Okay. Wow. Geez. I don't even know where to begin...really.
Road blur has already set in and we've almost argued over the concept of what day it actually is. As I type this, I'm listening to Rush on my iPod in the bus. We're parked in an alley behind tonight's venue in Tulsa, OK called Jo Mamma's. Nice stage, our name on the lighted marquis and our posters...uh...well...posted. Yay! So, since I'm here in Tulsa, it must be Saturday and that means I'm a bit overdue for an update.
Thursday morning we showed up at Channel 4 in Albuquerque to tape a segment for a show that is set to air later this month. We had a blast. During the interview, we also performed an acoustic version of 'My High Life' that had everyone smiling. Afterward, the host Mary Anne took us and our AWESOME PR gal Bianca out for a lovely lunch in old town Albuquerque. They're known for their green chilies and we couldn't help ourselves...YUM. When we get our copy of the video, we'll post it.
We headed to the venue and found parking to be an all-out NIGHTMARE. A major rookie mistake really proved to be a challenge: we didn't properly scout the parking lot we pulled into. It was a narrow parking lot with what looked to be an outlet driveway at the opposite end...UH...WRONG!! In case anyone is interested in the math- narrow lot plus long bus plus one driveway plus the simple fact that this thing is nearly impossible to back-up equals A REALLY LONG AND FRUSTRATING AFTERNOON TRYING TO GET OUT OF A JAM. And to say the least...that's what it was.
That night we played at the Monte Vista Fire House grill. The crowd was more energetic than we were after the parking fiasco and a two hour load-in up three flights of stairs. But, we fed off their energy and everyone had a blast. There was a gaggle of students from Kentucky in town that promised to catch us again in Louisville later in the tour. Honestly the crowd was singing louder than I've ever heard and judging from the looks on the faces of the bartenders the bar did well....very well.
Leaving Albuquerque, and very tired, we noticed our lights blinking intermittently again....oh yeah, we were pulled over for that somewhere between Flagstaff and the New Mexico border. The Officer was very nice and helped me trouble shoot the issue...although we were unable to fix it. "Drive with your hazard lights on from here on out," he said as he shook my hand and left. Just one more thing for us to deal with on our upcoming couple of days 'off'. On the way to Oklahoma we saw lots of dead things on the road, a lot of construction (not fun in a long bus with a trailer and blinking hazards) and...........wait for it............THUNDER NUGGETS. Earlier in our drive, David had mentioned to Jeff and I that the thing on the shoulder of the roadway is called a 'rumble strip'....ya know that annoying noise your tires make when you get over too far. Anyhow...the tour bus has encountered the rumble strip quite a few times in getting used to the width of everything and later, when trying to recall that term, Jeff said "Geez the road here is so narrow, I keep hitting the....the....uh.....what is that thing....uh......THUNDER NUGGETS." We all laughed until we nearly peed our pants....only furthering our continual tire contact with the thunder nuggets...er....rumble strip.
Last night we pulled into Norman, Oklahoma to rock Mooney's Pub. The drive from Albuquerque to Norman was our longest on the entire tour. It was roughly a nine hour drive and guess what? We forgot about the SECOND time zone change of our tour which actually made it a ten hour drive and made us an hour LATE for our show. Yikes. We loaded-in quickly after getting to pull the bus into a FIELD next to the club. It was a welcomed change from the weird narrow lot in Albuquerque. Anyway, we loaded-in and everyone in the place ended-up onstage. One of the owners actually shook her money maker and SANG a few songs with us. We have tons of great photos and plan to upload them soon, we promise. After the show, we stayed in the bar to discover the ultimate lethal raddness of their signature shot called a 'So What'. It has recently been trademarked or patented or whatever you do with a drink...it is Southern Comfort, Watermelon and Red Bull. Needless to say, we slept very well. We woke up, in the bus, in the field, loaded-out and rolled onward to Tulsa.
Both clubs are already begging to have us back. Let's see if we can keep that streak alive.
More to come soon...I promise. Now...shower, dinner, sound check.
Love,
C, J & D
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