Thursday, June 22nd @ Indie Coffee - Madison
The Gig

We were very excited about our first ever show in Wisconsin, land of cheese. We
didn’t know what to expect from our little coffee house gig. As we drove down from Minneapolis we stopped at a dairy joint to buy ‘real wisconsin cheese!’ Courtney picked a lovely little 5 pound flat cheese in the shape of a mouse for her grandmother.
It was a beautiful moment in Wisconsin tourism.

On our way down to Madison, we learned from JJ, the manager of Indie Coffee, that The band Rogue Wave, friends of Courtney’s, were playing at a larger venue with The Stills across the street from us.

Our trip to Madison couldn’t be more simple than our road trip the day before.
We arrived in Madison with some time to kill before the show. It was then that Courtney went off to pursue her thrift/vintage mission-from-god.
Testify Sister...

VINTAGE SHOPPING

I only had a short amount of time so I wasn’t able to scavenge in thrift stores. But, I did find an excellent vintage store . I found three pairs of clogs and an awesome Jethro Tull t-shirt from 1977. I am wearing some of the clogs right now! They had excellent cowboy boots and some cool clothes. Madison is definitely a hot spot.

THE GIG
We played our show at 8pm to a cozy little coffee shop crowd. In the front row were Pat and Evan, the rhythm section of Rogue Wave. It was possibly our most ‘intimate’ show and by far the kindest, gentlest, show we have played so far. We managed to make new converts by the end of the show. We had a good time at the coffee house. The management JJ and Barrett were very kind and supportive. Their 5 year old son Wilson was mesmerized by my mini drum set and our xylophone.

So after we played we ran across the street to see Rogue Wave’s show at the Annex.
We became new fans. Courtney and I enjoyed their show so much that we went back to their merch table and bought shirts and cds. Minutes later we chatted with the band as they loaded up their gear and got ready to head out to Chicago.

We had our own heading to do as well. We didn’t have much time to hang around in Madison. We were off to spend the night in Morton before going to visit Courtney’s grandma the next day. It was a crazy late night drive. We were both too tired for the trip, but that didn’t stop us. We were heavily armed with a book-on-tape, ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ and some dried fruits and nuts, and we were road warriors again ready to take on Route 55!

Nearly half asleep, we made it to the Quality Inn, our first motel on tour, cause for celebration. We would have celebrated if we weren’t so tired. Instead, we watched the House and Garden channel, I video taped our Motel room, and passed out.