Louisville, KY

Louisville, KY

We went down to Louisville last weekend. At first we were supposed to just do one slot at the Forecastle Festival but a couple days before we left our manager managed to get us a slot playing live at WFPK, Louisville’s great public radio station. I guess someone must have cancelled, but we’ll take it! Listen to what we did here: http://www.wfpk.org/CMS/?page_id=73 It’s a great big room for a radio station and they get 50-60 people in there to watch you play which makes the act of playing live music that much more rewarding.

We got down there the night before and set up camp at our friend Adam’s place. He’s the guitar tech and gear specialist for Nashville Pussy. Anybody like any lust with their rock & roll? Anyway, when we get there he’s drinking beer on the back porch of the house with his friend John. We join in until 3 or 4am and then sleep a few hours. We did the radio gig for an hour and then set out to find a hardware store. While purchasing Gorilla tape the clerk at the store lets Nick in on a little story. Some Louisville girl found out her boyfriend was cheating on her. She comes home to find him passed out drunk. She proceeds to put him in a chair and Gorilla tape him from the tips of his feet to his neck. Here’s the kicker… The hardware store guy said he lost a lot of skin while the paramedics undid him. No shit. Watch out for that G tape. Use with caution. Nick and Fish fixed amps while the rest of us watched the Cubs.

It was weird not having a show to do on a Friday night but we made up for it by cooking brats and drinking a ton of beer. Adam’s from Owensboro and he makes relish with his grandpa and he sent us home with a quart of it. Thanks again. We owe you a tee shirt if you’re reading this. Saturday we watched the great Chicago band, Tortoise. Crashed at a hotel because Adam had to get back to Owensboro. That brings us to Sunday. We saw a nice article about our good friend Pokey LaFarge in the local entertainment paper, The Leo. Not surprising since he’s been killing down there for quite some time now. Check out Pokey if you get the chance. We got to the Forecastle Fest, loaded in, and listened to this guy Otis Gibbs. He did a really nice job. Then we all got gift certificates for new Merrell shoes! And if anybody knows anything about the current state of footwear in Backyard Tire Fire you know that this was a real blessing. I’ve almost run out of sole. So we got our gift certificates and then set up to play. Had a great set of loud rockers and started back to Bloomington, IL. I almost forgot that we got to see Joe from Production Simple down there too. Joe’s been fucking great to the Tire Fire. Can’t wait till next time we get to hang with that guy. Big thanks to everyone that helped us load gear and everyone that hung out with us on such a hot summer day. They didn’t get the free beer rolling until we were ready to leave.
We’ve got a new album coming out in late Aug. We’ve got a few tracks from this on our myspace page. Thanks for reading and enjoy.