it's been a great tour. shows in tucson, phoenix, LA, and SF and then we're done until september. we go back into rehearsing mode, which i'm looking forward to.
we got to stay at evan's parent's house in louisana on a day off. good times.
me and evan and his mom stayed up late pickin' and grinnin' on the porch.
what else? the texas shows were great this time. especially denton, those kids were crazy! i'm kinda tired, but i love what i'm doing, so i'll get over it.
we're in van horn, tx in a hotel. tomorrow we go to hotel congress in tucson where we've always wanted to play. yay. the helio twins are holding up well and our emmy lou harris / neil young cover "wrecking ball" we've been doing together is really coming along. yeah. good times.
love,
gg
this is what you shall do:
love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning god, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem...
- walt whitman
(jess in chapel hilll reminded me of this quote and it means more to me now than ever)
love,
gg
hi,
i'm in philly. its alright.
last nite at the bowery ballroom was awesome.
nyc kicks my ass every time.
it's like levon helm said in the last waltz
"you get you're ass kicked the first few times, go on home, let the wounds heal up, come on back, and fall right in love with it."
yeah.
love,
gg
hey kids,
i'm in ann arbor, michigan staying with our friend scott from saturday looks good to me.
hospitable to say the least.
tomorrow we go to canadia, which is always rad.
yes.
the best new record for me of this year is stay close by death vessel
.
last year it was the arcade fire.
hi.
the tour is cool.
yes.
also, read any tom robbins book. awesome.
jitterbug perfume, even cowgirls get the blues, skinny legs and all...
see ya later.
i'm gonna take the comments off my site soon.
too much spam.
sorry.
you can still email me though.
love,
gram
one of my favorite songs.
On the road again
Just can't wait to get on the road again
The life I love is makin' music with my friends
And I can't wait to get on the road again
On the road again
Goin' places that I've never been
Seein' things that I may never see again,
And I can't wait to get on the road again.
On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We're the best of friends
Insisting that the world be turnin' our way
And our way
Is on the road again
yes. we're in seattle, first nite of a month tour.
yes. life is good.
i love, i live. all that stuff.
yup.
love,
g