Tour Updates After Day Six...

Ok, so we left almost a week ago, and have plenty of tales to tell...

Day One, The Acoustic CoffeeHouse- Johnson City TN:
We spent a long afternoon driving through a made for TV horror movie in the hills of Tennessee. After we were sure that our poor van was going to break down after climbing the massive hills of eastern Tennessee, and rolling through almost impenetrable fog, our headlights decided to stop working for thirty seconds; thoroughly scarring us to death... we arrived at the Acoustic Coffeehouse to find real music lovers who were ready to listen to something new :) We had a great time with our new friends and played some more chilled acoustic music. Afterward, we enjoyed a free stay at the venue where we were slightly freaked out by the lack of privacy, but extremely grateful for a successful first night of the tour.

Day Two, No Show- Driving:
Driving ALLLLLLLL day. We arrive at The Travel Lodge in Pensacola. We load all of our equipment into our very small smokers room that we got stuck with because the hotel overbooked and gave our non-smoking room away to someone else. This should have been our first clue that something was wrong.

Day Three, Beach Experience Number 1 and The Islander:
After waking up after a long nights rest, we packed all of our stuff back into the trailer and warmed up some cans of soup. Our room certainly smelled like a sewage plant, but for $40 a night, we couldn't complain... at least not too loudly, even though management would not allow us to have fresh towels. At about noon we were distraught to find that our show that night might be in jeopardy because IT TOO had been double booked! As we were waiting to find out what our fate held in store for us that night, we decided we needed to relax on the beach and soak in some sun. We were bummed to find that the wind was blowing far too intensely for us to enjoy any time on the sand. While we were getting sand blown into our ears, we got the call back to find that our gig was moved to a club up the street that was inside. This was good news as it was about 50 degrees and was only going to get colder.
That night at the show, we met another interested crowd of party goers that really dug the music. After the first two sets, the band was really heating up, and had saved some of the best gem's for last. At the conclusion of the night, we had another success on our hands. Glad for a good first electric show, we took it as a good omen and went back to the hotel at about four.

Day Four, Out of HERE, to The Office Lounge:
We woke shortly before 11 to check out, and packed everything up all too happy to be leaving the stink hole we had been sleeping in. Because of the smell, the room mix up, and the completely incompetent staff, we were all too happy to be leaving the Travel Lodge in Pensacola, never to return. We decided to give the beach a second try, but to no avail. So we went to go see our buddy Jimmy at The Hang Out. HI JIMMY!!!! After some good catching up, we went to The Office Lounge to prepare early for the gig that night. When we got there, we decided a quick nap in the van was needed. We are lazy like that! After turning a few heads by sleeping on the roof of a van with lightning bolts on the sides at two in the afternoon, we were ready to set up, and rock faces. After the early show, we set up camp at the Big Lagoon campground.

Day Five, The Hang Out:
After waking up at the camp ground much refreshed, we enjoyed the freshly cleaned bathrooms and showers. We headed straight over to our favorite beach front venue, The Hang Out. We set up and enjoyed some Shaka-Shaka chicken wraps. As the temperature began to fall, we warmed up with our first set. By the end of the night, we had made plenty of new friends and fans from all over the country.

Day Six, Leaving the Campground for New Orleans:
A rather uneventful day of driving, campfire hot dogs, and checking in to our New Orleans head quarters. After having a few drinks and taking a well deserved night off we are about to go to sleep and head out for a long day of in stores, street performances, and the show tomorrow at the Maison that we cannot wait to play. We are optimistic and can only hope that it will go as well as the shows prior to it.

More stories to come.

For now, Goodnight.