day 14

Well here we are in Wantagh, Ny. It's raining and dreary today. We are parked on the side street with traffic racing by. Someone said the holding tank is full and there's no water on the bus. Woo hoo! Half of the crew seem to have the crud. Just so you all know we live in a Petrie dish. We are constantly passing germs back and forth between one another. I refuse to get sick. Last night we had a great show in Dewey Beach, Delaware. We went took an afternoon field trip to the Dogfish Brew Pub. After a two mile hike we were treated to some tasty beverages. If you never tried 90 minute Dog Fish Head with it filter thru fresh hops you're missing out. But beware they are super strong. Needless to say our stroll back seemed way shorter. Tomorrow we are off to Asbury Park, NJ to play at the Stone Pony and an art show by our close friend Jay Alders. Check out his site. jayalders.com. He's amazing and he has laundry!  Jay said the surf is pumping. I'm excited to get some much needed surf!

Townson Maryland

We were in Towson, Maryland last night playing at the Recher Theater. The show was great. I saw lots of familiar faces. I love the backstage area at the Recher. It's laced with a pool table and most important not one but two showers. Today we are in sunny Virginia Beach. This is day 12 of tour. We have played 11 shows in a row. One more week until we have the only day off on the 18th. Donavon has arranged some jet skis for some play time today at sand spit. Tonight we are playing at the Jewish Mother aka "Jew Mom" I hear it is a tiny place so it will be intimate.

The mustache manifesto

Craig and Donavon have been compiling some video shorts from the tour. I thought I would pass on the link to everyone. Check out my mad skills. :) This is the video from The Wind  Jammer in The Isle of Palms....
http://www.donavonf.com/185/video/Mustache-Manifesto-Isle-of-Palms-SC/

Day 10 I think?

Howdy Ya'll... Today, We are in Wilmington North Carolina at the Soapbox Laundry and Lounge. We had two great nights at The Windjammer in The Isle of Palms, South Carolina. The crew went surfing out in front of the club both days. It's nice to get in the water and keep the noodles moving. I needed to work off some of the calories that I racked up from those tasty fried pickles. My wife Kitty Cat scored some good ones. Donavon and I shot some epic video in the water on Tuesday evening after sound check. It was about 6-10.... inches that is. I'll post some footage up later when I figure out how. Pardon my lack of technical skills. I think I have the fellas hooked on boiled peanuts. It was pretty funny watching their expression and lack of proper peanut extraction. If you have never indulged in this Southern culinary delight you have been missing out. I love 'em! Well off to do laundry and sound check. There's no shower today but at least I gots me some clean undies!

The Peptobus....

Ahhhh thank God. No more smelly clothes. I love this venue!

The wheels of the bus go round and round

Well here we are day 3 of tour and the bus is smelling fabulous already. We had our first show of tour last night in Fort Lauderdale at Culture Club. The show went well considering we have not played or rehearsed since April. We revisited some of Donavon's first record in the middle of the set with a Hawaiian flavor. I had my ukulele debut. It was a good laugh for us all. We were hoping to get a surf in at some point but Old King Neptune has not blessed us with any waves yet. So far everything is moving right along. We were blessed by some friends last night with showers and normal sleeping accommodations. I have met some really cool people over the last few years of touring who are so nice to open their homes up to some smelly musician types. It's so nice to be able to have a shower and normal toilet that's not moving from side to side with every pot hole. We have one more show in Lauderdale tonight then a 5 a.m. bus call and off to St. Pete. Maybe we can do some oil slick skim boarding on the bay side. :( I hope you all can make it out to one of the shows this month the band sounds great. I am truly blessed to have a job that I really enjoy and perform with some of my closest friends even if there is the lack of showers and private space.