Wild West Tour Comes To An End

The long drive across Kansas. The mountains fading in the rear view mirror. *Sigh*  We stopped and broke up the monotony with a song:

https://youtu.be/YFZtWWyM2Ng

We took a break from the tent and spent the night at this cute joint

The next night was our show in Columbia Missouri at The Bridge. At the last minute, Beth Bombara from St. Louis joined the bill, which was awesome to get to hear her, finally. We have a few mutual industry friends who have been suggesting we should meet, that we'd make for good friends. They were right! 

Here's her website, so you should check out her new album: http://bethbombara.com/

The next two shows were in Indiana on the same day, both outside in extremely humid heat. Independent Music And Arts Festival in Indianapolis is a great event, which we've played a couple times. It's always well attended and supported by the community.  The band that played before us was phenomenal. Sweet Poison Victim, and they're from Indianapolis. Unfortunately they don't tour much at all because they mostly have "normal" jobs that tie them down. Booo to normal jobs!  Ruining bands!  That's why you have to tip, buy merch, support bands so they can break free from the 9-5 yoke and just make the music you love. 

After pouring our heart and sweat out on the stage, we quickly loaded out, grabbed some tacos, and headed up to Lafayette for our second festival of the day. The rain pushed the schedule back, but when we took the stage, blue skies appeared. We poured out the rest of our sweat and souls into the speakers, and made a lot of new friends. Lafayette is super cute. Go, if you have a chance. 

So? That was it!  The 5,000 mile month of travel is done. I'm happy to get home and back to work on our third album. We have a handful of local shows this summer, and a run out to NY for 5 or 6 days, those dates will be announced soon. Other than that, it's songwriting and recording. 

Thanks everyone for the support on this tour. It's your presence at the shows that makes this all worthwhile. Thanks for enjoying us!

P.S.

I'm home. We have no TV so I can't watch the Cavs game. But I can say that Akron turned into a jungle while I was gone!  The first thing I do when I come home, my ritual, is to walk our property and take stock of the changes in the flora. I'm shocked at how successful everything is, especially last year's calendula that is taking over with intense propagation of one corner of the garden. I'm excited for drying those flowers and making more calendula salve, last season's batch was awesome. Everything is not only alive, but has grown as fast - or faster than Suzi. And she's  almost 2 inches taller and has new teeth!  I'm happy to be home. There's desert sand and sage leaves on my floor, laundry piled up almost as high as the good memories. All in!