Gravy fries. (Burlington, Vermont)
Hello from the hotel room. Everyone is asleep but me (Russ)… I’m doing some website updates here, trying to get them done asap so I can grab a couple of hours of sleep. We had a great gig at Nectar’s tonight, the people there were fantastic as always, we had a good crowd for a Monday night, and people were dancing until the last note of the last song at nearly 2am. We played a new “Afrikaans” tune (working title) tonight, which worked out well… and a new version of “Diggin in the Dirt.” Anton had some great work on “View” again tonight, with a very nice rendition of ‘somewhere over the rainbow’ in the middle. We visited with our new friends in the audience (and Backstage Members, too!) for a bit after the set and then packed up and headed back here to the hotel. We’re getting up at 7:30am to leave for Massachusetts, per Beers’ orders (his kids are down in MA for the week, so he wants to see them). I plan on trying to sleep in the back of the van. but it doesn’t really work that way. Anton calls it “stasis” – where you basically get as still as possible, but you never actually fall asleep, because the ride is bumpy or the conversation/music is too loud, or there’s lots on the mind, etc. It’s about a 4 hour drive to the place where we’re staying outside of Boston. We’ll get there around noon or so, and we’ll have the afternoon to try and nap for a bit before heading to the venue in Waltham to load in and soundcheck for the one and only Boston area gig of the tour.
Sorry for the short update, but I’m about to pass out on my keyboard here… going to jump in the shower and then let my head hit the pillow for an hour.
Hasta.