Hello!
We are currently in Colorado Springs. I'm getting in some serious, computer work time in. I'd rather be romping around in the mountains. Its torture sitting here answering emails while the sun is beaming down, and a light breeze rustles the leaves outside. I guess I'll make this one as quick and through as I can.
Last I wrote we were in Wray before the first Colorado show. We are now about to play our second to last Colorado show for this month... I've really been slacking off!
The show at 4th & Main was awesome! Its always awesome to play in Wray, so we expected nothing less. It was the first time the four of us (Matt Purinton, David Richey, Zebulon Bowls and myself) had all played together at the same time. We've all picked in various configurations, but all four of us at the same time was even better than I had expected! We had a blast, and continued to have a blast into the early morning hours with the few stragglers who didn't want to go home yet.
Thursday, we all drove to the Front Range. I thought the drive across Kansas was long (and it was) but being so close yet so far out
on the plains... lets just say it was a longer drive than I had expected.
Matt and I arrived at my brother Lucas, and sister in law, Steph's house in the late afternoon, said hello to the pets and dropped Ruby off to play with her doggie cousin Kingston for the afternoon. Then we headed over to David's house for some more pickin, followed by catching a show at Avos. Funny thing is, the show we went to see was the Town Mountain show. Thats right, we drove from North Carolina to Colorado to hear a band from our home town. We never get to see them when we're in Asheville. I'm not really sure why, but the show was great and we tried not to stay out too late...
Early Friday morning we went up to play on the Radio in Fort Collins. KRFC is a great radio station, they play great music and they have bands play live every weekday from noon to 1pm! We lucked out and had an exceptional host, an awesome sound tech and a super fun time! After the radio show, we all split off... some to the river, some to the mountains, some for a nap... then we regrouped at the Bar SS in Laporte. The place is a lot different now that its not the Swing Station, but we adjusted pretty quickly. We played outside... it was colder than we expected, but we managed. It was great to see so many people out who heard us on the radio!
Saturday was another bright and early morning... taking off for Pueblo, to spend two days down by the river playing at Bluegrass on the River! One of my favorite festivals! We have a few videos up online... I'll see if I can figure out how to post them onto the blog... we'll see if I can remember how... Pueblo was a whirlwind. We saw so many friends, family, pickers, campers, tents, vendors... the list goes on. We had two main stage sets and one acoustic set, late night pickin, jumping in the river time, lounging in the sun time... too much fun!
Since then, Matt and I have been playing a plethora of duo shows. We were lucky enough to score some great afternoon concerts, that took us to beautiful places like Walden Colorado. If you don't know where that is, its in North Park. North Park is North of South Park. We drove there through the Poudre Canyon on a bright and sunny day... drove from sunny Fort Collins right up until the side of the road was covered with snow... but it was still sunny and warm. Thats Colorado for ya!
So much for making this a quick entry. I'll go ahead and remind you of a few shows we have coming up:
This Friday, June 17th, We'll be in Montrose for the Skylark Concert Series at Cobble Creek. We're also planning on dropping by an open mic on Thursday with my dad... I'm pretty sure that takes place at the Red Barn
On June 25th we'll be in Black Mountain NC at the White Horse along with Bobby & Blue Ridge Tradition. That show starts at 8:00pm and it will be our first time at the White Horse, so if you're around we'd love to see you!
June 27th we'll be at the Mast Farm Inn! This will be another first for us. We've been trying to find a time to get out there to play and we finally worked it out. I'm really looking forward to this one. I hear its beautiful out there and I can't wait to see it!
July 4th, I'll be back in Colorado with a great group of guys for Fourth Fest in Montrose CO! We play right before the fireworks! I do love fireworks!!!
Well I hope your eyes aren't burning from staring at the computer screen for too long! Thanks for reading!
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