Sunday, July 20, 2008

Tour so far





Wow this tour has been amazing so far… opening for the APPLES is such a treat! We got the honor to see my mommy in law in Madison, IN and she treated us so well the night before the tour started… SO WE were rested and ready to rock Louisville!

Louisville is weird.. Like Des Moines its a City no one outside the city pronounces it correctly… Lullville is how the locals say it… When we got to the venue we realized we have havent played to many venues of this capacity… seriously this place was HUGE.. and it was rad cause it was filling up nicely by the end of the night! I had a major wardrobe malfunction during the show.. not only did I rip a hole in my pants but I must have popped the elastic strip cause they just came a dumbling down on the second to last song.. Have no fear the sound man was there with some string so I could finish the show! Pretty awesome.. I had to say to the crowd that I was seeing Don the drummer by “LOOKING OUT MY BACK DOOR”

Then onto St. Louis which totally ruled.. We played the Duck Room which is CHUCK BERRY’s very famous club.. Where he still plays a set once a month! The place was packed and we had a bunch of friends come out which ruled and we got our first shot of the tour on stage! I stepped on Devins by accident but it didnt matter as he was the DD for the night.. Don’s nephew played a couple songs on bass for us since Joe had to miss the first 2 shows due to family stuff.. but it was great.. Don’s Nephew Caleb is 16 and naturally I announced that from stage so not 1 minute after our set was done he got booted from the club… How rock n roll is that!
It’s also been great to have Chris Ford playing with us.. he totally took over singing Joe T’s role in our new song GIVE IT A TRY and he nailing the vocals, dancing, and trumpet… He is our new utility man and jack of all trades! OH and BEATLE BOB was at the show.. he is a famous dude who comes and Dances at all the “to be at” shows in St. Louis.. I got him to take the mic. on Magic Circle and he totally biffed the words but he sang so my heart pumped a little faster last night.. Also our booking agent SHAWN has come along for the first few shows and its been so wonderful hanging out with him for a couple of days! He RULES.. what booking agent would come and hang out with his crappy band?

Well we are rocking Iowa City tommorow Monday.. so come on over if you would like!

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