And we’re off!
We're officially on our way!
We just found out that we were featured on AOL for playing at Bonnaroo!!
Here's the link.... http://www.spinner.com/2008/06/12/ourstage-artists-set-to-rock-at-bonnarroo/
Now, for the tour diary:
June 11th : Athens, GA. Some awful weather for this drive. We pulled into town after a 6.5 hour drive. Long!!!! This is the first time we're traveling with the cargo topper on the Matrix, so we were a bit scared of the winds and heavy rains, but everything was fine. Ate at The Grit and hung out with Tim from Captain 1. He's good people and we can't thank him enough for helping out!! Nothing much was going on in Athens tonight. The show went really well as for load in, set up, play, break down, load out mechanics, which is reassuring after taking so much time off since our last show. The music wasn't bad either. There were some snags, but overall, it went well for the first night of the tour. We debuted 2 new songs and were pleased with their reception.
Probably the best part of the night, though was when I cut my thumb open playing the theremin!! I was bleeding all over the place and it was quite rock and roll. People told us they could see it from the crowd it was bleeding so much. Luckily, it was during the last song.
After the show, we high-tailed it to Lawrenceville, GA (about 45 minutes away) to stay with Chris' sister. We were shown the royal treatment and headed off to Asheville the next day.
June 12 : Asheville, NC. We headed off for Asheville to visit friends. Approaching the Appalachian mountains was phenomenal. What a drive. We dropped Chris off with friends in the city and we drove out to the country to visit our old professor, Michael Carlebach. He lives up in the mountains. The Prius actually got stuck going up the dirt road to his place. Luckily, the car stopped right in front of his driveway, so we just had to push it a few yards.
When I say this place was paradise in the mountains, I"m selling it short. His house was right on the downward slope of one mountain, overlooking the valley and the mountains on the other side of the valley. Nearly the entire side of the house was windows and the view was amazing (photos to follow!). We stayed in his "barn" which was actually a huge studio with a bedroom above it. We hiked through the mountains and saw a wild turkey with babies. They had seen bears lately, so we were half hoping to see one too and half wondering if this is how we'd die, all mauled up in the Smokies.
They fed us an amazing dinner and we talked late into the night. What a great night.
Tomorrow, we head to Bonnaroo!! Stay tuned for the weekend update blog.
We just found out that we were featured on AOL for playing at Bonnaroo!!
Here's the link.... http://www.spinner.com/2008/06/12/ourstage-artists-set-to-rock-at-bonnarroo/
Now, for the tour diary:
June 11th : Athens, GA. Some awful weather for this drive. We pulled into town after a 6.5 hour drive. Long!!!! This is the first time we're traveling with the cargo topper on the Matrix, so we were a bit scared of the winds and heavy rains, but everything was fine. Ate at The Grit and hung out with Tim from Captain 1. He's good people and we can't thank him enough for helping out!! Nothing much was going on in Athens tonight. The show went really well as for load in, set up, play, break down, load out mechanics, which is reassuring after taking so much time off since our last show. The music wasn't bad either. There were some snags, but overall, it went well for the first night of the tour. We debuted 2 new songs and were pleased with their reception.
Probably the best part of the night, though was when I cut my thumb open playing the theremin!! I was bleeding all over the place and it was quite rock and roll. People told us they could see it from the crowd it was bleeding so much. Luckily, it was during the last song.
After the show, we high-tailed it to Lawrenceville, GA (about 45 minutes away) to stay with Chris' sister. We were shown the royal treatment and headed off to Asheville the next day.
June 12 : Asheville, NC. We headed off for Asheville to visit friends. Approaching the Appalachian mountains was phenomenal. What a drive. We dropped Chris off with friends in the city and we drove out to the country to visit our old professor, Michael Carlebach. He lives up in the mountains. The Prius actually got stuck going up the dirt road to his place. Luckily, the car stopped right in front of his driveway, so we just had to push it a few yards.
When I say this place was paradise in the mountains, I"m selling it short. His house was right on the downward slope of one mountain, overlooking the valley and the mountains on the other side of the valley. Nearly the entire side of the house was windows and the view was amazing (photos to follow!). We stayed in his "barn" which was actually a huge studio with a bedroom above it. We hiked through the mountains and saw a wild turkey with babies. They had seen bears lately, so we were half hoping to see one too and half wondering if this is how we'd die, all mauled up in the Smokies.
They fed us an amazing dinner and we talked late into the night. What a great night.
Tomorrow, we head to Bonnaroo!! Stay tuned for the weekend update blog.