Deerasic Park...

Ever wake up knowing that the day is going to be an absolute catastrophe? Yesterday was one of these... but still an awesome time. To start off, rain delayed the stage from being built. We were also in the middle of nowhere with no cell phone service, making contact with the venue impossible. I think that every detail i had preplanned for the trip was changed at least three times. Everything pretty much went wrong; from hotel rooms, soundcheck, showtimes, number of bands playing.... it was wild. I'm glad that we are conditioned to deal with chaos like this. Some people lose it, we just roll with it. All i know is that when we finally hit the stage, it rocked. It rocked hard haha. Kyle, our guitar tech, got to take down some audience members that climbed up on stage. The band really cut loose. We played a two hour set of the usual originals and threw in some fun covers that we hadn't done in a while. The audience, made up of hunting and wildlife fanatics, really loved it. At the end of the night, we found ourselves absolutely hammered on the bus having a smokey and the bandit/dance off party.. good times. I passed out face down in my bunk and my lip kinda hurts...

the year of change...

Well, just as i was settling back down... they puuull me back in. Over the last year, i made one of the most important decisions of my life. The opportunity to relocate to Nashville, Tn arose and i jumped at it. I've been blessed to play with fellow musician and friend, Frankie Ballard over the last few years. He signed a record deal with Warner Bros last year. His career is taking off and we are working our asses off on the road! Life is exciting and my eyes are being opened to so many new things...

Right now i'm sitting in a hotel room somewhere in Ohio. We flew out of Nashville this morning for an acoustic radio show in Akron. With a little time to kill, Frankie, Lindsay (midwest radio rep from warner bros who is awesome!!!) and myself cruised over to Little Italy to visit one of my favorite places on earth- Corbo's!!!! I stocked up on Cannolis and had an awesome lunch. Frankie and Lindsay were bombarded with my stories of hanging there as a child. I was in a good place.

The station visit was great. The programming director, Sue, was absolutely a blast. We went out to a really nice dinner afterwards and talked for a couple hours while feasting on what i would call masterpieces- alligator tastes pretty good haha. We covered all the things you aren't supposed to mention at dinner; sex, politics, religion, animal cruelty haha. Good times.... that needed to keep going...

An hour later we found ourselves in the middle of nowhere at this crazy "fun" place. Go karts, bumper boats, batting cages, putt putt golf, and more... It was AWESOME. Frankie threw down on some super passes for three of us- unlimited everything, that's how we roll. Eventually the sun set and it was time for us to head to the hotel. My clothes are still kinda wet from the bumper boats, and i'm kinda sore.. time to watch Robin Hood and pass out.

Playing a festival tomorrow, meeting the tour bus in the morning then it's back to work!