So, the updates have slowed because I haven’t felt much like writing about non-show days, of which there are many as we take some time off on the east coast. I do want to say that while in both Nashville and Asheville we ate at restaurants that had received awards from various online directories. They were both pretty awful, well, not good at any rate. So, it may be the case that those restaurants really are better than other places in those cities. It also may be that we just had really bad luck and got food that was worse than usual. It also may be that those awards were undeserved and/or food in Portland is just better than other places.

So in Raleigh we played at a place called MVP’s. It was the home show for the other band members and so long-time fans and friends and family came out to the show. We were able to play a song, on request, that we don’t usually get to play. I really enjoyed the other bands though there were some people in the audience that detracted from my enjoyment. The show was pretty tight but could have been a little better. I think everyone is looking forward to having our bassist for the rest of the shows. We’re sounding pretty good, but adding the bass should really result in a fuller sound.

We’ve got a lot of downtime while people visit friends and family on the east coast. Our next show isn’t until the 4th in Asheville. We’ll be going to Asheville a couple days before that to do some rehearsing, mostly of songs we haven’t been playing and to rehearse with our bassist before starting the westbound route of the tour. So there probably won’t be any updates until then, unless I decide to write about the food quality at some of my old haunts. I’m curious if the food was as good as I remember or if Portland has spoiled me.