Wednesday, August 06, 2008
And we're off!
Tour has officially began. After the wonderfully exciting drive across the great plains of SD we arrived in Spearfish with plenty of time to chill. Joey's good friend, Shizzle, welcomed us into his house where we got the shake off the drive and enjoy a few of those fine cold beverages we enjoy so much on his sweet patio downtown in Spearfish. As the evening progressed we had the pleasure of watching a killer thunderstorm roll in over the Black Hills. It was really beautiful, the squall line was perfectly defined and multi layered, backlit by constant lightning and the evening sun which lit the front edge of the storm. It progressed into a full on hail storm. fortunately there was no damage to vehicles but I'm sure more than one biker took a wicked shot to the face while going 75 down the interstate, my condolences.
The storm mostly passed before we played at the B&B. I had never been out here with the band (this is Josh by the way) but I see why the guys come back, cool venue and a great crowd. We blew a fuse during Dead Flowers but we played on finishing the song in an acoustic sing-along with everyone in the bar, it was beautiful really. After the power came back we finished the show and kept the people dancing til the wee hours.
Jami played with us last night for the last time for a few months. She is now heading to Nashville for four months. Good luck Jami! For anyone who needs a Jami fix we will have the cd's with us at all the Snakebeard shows.
Thats all for now, we have another night at the B&B and then we head to MT. I'm going to do my best to keep everyone posted on how our tour is progressing.
The storm mostly passed before we played at the B&B. I had never been out here with the band (this is Josh by the way) but I see why the guys come back, cool venue and a great crowd. We blew a fuse during Dead Flowers but we played on finishing the song in an acoustic sing-along with everyone in the bar, it was beautiful really. After the power came back we finished the show and kept the people dancing til the wee hours.
Jami played with us last night for the last time for a few months. She is now heading to Nashville for four months. Good luck Jami! For anyone who needs a Jami fix we will have the cd's with us at all the Snakebeard shows.
Thats all for now, we have another night at the B&B and then we head to MT. I'm going to do my best to keep everyone posted on how our tour is progressing.
