It's on...

Here we go, two days into ZD tour and what an amazing trip it has already been. After an incredible week in the Chicago area with loads of friends and music, I took a painful 8 hour ride to Cincinnati to jump in the bus and get things going. Wednesday afternoon, while waiting for Zach and Jeremy to arrive from Massachusetts, I found myself walking around the city stirring up the buzz about Zach's show later that night at The Mad Frog. I spent a couple hours in beautiful Fountain Square talking to strangers, geeking out over the design of the plaza, and just thinking about how unbelievably excited I am for this journey. I met some GREAT people on the bus and in the city, and a few actually came to that night's show.

Fountain Square - Cincinnati, Ohio:


After 4 hours of killing time and befriending strangers, Zach and Jeremy finally arrived. We grabbed a quick bit, loaded in, soundchecked and got ready for the show. The show was a lot of fun, but the crowd was on the smaller side as Cincinnati doesn't have a very strong music scene. Spirits were still high though, as the three of us were finally on tour and festie season is kicking into full gear. We're at Nelson Ledges on Saturday with two big one hour time slots; that'll be a fun way to say bye to friends and end our brief Midwest swing. After the gig we loaded out and started driving to Morgantown, WV. We ended up going to Meijer (the better half of Target and Wal-mart) around 3 AM and bought some supplies for tour. One necessity for tour was sweet onion salsa and chips, which we killed in about 20 minutes while sitting on the back of the bus laughing, high fiving and just having fun. My body is naturally ready for the tour schedule...wake up at 1 PM, get after it, then pass out around 6 AM. I mean, it's 6:12 AM right now and I'm blogging, waiting to get breakfast in 20 minutes in the hotel lobby.

We just finished our show in Morgantown, WV a couple hours ago; it was a fun crowd. The night started off with the bouncy ball, a new addition to tour that we picked up last night at Meijer. We found so much joy in the ball that we thought it needed to be brought on tour to bring everyone together. After load in and soundcheck, the three of us starting hucking the ball around the venue, slowing gaining participants. This was a lot more fun than expected as people were really getting into it, almost wiping out a couple times to preserve the integrity of the game. You don't want the ball to the hit the ground, right? I mean, c'mon, it's the ground.

Let's be honest though - the real fun was after the show in the form of late night kickball baby! We rounded up a good 15-20 people from the show, went up to the mountain layer of WVU campus and got ready for an intense game. Zach, Jeremy and I were naturally on the same team - preparing for our huge late night wiffleball game tomorrow night in Akron. The game started off well, jumping out to a 14-0 lead, but then we lost it a little bit, losing the lead and going into the last inning down by 2. But we then proceeded to pull it all together and bust out 5 runs, putting us up 25-19. The bottom half of the inning was a little nerve racking, but the game ended on a HISTORIC play. ZD made a diving catch, threw it to me at third after which I fired it back to second base to complete the game-ending TRIPLE PLAY. Epic, historic, legendary...whatever you wanna call it. You needed to experience it.


Well, I derailed on my blog, it's already 7:00 AM, I need to go get grub downstairs. Keep tuning in as I'll be putting up another post after the wiffleball game tomorrow night/Nelson Ledges Summer Kickoff on Saturday. This is just the beginning...it's only gonna get crazier from here!

Tour starts soon!

Welcome, welcome, welcome. My first post! Classes are over, the weather is beautiful and festie season is here! As I sit here typing, I'm bursting with excitement knowing that in 12 hours I will be in Chicago with my Midwest family, gearing up for what is to be a ridiculous weekend of music, late nights in the woods, new friends and much, much more. Summercamp is a festival in Chillicothe, IL that I have promoted for the last two years and is one of the best festivals going. Umphrey's McGee and moe each perform three shows over the four days, along with 50 other bands. Late nights go til 4 in the morning, but the fun doesn't stop there. I'm so happy to have some of my best friends from home mobbing out to Illinois with me, along with a slew of music family from all over the US. It's gonna get messy, but it's gonna be a blast while it lasts.

This festival is just the beginning of what is to be a memorable summer. After Summercamp ends on Monday the 25th, I have a couple of days to relax with my Midwest friends before somehow making it to Cincinnati to join up with the future of music, Zach Deputy. Zach will be coming off a monster 13 hour drive from Massachusetts, and am sure will be ready make some booty's wiggle. We will be spending the next couple days in Ohio performing shows, capping off the short Midwest swing with two sets at Nelson Ledges Summer Kick-Off in Garrettsville, OH. If you have never been to this festival grounds, I HIGHLY recommend you do so. I've wanted to go for quite some time, so am very excited to be doing it so early in the tour. Beaches, all night dance parties, cliff jumping, sky divers AND music? Damn.

Well that's all for now. I look forward to blogging about the summer with Zach and Jeremy and sharing it with all of you. Check back often as I will be sharing videos, pictures, stories and more as the three of us begin a hectic summer tour that will take us all over the United States. Keep up with everything Zach through the widget tourdates on the sidebar or the links at the top of the page. Take care all!