July 28, 2007 Eddie's Attic (Decatur, GA)
Eddie's Attic is our favorite place to play! Eddie is the sweetest guy you would ever meet. Also, he is a big music lover and has been supportive of original music in Atlanta for a long long time. Shalom is the sound man at Eddie's and every time the sound is perfect on stage and off stage. Eddie's Attic is a real listening room and we are always given a show that will be sure to be packed. That is helpful for a band trying to develop a following in a new city. We played with Paul Melancon and The Arts and Sciences. They are amazing! Paul's voice and song writing really blew us away. They are definitely our favorite band that we have played with the whole tour. My friend Lee Cuthbert (friend of 12 years) played in his band on guitar. She has incredible skills. It was such a pleasure to see her play again. She and her girlfriend Andrea housed us for two nights while we were there. They have a little apartment in their basement.

We sold a lot of cds and t-shirts and couldn't have had a better show. The audience was attentive, laughed at our jokes, and cried in all the appropriate places in the set:) A friend of ours Susan (from the Suzi French Connection) said that she was embarrassed to be getting all teary eyed during the set. We are glad when we can have such a strong effect on people. Then the music really means something. We brought a bit of rain with us, but then again, for some reason we always have a bit of rain when we come to Atlanta. We can't wait to come back and hope to do a residency at Eddie's in the near future.

July 26, 2007 Egan's (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
Egan's is a really fun place. We weren't sure what to make of it at first, a show in a college town, during the summer, in Alabama...We were pleasantly surprised, Ashley, the manager of Egan's was excited to see us and bought us dinner. We played after a band called SpotAlbert who were a sort of blues/Irish fusion band. They were ex punk rockers. We really enjoyed their set. Bo was gracious enough to run sound for us because it is a DIY sound kind of place. We were thankful since we aren't that technically inclined. The show was great and the crowd was into our music. Again, we sold a lot of cds and got email addresses for the mailing list. Elliott (from the Dexateens) took us out for a southern style lunch and Bo who worked there on his lunch break, picked up the tab! It was a nice first experience for us in Alabama and we will definitely be back. The picture at the top of the page is Elliot (Dexateens) and his son Grey.

Last Concert Cafe (Houston, TX) July 25, 2007
We just left Houston, Tx! We had a great show at the Last Concert Cafe. What a wild place. It is like none other that we have ever seen! It is big with an outdoor stage, picnic tables, sand, and great Mexcian food. There are giant hula hoops and the most talnted hula hoopers come and do their thing while you are playing. They enjoyed moving their bodies to our music. Apparently, if they don't hula hoop during your set, that means your music is not welcome! What a cool new way to judge music! Crazy right? Our hosts were Brian and Amber who were more than hospitable! Not only did they set up the show and make the best posters ever, but they let us sleep at their house! We had our own room and they even had a glass of wine waiting for us when we arrived. Amber cooked us breakfast in the morning! Wow, it doesn't get any better than that! We played before a band that plays there every wed night named Pot Roast. It doesn't reference the meat if that gives you an indication. It was funny to play with them after playing with a band called The Chicken Lovers in California...

Austin Java, KUT radio, and ME TV (Austin, TX) July 24, 2007
Boy do we love Austin! The show was fun and we played with an old highschool friend of mine Melinda who has a group called MJ Baby Band. We got free food and drink and the audience was very responsive. Melinda housed us and made us great coffee in the morning. KUT radio station invited us to play a show hosted by Laurie. We were so pleased with how it sounded and the support we got from them.. Kory and Cliff (producer and engineer) were incredibly nice and were a pleasure to work with. We will gvie you a link in the future that you can use when it airs. Lastly, but not least we had the opportunity to play and be interviewed on ME TV! Wow, what a great bunch of people. We will post a video of that once we have it on our hands. We can't wait to come back to Austin for SXSW.

The Cavern (Dallas, TX) July 23, 2007
Dallas is the vintage mecca of the world. We had to say that first! The Cavern is a cool venue to play. The sound was great and we had a nice time there. It seems like the city has lost some of it's music venues, so we are glad that The Cavern is still trying to do their best to get original local and national bands heard in the city of Dallas. Our friend Drew Flemming who we toured in Europe with asked his mom Susan if we could stay with her. She was so nice. It is always a good time to stay with people's parents! We got to see pictures of Drew when he was just a lad, as well as his early drawings and paintings. We particularly liked his painting of the two legged fox.

Murphey's (Memphis, TX) July 21, 2007
This was a wild place. The locals were in full effect drinking whiskey fillled drinks and dancing to anything playing on the jukebox. It was an intimate crowd as we were playing while against an Al Green, and a local favorite named Harlan T. Bobo's cd release party. Half of us went out to see Harlan's show, while the other half slept and watched tv. Benjamin was the half to go see Harlan play. He really liked it and thought it was very original. Brad was our host and they cooked us a mighty breakfast in the morning. People in Memphis love music, so we will be sure to be back to play.

Fitzgerald's (Berwyn, IL) July 20th, 2007
This is a nice music venue. The owner Bill is enthusiastic about music and invited us to come back. We played with DiveBar whom we've played with before, but had to miss their set due to our having a show in one hour at Uncommon Ground. The sound was great as was the audience. We look forward to coming back.

Uncommon Ground (Chicago. IL) July 20th, 2007
It is difficult to play two shows in one night, but sometimes it just has to happen. It was a fun show and our good friend Michael McDermott even came by to show his support! There were a few sound issues with the DI boxes which was a bit frustrating. We ended up playing more of the set unplugged than we had planned. Our friend Matt Suhar housed us that night. He tried to get us to stay an extra day by offering to take us to a pool in the suburbs where wild animals roam free..he kept mentioning the foxes and deer that would walk up to us and let us pet them! Next time Matt, we will stay longer we promise!

Lucas School House (St. Louis, MO) July 19, 2007
The show at Lucas School House was hosted by Playback:STL. We love that St. Louis music magazine. Jim and Laura are such great people. Lucas School House is a beautiful room with great sound and one of the nicest sound men ever. The other bands were awesome and also welcoming. You never know what the other acts will be like. We are excited to come back and play this venue in the future.