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May
30
I just found this on a random link following trail..
Pretty awesome…
Local One Music is checkin out The Cloud Hymn tomorrow night. If you’d like to come down, InfiniTea House in Eau Claire has the spot, Cloud Hymn has the music.
Out
May
25
One heck of a crazy trip later, we are on our way home. I am writing this from the van somewhere near Spokane, WA. We left Sasquatch this morning.
The festival was actually disappointing. It could be because we’ve had a blast up until then, could be the incredible heat, or could just be the poor organization of the fest. I actually skipped all on Sundays shows because it wasn’t much fun on Saturday. Bon Iver was hands down the best show we saw and that’s not just because they’re hometown boys. They rocked it pretty hard.
Yesterday afternoon, we realized we had run over a nail somewhere in our travels and the tire was 100% flat. That was fun. We were happy we found it yesterday afternoon an not this morning. A great tire place in George, WA fixed it for $21 and we were off.
So that is it. The conclusion of our first trip, first of many we hope. Thanks to all the great people and warm greetings we received from folks all over the country. Check back for local videos and postings of local endeavors. More tours to come, as well. We are hoping to plan a trip east in the next few months. Stay tuned!
Out
John
May
22
We met up with some friends of Todd and Chris who knew the lead singer of a band playing at Conor Byrne in Seattle. We went over there for the show and it was a ton of fun. Big Sur, the band we had a connection with, were really nice guys and put on a good show. Plus, they had a slide guitar, how cool is that! Anyone who’s a hater of the slide guitar is silly.
The set opened with Calahen David Morrison, who from what I hear, was fantastic. After that, Dean Station played. They were way bluesy, which was sweet, but were bummed that their drummer couldn’t make it to the show. Would have been fun to see the full band. Big Sur closed up shop, all good fun.
Tried hookin up with Calahen for a recording session today but without luck. Whatever, so it goes.
May
22
We found ourselves, camera and recording gear free, at the Northwest Folklife Festival downtown Seattle. It’s the largest folk fair,and is put on by more than 7000 volunteers. The stage we are sitting at, waiting for a jazz band to rock, literally sits at the base of the space needle.
I was bummed about not having the recording gear but am fine with it as we can just sit back and relax watching the people and the music and all the craziness.
We are heading to Quincy tomorrow for Sasquatch, then home. Tonight, the Melvins at the Showbox. Should be a heck of a show.
More to come later.
May
21
We landed in Seattle around 2 in the Afternoon and decided to bum around. We met up with one of Chris and Todd’s friends, Matt, who turned out to be a pretty fun cat to be around.
We cruised all over town, found a couple musicians, and did the “normal downtown” stuff like Pike Place.
Matt tried taking us up to the top floor of the tallest building in Seattle to do a shoot there, but we couldn’t get past the grouchy security guard because we didnt have cash money and that’s all he took. We were going to come back with $5 each in mixed change (no quarters) just to be rude because he was…but decided that wasn’t the adult thing to do. As if our videos prove that we’re adults…We did an acapella version of Millions of Peaches on the elevator ride up. It was full, the elevator. Funny to think that the people working will sit down, then tell their friends on AIM “holy crap, these weird people just started singing on the elevator” then…they’ll have that jam stuck in their head all day.
Us - 1
Them - 0