We played a great set yesterday at the Parish on 6th street right smack in the middle of things at SXSW in Austin. Crazy festival, awesome people and a rocking good time. A band didn't show up in time so we got to play an extra 20 minutes which was prett lucky, we thought anyway. Great experience and we're looking forward to an even better show at SXSW next year. We even had a little billing:
Deep in the heart of the Land of Pears, just south of the Houston city limits and NASA mission control is where we spent this past evening getting some sleep and enjoying our Saturday afternoon "off" (sort of) before we head to Moulton, a small town nestled in southeast Texas.
My cousin Eileen and her boyfriend Steve have a great (and huge) house on a really pretty suburban street. They've got four bedrooms and the kitchen has twenty foot ceilings. The whole band got an excellent night sleep. It's always great to change it up and not sleep in a hotel. Eileen also made the whole band breakfast burritos! Sweet. Home cookin'. Steve's dad is also in town and Steve (who works at NASA for god's sake) took his pop in for a little tour but unfortunately while a shuttle is in space a lot of Mission Control is off limits.
I know we've only been on the road for a week but it feels like a month. I also can't believe we have so many cities left on the tour (Dallas, Tulsa, Memphis, St. Louis, Lousiville, Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Indianapolis). Oy vey.
We will of course let you know how the
Ole Moulton Bank show goes this evening.
Take it easy,
Josh
P.S. Oh and we saw
Bob Schneider in Austin yesterday at a free 6pm show at SXSW and he was awesome. Bob, if for some crazy reason you are reading this, you should have us open up for you on tour. We love your music (we listen to "Lonelyland" and "Boom Boom Baby" at least every other day in the van) and respect you as an artist to the highest degree. Rock on Bob:
We just went swimming in the Dallas Crown Plaza hot tub and in about an hour we mosey on down to Poor David's Pub in uptown. Should be a pretty cool show. John Lee Hooker, Bob Schneider and The Dixie Chicks are just a few groups that have played there before.
