The Highlight of the past week had to be when Elvis showed
up to our gig last Friday night in Alda, NE.
And not only just showed up, but was in full Jumpsuit attire, AND we
were able to get him up on stage for a 3 song mini-set with us. Of course he stole the show. Everyone in attendance immediately came up to
the stage with cameras snapping tons of pictures. Because when Elvis shows up unexpectedly, you better get a picture. Thanks for hanging out Elvis. We had a
blast!
We are in Chadron, NE right now as I’m typing this part. I ate possibly the best steak ever this
evening at Feik’s 120. Sitting here
thinking about how amazing that steak was has me reflecting on some of the
other incredible (or at least memorable) foods or meals we’ve had throughout
the country. In Belfield, ND at the
Roughrider Bar it’s the ‘cheesy-hash’.
The ‘Reno Burger’ at Red Rock Saloon in Milwaukee, WI is incredible. Primetime in Breezy Point, MN used to have
the ‘Shrimp Pesto’ (maybe Kevin’s favorite meal in the entire country). They don’t serve it anymore, but if you ask
nicely, Gus might still make it for you.
Then there’s the ‘Cashew Burger’ at the Anchor Bar in Superior, WI. Okay, I have to stop thinking about all this
food.
Well, I must say, the inevitable happened last weekend. We have a song on our upcoming album called
“Show A Little Skin”. As we were
performing it the other night, one of the women dancing decided that she needed
to act out the lyrics and flashed the band.
About 8 times. I am trying to
think of the first time that happened (by the way, no, it does not happen a
lot). I bet when I was young and first
playing in a band I must have thought it was the coolest thing ever for some
woman to flash the band. Now, it’s more
like ‘nice boobs, want to buy a CD or a Koozie?’ I guess its true that as we get older our
priorities change. Now I’m just much
more interested in whether or not you like our music. It is more important for me to get our music
out there and heard; that is more exciting to me these days. Wow, I must be getting old.
So, from our last blog (which was also our first one too…)
we had several people write in with questions or things they wanted to know more
about. Which, by the way, please
continue to do that. The purpose of this
is to give a little more insight into our lives on the road. Hearing what you’d like to know about makes
it a little easier. So anyway, here is
the question we got asked the most:
“What do you do for
fun when off stage?” It seems like
although we only spend a few hours on stage each night, every waking second of
our day is somehow involved with the business or the show. Most of our time is spent traveling from one
town to the next. I hate to think of how
many hundreds of thousands of miles we’ve spent in our van over the past
several years. I have gotten better at
sleeping while sitting up though. And if
we’re not traveling to the next town, it seems like all we do is set up the
stage or tear it down. A typical day goes
like this: wake up early, leave the hotel, get in the van, drive several hours,
arrive at the next town, check into the hotel, go to the venue and set up, eat
some disgusting fast food, quickly shower, go back to the venue, play the show,
tear down the stage, go back to the hotel, fall into the bed and pass out; repeat
process tomorrow. It wears me out just
typing all that. Wait, I haven’t even
answered the question yet. Reading that
back, it seems like I just spent the past several sentences complaining about
my job, which is not allowed; I get to play music for a living – there’s no
complaining about that! Anyway, back to
the question: when we have some down time, I like to read. Yes, I know that’s not a very cool musician
thing to do with my time off, but I’m a book worm. Anything I can get my hands on. Especially musician autobiographies. They’re the best. If you want to read one that will really
blow you away, check out “The Dirt” by Motley Crue. I couldn’t put it down. Sometimes if we have a night off we all might
go check out another band. It’s always
fun to go see other bands and hear what they sound like and what kind of music
they’re playing. But to be honest, the
majority of the time, if we have a night off I’d rather just stay in and
rest. We spend so much time in bars and
clubs, sometimes it is nice to not be in a bar on our night off; just stay in
and relax and enjoy some alone time.
Anyway, that’s it for this entry. Again, please let us know what you’d like to
hear about from our time out here on the road.
And thanks for reading and being interested in our lives. Make sure you check out all of our other
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