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We’re headed back to the Bottleneck in Lawrence, KS this Friday, Oct. 9th for what will likely be another fantastic time in one of the coolest college towns in the Midwest. The Delta Saints are opening for us this time. On Saturday, Oct. 10th we return to Gramophone in Saint Louis with Mama Rogers as the supporting act. It seems as though Gramophone is a one of the new hot-spots to be. Looking forward to it.

In other news, the band is repeating a similar route to our Summer Tour ’09 starting Halloween weekend in Colorado, progressing through the Northwest again and down through California. We’ll be playing many of the same venues in the same cities as this last summer with a few changes to the game plan. Highlights include Halloween in Crested Butte, CO, a 3 night run in San Francisco at Mojito, a stop at the University in Tempe, AZ, and a gig in Las Vegas on Friday, the 13th (bad night to gamble I’m guessing).

We’ve completed our major Summer touring for 2009 and would like to thank everyone who came out to support us.  Our travel this Summer took us nearly from coast to coast with memorable stops all over the US.  In the latter half, we returned to the casinos of Reno, followed by another great club night in Salt Lake, a 2nd rendezvous with Bill Kreutzmann in Denver at Cervante’s, and one of our better nights in Lincoln, Nebraska.  We had a great time at the Mulberry Mountain Harvest Fest, revving things up on the 1st night and making numerous friends quickly.  And we always enjoy the warmth of the Southeast.  We’re planning a Northeast tour at the end of September / early October including a stop in NYC at the Blue Note for a late night set Oct. 3rd.

Check our list of dates below.  We’ll be hitting Milwaukee, Marquette, Chicago, and other Midwest cities and towns throughout September.  See you around!

We’ve finished the first big leg of summer touring in 2009.  It has definitely been one of the (if not THE) best west coast tour we’ve had–our fourth total.  The band had solid performances throughout with our strongest line-up to date. There are probably too many interesting, memorable, and/or hilarious things to talk about, but a few outstanding highlights. We witnessed, and were surprised by, the overall rowdiness of the Boise bar scene early in the tour.  We also found an amazing spot to camp on the way there near the Anderson Dam in Mountain Home, ID.  It was our first time to the Northwest and we’re convinced that we need to hit up that region of the US more often. The Oregon Country Fair may have been the biggest highlight of our trip.  After a warmly received performance on the main stage, we were later invited to sit in on the 2 1/2 hour night time jam with Bill Kreutzmann (drummer, Grateful Dead), Scott Murawski (Max Creek), and Papa Mali.  The entire band sat in for a long, surprise jam session for a crowd of thousands.  And the vibe there was beyond intense–40 years (since the summer of ’69) in the making.

All of our shows were memorable for one reason or another, but the major Cali shows were some of our best yet.  We were treated to an unexpected wild party on a Sunday in Eureka at the Red Fox.  Yoshi’s in SF was incredible, and the scene at Zanzibar in LA blew us away.  Looking forward to getting back out west as soon as we can.