Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Day 14 - October Tour - Texas morning
Writing today from a usual road stop in Amarillo - the Starbucks on I-40 on the east side of town. The people are nice here and I almost always stop in when I'm passing through this way.
The drive out of Nashville was all right - as I continued west I saw a bald eagle flying across the road. I'm taking that as a good sign. When I got to Arkansas it started raining and carried on like that for a while.
I stopped to eat just east of Oklahoma City - and wish I hadn't have stopped - it wasn't good - and i was really looking forward to catfish - oh well. I continued until a rest stop right before the Texas border at about 2am. I put the seat back, pulled a blanket over me and crashed out for a few hours.
After a bit of a delay I kept on moving westward and now, after a few more moments, I'm going to keep moving.
Tonight I'll be playing in Albuquerque at the Zinc Wine Bar/Cellar from 8 to 11pm. Looking forward to being in the Southwest again.
yours truly,
Jeremiah
Monday, October 21, 2013
Day 13 - October Tour - heading west
Next up are shows in the Southwest - New Mexico for 4 nights and Flagstaff, AZ for 1. I'm looking forward to playing back over there and hoping the driving goes smoothly. It's just under 20 hours to go from Nashville to Albuquerque - where the first show is on Tuesday night at the Zinc Wine bar.
I'm already looking forward to coming back - I have to start booking things soon to get a good schedule and into some venues I wasn't able too this time due to the place already being booked. I'm hoping Mikaela can join me again - we had a good time and just like before complemented each other well - I thought.
I have quite a few pictures saved up over the past week - so I'll post them -
Saturday morning in Nashville at the Southern Festival of Books - I had a 9:30am slot - which was all right
Here's my friend from LA, Rich McCulley - playing the stage I played hours earlier. He was in town to do shows and get some songwriting done
Heath Forbes and his band playing Oktoberfest in Germantown in Nashville
Oktoberfest
I bought a vintage 3 piece suit in East Nashville that afternoon and when I got home checked inside the pockets and found the original receipt
Me posing in that 3 piece suit
One morning I took a walk downtown and took this shot from the pedestrian bridge that crosses over the Cumberland River
The famous Ryman Auditorium - the Birth of Bluegrass - is what the sign on the left says
A photo from our set at The Basement in Nashville - this was the only photo that my friend took that was in focus - I think there might be a couple out there on another friend's phone but we'll see
Our stage in Louisville, KY at Manny & Merle's downtown
Downtown Knoxville at the visitor's center where they broadcast the Blue Plate Special on WDVX - Monday through Saturday at 12 noon EST
That night we played in Johnson City, TN at the Acoustic Coffeehouse and was happy to see us in the local weekly paper
Driving up to St. Louis we got stuck in some terrible traffic - road work - 1 hour to go 5 miles
My cousin Mike Evans band The Homewreckers - he's on the left playing bass - at FUBAR in St. Louis - the Cardinals won that night just down the street at Busch Stadium - you could feel the excitement in the air
The Arch in downtown St. Louis - right on the banks of the Mississippi River - pretty impressive to see up close
This is the old hamburger stand right around the corner from my Granny and Grandad's old house in Wood River, IL - which is about 30 minutes outside of St. Louis just up the river
All right time to get moving west
yours truly,
Jeremiah
Monday, October 14, 2013
Day 6 - October Tour - (Outside Chicago)
The gig lat night was in Wrigleyville - right down the street from Wrigley Field - and due to it being a holiday today, a lot of people were out and about. Unfortunately, we didn't have a big crowd at the show - 3 out of towners - one from New York, one from Seattle, and me from Los Angeles but it was a good night of music and it was cool to make some new connections and it would be nice to meet up again somewhere out on the roads.
I stayed with my cousin who lives out in the west suburbs - right between Aurora and Naperville - I got a little turned around on my way over there - I was relying too much on my phone map and I think if I would have just driven in I would have found it easily - but I had to call and ask for directions. I did all right for not being here in over 2 years.
In a few minutes I head back to Nashville where Mikaela and I will be playing tomorrow night at The Basement for New Faces Night. It's a great venue and I'm looking forward to it. We did some rehearsing yesterday and thought it sounded good - so maybe with one more run through we'll be good to go.
all right, time to wrap things up and head south -
yours truly,
Jeremiah
Friday, October 11, 2013
Day 3 - October Tour
Tomorrow morning I play in Nashville at the Southern Festival of Books. I start off the performances for the day with a 9:30AM set - then on Sunday I drive up to Chicago to play at Uncommon Ground on Clark Street in Wrigleyville - looking forward to finally playing.
So all right - it's time to get moving - after I get some photos posted.
Macy's Coffeehouse in Flagstaff - where I usually start my mornings when I'm in town
A truck stop cat at the Hopi Travel Center - my friend Amanda suggested the name Lois
Lots of rainy weather yesterday during the drive
Driving across the panhandle of Texas
yours truly,
Jeremiah
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Day 2 - October Tour
Soon I'll be heading east - heading for Oklahoma City tonight - it's about 10 hours away - so I best get moving
Yours truly,
Jeremiah
Sunday, October 6, 2013
October Tour - Jeremiah and the Red Eyes
here's the show list:
On Thursday October 17th I'll be making another appearance on WDVX's The Blue Plate Special out of Knoxville, TN. MIss Mikaela Dewar will be joining me for the set and we'll be trading songs for our half hour segment. It can be heard online here:
http://www.wdvx.com/
12:00 PM EASTERN Time
so tune in if you can
Tuesday, Oct. 8th at The Cinema Bar - Culver City, CA - 9pm (Tour Kick Off show)
Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Southern Festival Of Books - Nashville (downtown), TN - 9AM (yes, it looks like I'm kicking off the performances for the day)
Sunday, Oct. 13th at Uncommon Ground on Clark St. - Chicago, IL - 8pm
Tuesday, Oct. 15th at The Basement - Nashville, TN - 8pm (with Mikaela Dewar)
Wednesday, Oct. 16th at Manny and Merle - Louisville, KY - 8pm (with Mikaela Dewar)
Thursday, Oct. 17th at WDVX Blue Plate Special - Knoxville, TN - 12pm EST (with Mikaela Dewar) - can be streamed online at WDVX.com
Thursday, Oct 17th at The Acoustic Coffeehouse - Johnson City, TN - 8pm (with Mikaela Dewar)
Friday, Oct. 18th at FUBAR Lounge - St. Louis, MO - 8pm (Mikaela Dewar)
Tuesday, Oct. 22nd at Zinc Wine Bar and Bistro - Albuquerque, NM - 8pm
Wednesday, Oct. 23rd at Marble Brewery - Albuquerque, NM - 6pm
Thursday, Oct. 24th at The Taos Inn/the Adobe Bar - Taos, NM - Happy Hour set 4 to 6pm
Friday, Oct. 25th at the Flagstaff Brewing Co. - Flagstaff, AZ - 9pm
Saturday, Oct. 26th at the High Desert Brewing Co. - Las Cruces, NM - 8pm
So come on out or pass on the word.
Thanks and see you down the road.
your truly,
Jeremiah
The poster for the tour
my main setup for now - until I can get the Gibson J 100 Jumbo repaired
Looking north from Sunset Blvd in Echo Park
I recently stopped by Irv's Burgers in West Hollywood to give them some support about their closing date at the end of the month - such a bummer
Heading down to the Santa Monica Pier to the Way Over Yonder Festival yesterday. Neko Case, who closed the first night, was awesome - so glad that I was able to see her on this tour.