Hey there! Been a while since I've been able to blog, and there's been plenty of blog worthy livin going on, which is really how we should all define our lives if ya ask me. Anyways, where we last left off we were at a hardcore eastcoast biker bar and for a flash there we were wildy out of place. The show ended up being one of the strangest of our careers (not sure if that's the right word...) and one of the most fun. We ended up getting along real well with all the crowd there and the owner Billy sprung for a hotel for us. Truely an invaluable gesture to a band on the road. We then sat there for the rest of the night drinking heavily with Billy and his crew, truly an intense way to start off our run of the USA.
Chop Shop Crew!
After New Hampshire, we headed to Danbury Conneticut and played at a large theatre. Since this is our first run of the states, it was pretty empty, but we ended up befriending one of the other bands, a band of jam band hippes, and made the best of it nontheless.
Max being a whiny bitch
After Danbury we drove straight up to Boston and slept in a parking lot in the Harvard Campus. My mother would be so proud. Woke up the next morning drenched in our own sweet, and ready to get super touristy in Boston. It was everyones first time in Boston so we tried to make the most of it and ended up randomly walking around the downtown area etc etc. The venue we played at was one of the campus bars at Harvard so naturally we were much more intelligent and handsome then the crowd there. One of our managers was in the city aswell, and we got to have dinner with him which was rad. Later that night one of his buddies Jordi, hooked us up with a place to stay at the dorms in Harvard. We fit right in for sure. We then headed to the big apple.
View on the way in
In New York the weirdness continued as we got to the venue, it was in Bushwick a hipster mecca in Brooklyn. We played in what wasn't neccesarily a conventional live music venue but more of an "art space". Nontheless we tried our best to rock the living fuck out of it. We were a band in the midst of some acoustic acts and poets, so I wasn't really sure how our music was going to go down, but a good majority of the crowd there bought our Wolf CD, which definitely put us in a good mood and reassured us slightly. It's become interesting watching our music go down with different types of crowds, we've definitely learned a lot.
In front of the venue in Brooklyn
After our set in Brooklyn we headed to Manhattan and proceeded to drink heavily. Some of our friends were in town so the rest of the band went out with them. My girlfriend happened to be in the city so we headed to the Village to try and track down Bob Dylan's old haunts (to anyone interested, the Gaslight is a dance club now, and Cafe Wha looks largely unchanged).
The next day we walked around like a bunch of hungover zombies tourists, eventually driving to Phildelphia.
Our day in tourist trip didn't stop in Philadelphia, as we walked around downtown and visited the Rocky Steps. I got a great video of Mike going up them which I hope to upload later.
The show in Philadelphia was one of the better ones of this tour. The venue, The Grape Room, was awesome and we ended up making friends with a local band, The Great SOCIO, who let us crash at there hippie pad. Truely phenomenal, we finally got a decent sleep and headed out to Pittsburgh.
Heres a sideways picture of us in front of the venue in Philadelphia
Making Rocky our Bitch
The show in Pittsburgh was one of those shows where you just kind of play for the other band. Good thing the other band was awesome, called Robert Jon and the Wreck from L.A. Great guys and great band. Most of our epuiptment fucked up aswell, so we were all pretty bummed out to tell you the truth. Luckily some random nearby restaraunt owner was there to lift our spirits with free jerk chicken. We took us to the back of his restaurant and proceeded to make us one of the best meals I've probably ever had. Holy shit that was awesome.
Anyways we're currently in Akron Ohio playing at the Musica tonight. The Black Keys are from here so I might just have to slip the solo from Tighten Up into one of our songs tonight, regardless of the key.
Jesse
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