up there and started performing, and you could just watch the room get sucked up in what he was doing. One by one, people just stopped, and everyone's attention was focused on the stage. It became obvious to me that this guy is so much more amazing than the rest of us on this tour."