Day One - No show, just travel

Today was a long one. Our drive began at 5am heading to Lafayette, Indiana. On the way we went to Pit Boss BBQ in Atlanta. On the way we stopped in Louisville, Kentucky for dinner and found outRead more
Day 2 - Gig at Fioras rained out

Today we made the drive to the Chicago area. We met up with Nick Moss who was letting us stay with him. We got to hear his band rehearsing with their new bassist Rodrigo. We then hit the road toRead more
Day 3 - Blues City Deli

Today started out well. We said our goodbyes to the Moss family and headed out to find breakfast. Our choices were Jersey Mike’s Subs or McDonalds. So subs it was. Unfortunately we all realized tooRead more
Day 4 - The Bullpen

Last night we stayed with Frank and left early morning. Jenn made us muffins and coffee and I played with Rocky before having to say goodbye. We couldn’t leave right away as Doug lost the keys yetRead more
Day 5 - New Glarus Blues Festival

Today we made our trek to New Glarus, Wisconsin. It was a very easy drive. On the way I found the new Albanese Sherbet gummy bears at a gas station. We arrived pretty early in New Glarus to see theRead more
Day 6 - Noce with the Bel Airs

Today we went to Des Moines from New Glarus. I’ve never even stepped foot in Iowa so it was exciting. Going there we saw almost nothing for a few hours. In a small town we stopped at a place calledRead more
Day 7 - Grand Avenue Pub with Dave Potte

We departed at around 10:30 to go from Des Moines to Beloit, Wisconsin. We looked for food and had to go to an Arby’s. Here we had a cashier who though Doug was spelled Dug. Oh well, no one isRead more
Day 8 - Natalies Coal Fired Pizza

It was a super long drive today. I slept a good amount of it honestly. But what was great was we actually made good time and we were able to go to our Airbnb before the gig. It was expected we’dRead more
Day 9 - Day off with the Hagans

Not a lot to report today. We left around eleven and got some okay BBQ in Columbus. We headed to Madison to see Doug and Andrew’s friends the Hagans. It was a short trip. They have a nice cabin onRead more
Day 10 - Honky Tonk House Concert

Today I woke up later than I have been and hanged out with the Hagans for a little bit. We then drove about an hour to Streetsboro, Ohio where we found ourselves in a small neighborhood. We met ourRead more
Day 11 - Day Off

Pretty uneventful day. We just left Ohio and went back to Elgin to Nick Moss’ house. We got stopped by the police at a speed trap. Apparently there were construction cones.
On our way we met upRead more
Day 12 pt. 1 - Red White and Blues

Today we left early from Nick Moss’ (that’s one of his dogs in the picture) to get to Madison. We had a 2:30 start at the Knuckledown which was hosting the Red, White, and Blues fest. Some of theRead more
Day 12 pt. 2 - Barree

The 6:00 show went off without any issues. EWe made it and set up somewhat early luckily. Plus it was just a super fun gig. Madison Slim showed up and watched us but didn’t play. We made a lot ofRead more
Day 13 - Long Drive

Not much to put here about this one. At around 11 or 12 we dropped Thomas off at the airport then headed to Buffalo. We were actually making good time but then got caught in dead stop traffic forRead more
Day 14 - Abbey Square

This was a nice day. Once again we stayed on Lake Eerie. I got some laundry done and just hung out. For breakfast we went to Millie’s and I got some potato pancakes. Big mistake. Regular ones areRead more
Day 15 - Abilene

Today we woke up super early and drove about 45 minutes to Rochester. We stopped first at a Tim Hortons and got some food. We arrived at the Abilene early and picked up the club owner to do a radioRead more
Day 16 - Tin Pan

We got up super early as we had to drive like 9 hours. The drive was okay but we hit some brutal traffic on the 95 where Washington DC is. Took like an hour to get out of.
We got to the venue andRead more
Day 17 - The Red Pepper

Super long drive today. We did maybe 7 hours or so to get to Aiken. The town is pretty nice I must say, really laid back and just full on southern. We got to the room first and then headed to the gig.Read more
Day 18 - First of the Greenwood Dates

Before heading to Greenwood we went out to lunch with Ben to a Carolina bbq place. It was buffet style. The food was good but I didn’t really love the sauces. I’m a little sick of all this food noRead more
Day 19 - The Mill House

Today was an easy day. We all slept in and then got some food. We got tacos and I only ate two. When I get home I’m only eating salads and such for awhile. All this bbq and Mexican is just not goodRead more
Day 20 - Blind Willies

Well today was the last day of the tour officially. We made the ride out to Atlanta which was only like four hours, if not less. We stopped at a gas station called QT and got ourselves some snacksRead more
Day 21 - Home

Not much to say other than I am home now. It was a really fun tour and I met a lot of cool people. I leave again in a month. Until then maybe I’ll go to the beach or something.