Man! We passed some SERIOUS tests this weekend. Thursday night we picked up a couple extra shows down in St. Andrews at The Red Herring. This meant some driving Saturday as we were already booked for a matinee at Crabbe Mountains Thirsty Boot Lounge, but hey we're used to van time.After I got my …
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Mississippi Trip Vol 20: Home Sweet Hooooommmeeee
WOW. I just woke up from a great nap! I had a dream that I went down to Mississippi with the Bastards to make a record and then hung out in Claksdale. Then We jumped to Memphis and hung out there for a few days soaking up the musical history where ever we went!Of course I know it wasn't a dream....I …
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Mississippi Trip Vol 19: Goodbye Memphis, On the road again
Well we're back on the road trying to get home. We miss NB and all of our friends and family, even though we had a great time. Today was not a great travel day. We sat in Ruby for about 13 hours. Two thirds of the trip today was torrential downpour. We're hoping tomorrow will be better as we are …
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Mississippi Trip Vol 18: Elvis has left the building
Today we enjoyed the last of our touristy sight seeing. We stopped by the Orpheum theatre to cheer on Matt Andersen to victory in the solo category and then we hit Legendary Sun Studio. It was very cool with the exception of the size of the tour and the temperature.....too many people, way too hot …
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Mississippi Trip Vol 17: Not a Weiner
Well we played our last gig in Memphis tonight. That means we are not advancing to the finals. We did however lay down another smattering of Bastard Blues Rock all over the our club on Beale. I thought we were true to ourselves and did what we do well. All in all the IBC has been super awesome. We …
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Mississippi Trip Vol 16: Stax of fun!
Hey Y'allGreat day was had yesterday. Started out with an awesome breakfast from Polly's on Beale and then we headed for the legendary Stax Museum. This place was so cool. What an amazing and heartbreaking story. The short movie at the start of the tour had us all a little misty. The Otis Redding …
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