Summer Tour: Mt. Clemens

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Gary in Blog, Gary Blogs

First of all… do you read these blogs because you want to find out how the show last night went?…. or because you want to peer into the dark chasm that is my alleged mind? I’m okay either way. I will certainly tell you how last night went. I’m a little late getting to it. […]

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First of all… do you read these blogs because you want to find out how the show last night went?…. or because you want to peer into the dark chasm that is my alleged mind? I’m okay either way. I will certainly tell you how last night went. I’m a little late getting to it. If I waited much longer I would have to tell you about two shows in one blog and that way lies chaos. And I am only paid for one. (more…)

Summer Tour: Blue Ash

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Gary in Blog, Gary Blogs

Blue Ash, Ohio. You fickle, fickle maiden of Middle America. Blue Sky Riders played one of it’s first shows here a couple of years ago on the Fourth of July. It was a memorable night for many reasons. Bad fashion choices (we were still learning what works for us. I think I wore a short […]

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Blue Ash, Ohio. You fickle, fickle maiden of Middle America. Blue Sky Riders played one of it’s first shows here a couple of years ago on the Fourth of July. It was a memorable night for many reasons. Bad fashion choices (we were still learning what works for us. I think I wore a short skirt and the front rows could see EVERYTHING.) Bad song choices. (we played an encore we hadn’t quite learned yet so it was a bit of a train wreck) and low turn out (we were so unknown that people didn’t have a clue that they might actually want to SEE the opening act… we were told there would be close to a hundred thousand people in the crowd… and when we walked onstage… there were about fifty people. Fifty people in a field that holds a hundred thousand is not an inspiring sight).  Fast forward to tonight’s concert and see how far we’ve come: (more…)

Summer Tour: St. Louis

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Gary in Blog, Gary Blogs

Back in the saddle again! The tour resumed in St. Louis and a desperate nation sighed in relief. We had a week off at home with nothing to do. Well, actually we had some major construction in the backyard… and we flew to LA for a few days for business… and oh, yeah… we played […]

St. Louis 8.23

Back in the saddle again! The tour resumed in St. Louis and a desperate nation sighed in relief. We had a week off at home with nothing to do. Well, actually we had some major construction in the backyard… and we flew to LA for a few days for business… and oh, yeah… we played a show at the Bluebird. But other than that… we were totally off. Now the world is back on it’s axis and I sit in the dressing room aft our first show of this run… (more…)

Summer Tour: Anaheim

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Gary in Blog, Gary Blogs

If you really believe in something then you don’t mind wearing yourself out in the name of promoting it. We really believe in this band and this CD, and we are grinding and grinding out the miles to make sure that at the end of the year we look back and know that we did […]

The Band: Scott Bernard • Tom Brechtlein • Shem Von Schroeck

Last show of a run is always full of mixed feelings. On one hand I always have a sense of accomplishment and an excitement about going home, no matter how brief the stay there will be. On the negative side… I will miss the nightly poker games in the back of the bus. I will miss the wonderful massage I get from our organ player. Wait a minute… this band doesn’t HAVE a organ player! Who WAS that guy? I’ll miss the playful interaction… the boasting… the contests of courage…. “Ten bucks says you can’t jump from this buildings roof to the next roof!” “I’m not sure what this liquid is in this cup but I dare you to drink it!”  Good times. (more…)