5/29/17

Last day of the tour and our dear Beaumonts had left us for their own beds and happiness. We went to Bob's. In Bend.

There was actually a good crowd for our set. We played for almost two hours, with lots of time for bullshitting... I didn't have to move a bass rig because Dorothy from the Guadalupe Pirates let me use hers! She was/is too kind to this lazy idiot... 

As usual Bob got up for a couple. That dude is funny as hell. He has this continually running stream of bullshit that would either drive you crazy or make you crack up. I am firmly in the latter group. That patter kills me.

Eventually we packed up the freak, one last time and headed back to Austin. We were all pretty wrecked, but you know... Music!

5/28/17

Gringopalooza, number four in Dallas Texas at the Three Links. Me Thinks, Beaumonts, Loco Gringoes and Hickoids. We've done this one a number of times even if it wasn't called gringopalooza. Once again it was pretty amazing.  

No reason to get in to any real detail on this lovefest. The highlight of the evening was when our buddy Hushpuppy decided to take off his shirt and lay down on the stage when we were playing. Then Smitty started teabaging him. It was amazing. Then it happened again and again again and... 

He almost got booted for knocking the monitors around. That happened a couple of times. Eventually one of the club guys started waving his shirt in front of him like a bull. It distracted him enough to get him outside. 

Yeah. Facebook is loaded with the pictures. 

Bend tomorrow. 

5/27/17

Third night and things were picking up. We were at White Water Tavern in Little Rock with Frontier Dan and his Frontier Circus. 

By showtime there was a decent crowd. They were very attentive and very polite. Lots of golf style claps in between songs. Not a lot of fire. 

The Circus had a great set. Three guitars bass and drums, the rock and roll big band. He gave us all the hits we wanted   

We went next and we played great. We were really knocking the hell out of our set but when we ended a tune... golf clap. Very polite.  Zzzz. 

I hung out back for the first part of the Beaumonts set. Then they started "the song" and I stayed inside for the rest of their set. What else can I say... I love their brand of bullshit. I'd eat it daily, spread on toast if they sold it that way.  

Dallas tomorrow. 

5/26/17

Nashville had us playing at the Stillwater Supper Club. Don't let the name fool you it's a total craphole with a food counter in the back. We did not suddenly get classy. You should have seen the bedbug shelter we stayed in after the show....

We went first. The band side was pretty packed for our set and the crowd was very responsive. So we gave it to them good. Out buddy Frontier Dan came over from Little Rock and got up with us for a couple. He has this manic and unhinged style to his playing and it really fits nicely in top of our nonsense.    

Beaumonts had another good one. That song... it's everywhere in the freak van. All of us are either humming it, singing it or making up new lyrics for it.  That's a real country music hit people. 

Little Rock tomorrow. 

5/25/17

Day one of a little tour with Hickoids and Beaumonts. We played Shreveport at place called Bushnookies. Decent joint but they lost their liquor license, no booze no beer and as you could expect... no real  customers. I feel bad for these folks, it's a pretty cool joint and they are taking it on the chin. They also got some bullet holes in the windows...

I spent the whole Beaumonts set out on the porch. They tore it up. That "Not As Cool As Jesus" tune will not leave my head. (Steal it Rice...steal it...). 

Our set was ok. The lack of crowd made it hard to get going, but we still had fun. 

Nashville tomorrow. 

5/6/17

More than a week late... No surprise there.


Hickoids at the Buzz Mil in San Marcos with the Beaumonts! We went on early, 8:30, most Hickiod fans are just getting up at that time, but a few of them made it out to the club for us.


Our set was pretty good. Tiny stage so Tom and I were on top of each other. It was one of those nights where you had to plan your move to the microphone and you would still end up knocking the crap out of the other guy...



Beaumonts were next/last. Lance and I ate pancakes and eggs while they played... I drank a little whiskey and the Beaumonts were killing it. New (to me) tune "Cooler than Jesus" had me crying in my breakfast. I snuck out when they had about twenty minutes left. We are doing a little tour with them at the end of the month I'll get more Beaumontin' than I can use then!