Georgia on My Mind

Wow, I meant to keep up with this tour and post something each day, but between the Kentucky moonshine and twenty plus pounds of bbq breakfast it must have slopped my mind. So please allow me to recap our adventure thus far.
Our first stop was at the Cubby Bear in Wriggleyville, Chicago. This place was awesome; its directly across from Wriggley Park and we were treated like rock stars. Chris Burhle opened the show, and actually they hooked us up with this show as a return favor for us opening for them up in Madison. That band is just awesome and it was realy great to see them in their natural environment. It was great to see our good friends Jess, Andrew, and George come out to support. Honestly, the greatest thing about any show is the support you recieve from your frinds and family. You guys are the best.
We've also met a ton of amazing new friends along the way. Our next two dates were in Bardstown Kentucky....you might be asking "where the hell is Bardstown, Kentucky?" Let me tell you, friends, Bardstown is the Bourbon capital of the world, and that bourbon was flowing like sweet, sweet necture. Tasha, our bartender for both nights was a sweet southern belle for sure! She hooked us up and was super cool. Accually once I started to understand what the hell people were saying to me, thay were all pretty nice :-) Our friends at Still Bill's (the place to chill) hooked us up with some real deal, kick your ass, you better watch what you're putting in yourself cause if you don't you aren't going to play a note tonight Kentucky Moonshine. Supposedly if you put that in the freezer on a summer day they call it ice water!
SO I have to tell you about rolling up to the Inspiration Lounge in Bardstown. First of all, noone had ever heard of this place, yes, that's great news. We headed in the direction of what seemed to be "out of town" and stopped to ask directions at this gas station. Lucas came out laughing his ass off, and shure as shit we were going to be rocking the motel lounge of the Quality Inn....quality. Yep, hotel lounge. Here is where I will give you time to laugh at our sorry asses.........................alright, enough. It accually turned out really well. We had supportive crowds and sold ten times as many cds as we could have hoped. I think we found the Rhinelander of the south.
So we waved good bye to Bardstown with hangovers and fond memories as we headed to Atlanta. Monday night was a gig at the number one indy rock website in the world, Dirty South TV. If you didn't see it, it was a unique expirence, but G (the dude in charge) was super supportive and crass and I think perhaps it will generate some crowd for our Friday show at the Atlanta Brewing Company. We will accually be streaming that live show on the Dirty South TV website Friday at 5:15 central so check it out while you are pre-partying for Friday night. After that we rushed over to Eddie's Attic to play a spot at their open mic. This, my friends, was the best open mic I have ever been apart of. Everybody was paying attention, there was no talking during performances, and every performer was unbelievable. We met great friends who were also touring and locals who were crazy!
I have to talk this oppertunity to not only wrap up this novel but also to thank SKJ productions and Opus entertainment, more specifically Shirley and Georgia who have treated us like kings while we have been here. The Lucas Cates Band, Mike Droho, and the Sharp and Harkins band are all crashing at their place in Stone Mountain, Georgia. It a communal environment with more food that I have ever seen. I am getting fat on this tour for sure! Its great to kick it with fellow Madison rockers and have the oppertunity to support each other while we are on the road. Community is powerful and I am blessed to have such an amazing group of people around me.
More to come as we head to South Carolina tomorrow! Peace.