Blue Sky Riders

9.28.12 I have never had to play two shows in a night. I used to be in bands that played multiple sets but this was the same show twice. Only thinking up new jokes kept them from being carbon copies of each other. We had nice crowds for each show and we rocked them equally.

We keep waiting for some big political figure to come to one of our shows. They are all staying here. (more…)

9.27.12 Great audience tonight! Lots of friends in the crowd but it was more than that. Everything worked tonight… jokes, intros, just everything. My friend and comedy mentor, Mark Hudson, was sitting by the stage, so I threw in a spit take or two. Once again we had to cut the show short and be off by 9:30. We cut down the acoustic section, which is a shame because the part really goes over well. We are getting good at timing our show so both short nights we aimed for ending at 9:30 and we left the stage at 9:34. We are good, baby!

9.26.12 They sure make things complicated here in NYC. We couldn’t do a soundcheck for our second show… we had to stop early for another show at 10… interesting parameters. It was total trust in our crew that we would walk onto the stage and it would sound great in the room and in our earpieces and they did NOT let us down. We shaved a little off the show but I know that the crowd got its money’s worth. (more…)

9.25. 12 We are here in New York City all week playing the Feinstein room. This is a very classy, very famous cabaret room. We have been worried the whole tour about this gig. It is a small stage… a small place… a very small PA. We considered a lot of options… play with just the three acoustic guitars (our band would then sit idle in New Jersey all week getting into all kinds of legal trouble) or strip down and come up with all new arrangements and do an “Unplugged” version of our show (tough one… (more…)