Blue Sky Riders

Tonight’s blog comes with a few handy dandy tips for touring that I have picked up as part of this crazy carnival I like to call a Blue Sky Riders Tour:

Tip one: There is apparently no limit to the number of naps a human being (me) can take. Bus not showing up for twenty minutes? Take a nap! Dinner is in an hour? Get a little “power nap” in. Sleep a full eight hours and get on the bus for a two hour drive to the next show? Crawl into the ol’ bunk and take a nap. It’s really quite amazing. When this tour is over, I should have a sleep reserve built up so I can stay awake till 2016. (more…)

Tonite we played in Aberdeen, WA. It was an old place… the D &R Theatre. We didn’t have a lot of time for a sound check cause Kenny is working up some new songs in his set and when we DID sound check it sounded really bass-y and boomy and we got nervous about how the actual show was gonna sound. It wasn’t a good omen when dinner was spaghetti and lasagna. Our band is pretty carb and gluten free and we certainly don’t eat cheese before a show. Bet you didn’t know there were so many rules to this, did you? (more…)

Salem, Oregon. Crystal blue skies. 72 degrees. Killer horseflies the size of a baby’s head…. okay, I’m kidding about the horseflies. I had to come up with something negative about this place so I don’t sell our house and move here tomorrow. This was an outdoor fair with rides and sock monkeys and everything. Downside? No opening act. If we were gonna play we would have to come out during Kenny’s show and do three songs. Is it worth it? Can we get across to the crowd the magic and wonder that is Blue Sky Riders in only twelve minutes?

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New tour…new blogs. Not sure if I’ll be able to keep up for every show. Sometimes a guy just wants to get back to his room in a strange hotel and stare longingly at the Macadamia nuts. If I can, though, I will. Starting tonight at Jacksonville, Oregon. Beautiful outdoor stage called The Britt. (more…)