7.17.2004
Acoustic Tour 2004: Colorado
The flight: We flew America West airlines from Phoenix to Denver. There was an adorable and inquisitive 4 year old in the seat in front of me. He was sitting next to the window with his mom and grandma in the seats next to him. I noticed his cute little pudgy hands holding a soggy pretzel so I took this picture.
He peeked around the seat a couple times to glance me and I tried to prep the camera for his next peek but he was intent on asking his mom questions for the remainder of the flight.
Thursday, July 15th Caffe Sole (Superior, CO)
The first show of the tour went very well. It was the first time I’ve booked a show outside of Phoenix and although I’ve played coffeehouses like this many times before, I was uber nervous. Right before I started setting up there was a bizarre power surge that knocked out the A/C and lights. It was late afternoon so the lights weren’t an issue and the outlets still worked so I could plug in the amp and perform, but hokey smokes did it start getting hot in there! I was perspiring like crazy 2 songs into my set and I thought I’d be nothing but a puddle on the chair until miraculously, while was playing “Dedication”, (which I dedicated to the lonely nail tech sitting in the window across the street) the lights and A/C came back on. It felt heavenly and I was energized back into my performance zone. It was awesome to meet Meer and her daughter Katerina who came on down for the show. She’s a super smart, cool chica with an equally talented little girl! Many thanks to them for taking time out to come down to the show:) Laney’s folks Chuck and Carol were there too --- they bought the microphone stand I doofus-ly forgot back at the house and stayed for the entire 2 hour set – I am eternally grateful for their hospitality and support!
Friday, July 16th Caffe Sole (Boulder, CO) The Birthday Show
This was a great show as well with a slew of former Phoenix residents in attendance as well as new friends and family there to hang out and listen. I saw Georgia, Joe and the newest addition to their fantastic family, Max (QT!). My super talented and inspiring friend Karen was there too (wow, I remember helping her move to Colorado 9 years ago!) Good friends, good times:) Heather, Don, Lisa, Tracy (sp?), Chuck and Carol, and Georgia and Joe’s friends --- thanks so much to all of you for coming down to the show! Lisa, Tracy, and Heather brought Laney and I out to Jax for a post show birthday celebration and I sipped wonderful french martinis ‘til midnight. My brother Mike called me on my cell to wish me a happy birthday and I was in tears from the emotion…I couldn’t have wished for a better birthday!
Be sure to check out my flickr account to the right for pics from the tour. There you can sign up for your very own flickr account where you can upload pictures and meet new people from all over the world -- I've already met many cool and very friendly peeps. Next stop for the tour will be Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 20th. More soon!
He peeked around the seat a couple times to glance me and I tried to prep the camera for his next peek but he was intent on asking his mom questions for the remainder of the flight.
Thursday, July 15th Caffe Sole (Superior, CO)
The first show of the tour went very well. It was the first time I’ve booked a show outside of Phoenix and although I’ve played coffeehouses like this many times before, I was uber nervous. Right before I started setting up there was a bizarre power surge that knocked out the A/C and lights. It was late afternoon so the lights weren’t an issue and the outlets still worked so I could plug in the amp and perform, but hokey smokes did it start getting hot in there! I was perspiring like crazy 2 songs into my set and I thought I’d be nothing but a puddle on the chair until miraculously, while was playing “Dedication”, (which I dedicated to the lonely nail tech sitting in the window across the street) the lights and A/C came back on. It felt heavenly and I was energized back into my performance zone. It was awesome to meet Meer and her daughter Katerina who came on down for the show. She’s a super smart, cool chica with an equally talented little girl! Many thanks to them for taking time out to come down to the show:) Laney’s folks Chuck and Carol were there too --- they bought the microphone stand I doofus-ly forgot back at the house and stayed for the entire 2 hour set – I am eternally grateful for their hospitality and support!
Friday, July 16th Caffe Sole (Boulder, CO) The Birthday Show
This was a great show as well with a slew of former Phoenix residents in attendance as well as new friends and family there to hang out and listen. I saw Georgia, Joe and the newest addition to their fantastic family, Max (QT!). My super talented and inspiring friend Karen was there too (wow, I remember helping her move to Colorado 9 years ago!) Good friends, good times:) Heather, Don, Lisa, Tracy (sp?), Chuck and Carol, and Georgia and Joe’s friends --- thanks so much to all of you for coming down to the show! Lisa, Tracy, and Heather brought Laney and I out to Jax for a post show birthday celebration and I sipped wonderful french martinis ‘til midnight. My brother Mike called me on my cell to wish me a happy birthday and I was in tears from the emotion…I couldn’t have wished for a better birthday!
Be sure to check out my flickr account to the right for pics from the tour. There you can sign up for your very own flickr account where you can upload pictures and meet new people from all over the world -- I've already met many cool and very friendly peeps. Next stop for the tour will be Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 20th. More soon!
