Hello from San Angelo!! So we’ve had an extremely warm welcome from West Texas, and we can’t wait to get back. Our drive from White Sands took all night, and we ended up pulling into the bar parking lot in San Angelo at about 1:30am. Around 8 o’clock in the morning, we heard ak nock on the RV door and opened up to Ray (from the local radio station) with a box of doughnuts, telling us that they just booked us two hotel rooms that we could check into asap. Ps—for a touring band that drove all night, that’s probably the closest thing to heaven. Our St. Patty’s day show was ridiculous—Haircut got ducktaped to two girls in the middle of the stage, we played three and a half hours and ended with “Don’t Stop Believing”, and the night ended with the whole crew going to IHOP for a solid early morning breakfast. Before our show today, we barbequed hamburgers and shot shotguns with the radio crew at a nearby ranch. Apparently Dan is a crack shot with a 12 gauge—he hit pretty much everything he shot at! Sarah, Ray, Steve, and Chuck were the official radio crew, and they’re some of the coolest people we’ve met yet on the tour. If you’re ever in the San Angelo area, stop by KDCD 92.9 (Lone Star Country) and say what’s up to them—they’re crack you up. Off to play The House of Fifi DuBois for another night of rock! Laters!

Spring Forward Tour stop in Tempe, AZ at the Sail Inn.

We’re driving through the desert right now on our way to Tucson, AZ for a little barbecue with some friends and had an incredible time the last couple days in Tempe. Our show at the Sail Inn was really incredible and a great night of music with Tempe bands Dry River Yacht Club and Black Carl (check them out). It was awesome to see a group of 200+ people who had never heard of us before dancing, singing, and really enjoying our set. It was definitely encouraging for the first show in a brand new city for us on this tour to see all the new faces appreciating the music. Everyone we met were extremely kind and we got a bunch of offers for places to stay, shower, etc. which is also encouraging. The next day we split up and had an awesome time in Scottsdale, AZ. Half of us tried to go to the Giants – A’s spring training game at Scottsdale Stadium, but it was sold out when we got there. Fortunately, we came across a stretch golf cart that drove us to a local bar called Giligan’s where we met and partied with a cool group of dudes from St. Louis, MO. The bar had a FL bayou feel to it and we got way too much alcohol for the amount we paid which is always sweet. T-Bone, Pablo, and our buddy Mike from Origaudio all went to play frisbee golf at a course in Scottsdale and Bone barely missed a casual hole in one (he used to be a semi-pro frisbee golfer and member of the PDGA Card #22047). After debauchery throughout Scottsdale and an epic high five contest (we dished out thousands of high fives throughout Old Town) we all met up and barbecued at our new friend Nichole’s house in Tempe and continued to dabble in B minus and Catch Phrase. It was an awesome day off and now we got a couple more here before St. Patty’s in San Angelo, TX. On to Tucson for some more AZ marination and we’ll check back in before the St. Patty’s bonanza!