A late summer evening. The humidity rises as the sun begins to dip towards a chance of evening rain. A rapt audience watches the final throws of a washer throwing competition and leaps to their feet as 2 successive 5 point shots are made! There are cheers and laughs. Pictures to be taken and a [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2010’
Aug 20
Whirlwind
I should know better. I’ve been here before. I know what the energy is like. 2 days in NYC with the band and I feel like I’ve been up for 4 days straight. We pulled into Manhattan on Tuesday afternoon. A run up to Inwood to pick up backline for the show and then downtown [...]
Aug 18
Pat’s vs. Gino’s – The Great Philly Cheeseteak Debate
The Mystiqueros exited the honky-tonk road aka i-95 for an expeditious lunch in mid-town Philadelphia. Jesse Scott, our resident tour guide on loan from Musicfog.com, suggested a pair of ‘cheesesteak factories’ caddy corner from each other. My MQ brethren looked to me to decide, as they often do, when it comes to food/restaurant choices. I [...]
Aug 17
Baltimore
We only left an hour late today. Considering how fun it was to stay in DC I think we did really well. For lunch I had a burger from a place in Dupont Circle that rocked my world. I should have taken a picture. It was the Cuban burger form a place called The Burger [...]
Aug 16
What A Day
Tip toeing barefoot through secret doorways into rooms filled with books and antiques. The walls covered in paintings. Guitars signed by stars shine in all the corners. Muddy Waters growls from the juke box as we play a game of Cut Throat on the ornate billiards table. Were these my dreams or is that how [...]
Aug 15
Delirious
5 am came way to soon yesterday. Or was that the day before? Anyway, after a nice Sushi dinner outing in Austin I got home and packed for the road. Sleep usually comes easy for me, but I was restless and didn’t get much. As far as I’m concerned if you have to get up [...]
Aug 14
And so it begins…….
In the dark of early morning, not enough sleep, or none at all, we meet to travel east. You’d think it would be more rock-n-roll than G dropping off a car seat at my house so my girlfriend can help his wife with the kids. Ray’s the rock star for having no sleep. We’ll be [...]
Aug 04
see you in september jimmy daddy
As you may know, the Mystiqueros are blessed to have many part time members. The incomparable Marcus (Crazy Uncle Mertis) Eldridge, Corby Schaub and Ron Flynt just to name a few. But this summer we got to spend the whole month of July with Jimmy Davis. From shows in Alabama, Nashville, and his home town [...]
