Spark Screen Breaker.

The last ten weeks or so have been a blur to say the least. From the Midwest to the east coast back to the Midwest to the west coast back to the Midwest and to the southeast coast. a whirlwind. Been home a few days and it’s back to it tomorrow as we head to Columbus, oh. Laundry to do, deposits to make, a trailer axel to grease, etc. gonna try to recall some of what happened over the last several weeks…

Did some dates with Rose Hill Drive from boulder, co. good fucking rock and roll band and nice bunch of people. Hope to do some more shows with them for sure. As we headed back from the west coast (first we had to spend a night in Astoria, OR where they filmed the movie “the goonies.” went to that beach where one eyed Willie’s pirate ship sets sail at the end) we had a couple of stops before our show in Chicago. Thanks Jared and friends as always at Nutty’s in SD. We brought the rain again, but rock and roll prevailed that evening! Thanks to all in Decorah, IA for your hospitality and kindness; we’ll be back for sure.

Chicago. By the way, we have a new fucking president and he’s from the hippest city in America. And I couldn’t be happier. Anyway, the Double Door was rockin. Good to have our friend Scott Tipping join us for that one and for the next few weeks. We’ll be back DOING ANOTHER FREE SHOW AT DOUBLE DOOR ON NOV. 29TH. After Chicago, we got one night at home and it was memorable to say the least. We opened for one of our favorites LOS LOBOS. We joked about hoping that we’d meet them and not to “get our hopes up, etc.” well after our set at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, I was tapped on the shoulder by the Lobos tour manager who asked me if I wanted to leave my gear on stage to sit in with the guys. No shit. Got to talk to some of them before their set to thank them for the invitation and before I knew it I was playing with Los Lobos to close out their set. Amazing. On their encore, Scott T. and Tim both sat in and killed it! Hung with those guys after and they are as nice and down to earth as you would’ve hoped they’d be.

The next day we drove to Asheville, nc to hook up with the Squirrel Nut Zippers. What a fantastic band! Great tunes and arrangements. Lots of soul. Didn’t really know much about them aside from that Jimbo Mathus (played with buddy guy on sweet tea) played guitar and sang. Well he also plays trombone and writes some great tunes as well. We had him close out our set with us at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta with one of his tunes off of a blues record. “if yall wanna play Boogie Music, I’ll play Boogie Music with yall.” late night after and one to remember. Did a couple more nights with the Zippers and it was back to the Midwest for a couple of days.
Headed out last week with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. Thanks to them for having us, but please, no more Journey at the end of the night. Kidding. Not really. Anyway, good times in St. Lou, Davenport, and KC. Nice to be back in the middle of the country and to see some familiar faces for sure!

Leave early tomorrow for Columbus, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland. Always an adventure. Hit it as the trio the next few nights. Should be fun to play some old stuff and new. Thanks to Scott T. for rippin it the last few weeks, we’ll see you in J-town!

Yes We Did.

Ed