as the sun sets on another day, another tour has come to a close….but enough of me waxing all philosophical and shit. our glorious north american tour came to an end saturday in denver. it was a great tour. i’ve decided to summarize all the great things about the tour on a day-by-day/city-by-city basis. but before i begin, let me just say, that white denim are amazing!!!! i can’t imagine a better band to go on tour with. amazing musicians. amazing people.
ok here goes. the date, the city, and the things that were great about it.
4/10, minneapolis: hometown, all things first ave, birthday suits, day one of tour.
4/11, chicago: family and friends riding with us, first time in the metro, “always a good time in chicago”
4/12, detroit: food, show, bowling, all around great people
4/13, off day, toronto: poutine
4/14, toronto: jerk chicken, monday night rock show
4/15, montreal: shower :), habs win, hot meat sandwich, walking around in the sun
4/16, burlington: dressing room balcony (?), all you crazy people out on a wednesday night
4/17, boston: wers in the morning, losing my voice (this was not great), getting to know the staff at the walgreens by BU, everybody at the show helping me get through with almost no voice (next time i promise i’ll sing more pretty)
4/18, new york, irving: walking around union square in the sunshine, first show with vampire hands
4/19, brooklyn: “dj-ing” at other music, walking around, sushi, all things MHOW, white denim/vampire hands “bro-down”
4/20-21 off day, Morrisville, PA: hmmm…lot’s o down time, NBA playoffs, dirty philly cheesesteak
4/22, philadelphia: hot/sweaty/funtime show, yakasoba, giant chapel as backstage = drinking in church = weird/funny
4/23, washington, dc: all things 930 club = staff, food, sound, people at the show, stage; friends at the show
4/24, chapel hill: family, burritos, sweaty, steve from WD almost getting in a fight with a guy down in front during our set because steve was jumping around and bumped into the guy’s girlfriend
4/25, ATL: oh atlanta, you are wonderful. so are sweetwater 420 and the guys down in front
4/26-27, st. augustine: beach time, camp fires, all things cafe 11 (thanks for letting us live with you for 3 days), midnight frisbee, ocean swimming, sunburn, hula-hoopers, general show chaos
4/28, orlando: not the pizza, late night strangeness, everybody i met at the show
4/29, gainesville: josh playing his kick drum with his hand and throwing a beer at the crowd…the beer hitting a girl in the front, and then stopping to apologize profusely, crazy sushi, wandering the streets of gainesville
4/30, birmingham: rice and beans, airstream, pinball, all the fine people at the bottletree and in birmingham, broken bass string + broken guitar string = josh and erik playing twin guitars
5/1 off day, austin: bbq (apparently, the wrong bbq according to WD), austin
5/2 austin: best wurst, white denim’s set, lake county folks, avenue cafe, hobbit door to backstage (i should have a photo of this up on our myspace soon), more bbq
5/3, denton: this was my first time in denton, i like deton. i also like lunchboxes (the beverage), dinner with friends
5/4 in store at good records, dallas: grilling, natural light, record shopping, spent the night in abeline, tx…i’ve never seen a bigger buffalo wild wings, nor have i ever seen more people at a buffalo wild wings on a sunday night…wowza
5/5 off day, el paso: cinco de mayo, the nicest/cheapest la quinta inn i’ve ever stayed in…if you’re ever passing through el paso on a tight budget, i’d highly recommend it
5/6, tucson: hotel congress, room 242, surprise visit from family, happy hour at the cafe cup, not great = baseball backstop net separating 21+ from under 21 area of the venue…booooo
5/7, san diego: reunited, running 2 miles to the airport, burgers, italian food, the girl in front professing her love of all things jeremy throughout the show (this went as far as her telling me to move, so she could see him better), first real show in san diego, casbah rules
5/8-9, los angeles: seeing old friends, writing setlists on the other side of setlists that mudcrutch had left at the troubadour a few nights before, two super fun shows, brazilian grill
5/10, san francisco: everybody “geeking out” at the fillmore, japantown, san francisco in general, the two kids in the front making out through both white denim’s set and our set, good friends, marin brewing company
5/11, off day, eugene: home cooked meal, friends and family, sleep
5/12, eugene: playing at the WOW hall, seeing all sorts of folks i grew up with, great thai food
5/13, vancouver: after one of the longest drives on tour and a border crossing (which is never fun), i had amazing sushi, and the show was awesome. who knew the fine people of vancouver rocked so hard on tuesday nights. white denim had a great show. special thanks to all the folks at this show.
5/14, seattle: two shows: triple door lunchtime show for kexp, then showbox show at night. a sunny day in seattle (where did that come from), kids in the hall (where did that come from), all the crazy dancing/singing folks down front (for the whole night), more late night weirdness/shinanigans, another 21+/under 21 split room situation (boo), but no baseball backstop net (yeah)
5/15, off day, boise: mexican food, josh rode with us, hotel was straight out of the shining
5/16, SLC: shack’s birthday, lakers won = shack is super happy, everybody’s super nice in salt lake
5/17, denver: last day of tour, goosetown food and beverages, toddy coffee (?), white denim’s set was super awesome, james and steve came on stage for dirty dirty, “always a good time in denver”, frisbee in the park, the sunshine
that’s it. i know the lists got more detailed as the days went by. it’s not because things were more or less great on any of the early days, i just remember more from the more recent days…that’s all.
thanks to everybody who came out to a show/shows this tour, and to everybody that helped us out. i had a great time. thanks to drew, chris, and shack. hope to see all of you soon.
later,
josh