*Blame Sally at the Freight and Salvage
*Tour photos and notes
*Good News
*Other upcoming Shows and Events
*Sallies on the Side
We are honored to be playing for the brand new Freight's opening week.
Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 at 8 PM
Doors at 7:30
NEW ADDRESS IS:
2020 Addison Street
Downtown, Berkeley
(right near the Berkely BART station)
Tickets are on sale now and we really hope to see you there!
BLAME SALLY'S NORTHWEST TOUR
It
was great. We arrived in Portland separately on Sunday night - Pam,
Jeri and Rob drove the big van and equipment up - Renee and Monica flew
up together - Monica completely jetlagged from her flight home from
Barcelona less than 48 hours earlier and Renee fresh off of Mom-duty.
But at least they got to have a relaxing dinner with Monica's relatives
in Portland while P, J and Rob plowed through the night in our Rockstar
van, equipped with a DVD player and Gameboy. (Hey, is there a
Gamegirl? Shouldn't there be?)
Renee
and Monica woke up at 5 the next morning (well, Monica was already
awake - still on Barcelona time) in order to get Renee to the local CBS
station for her star interview. She looks pretty good for 6 AM and no
photo re-touch.
We
had a pretty lazy day in Portland and then headed over to Mississippi
Studios on Portland's North side for our double bill with Tim Easton, who was a revelation. Check him out if you have a chance and you're in the mood to be rocked.
Lindley, who does our tour promotions was there and took some pictures:
The
next day, our only day off, was Pam's Birthday. We walked to a great
restaurant in downtown Portland called Clyde Common's, ate, drank,
laughed....
If at this point you're wondering who the dude is, well, that's Rob and he's playing bass with us. More on that later.
From
Portland, we drove to Seattle where we had a great show at the Columbia
City Theater, then up early the next day to head for Vancouver, CA.
What should have been an easy crossing over the border turned into a
bit of nightmare for Jeri when the border agent decided to toy with
her. We've never seen Jeri so flustered or so guilty looking - and she
wouldn't stop talking (or flapping at the mouth, as Renee prefers to
say).
Next
thing we knew, they had us out of the van and into the headquarters
explaining ourselves. We couldn't help but feel that there was a
little bit of resentment towards the US behind the treatment, and
while we COMPLETELY sympathize, it was a little sad that they didn't
know just how much we're in their court! The inside agent was quite a
bit kinder, and maybe even a little impressed when she found Blame
Sally on a website and realized we weren't the horrible terrorists that
Jeri's behaviour implied. In truth, we all think Jeri had a bit of a
crush on Agent # 1, who was quite attractive in a domineering sort of
way.
That
night we played the legendary Rogue Club in Vancouver. Here are some
pictures from that show, taken by our host, Steve Edge.
After the show we were definitely ready to relax...
That
night, Jeri was shocked at the state of Monica and Renee's
room...Monica has been a corrupting influence on the neatnik, (this
next picture may be disturbing to the young and/or sensitive and should
be viewed with extreme caution):
That's the last time Monica saw her hat. How in the world is it possible that she could have lost anything in that room?
Next
day we drove to Olympia, and the day after that to Gleneden, Oregon and
both shows were really fun, with lots of returning fans and even more
new ones.
Lindley
makes us these wonderful tour itineraries with very precise
time-tables. However, every single drive seems to be double the
projected length of time. Four women in one van...there are many,
many, many, many, many, many bathroom breaks. Lindley, in the future,
please factor those in. Rob is no problem at all in that regard, but
was almost speechless with disbelief every time Renee piped up from
that back seat that it was time for another stop. The only thing he
asked for was the occasional frisbee break - unfortunately, there was
no time for such nonsense, what with all the bladders complaining in
the back seats.
Last
day of the tour, Sunday, we drove to Eugene for our second to last
show. It nearly rained out, but miraculously, the sky cleared up
minutes before we took the stage and from out of nowhere, hundreds of
people showed up to listen. Here's Rob with some of us back stage. At
last, someone in this band who likes to accesorize as much as Monica!
Our
last night we played at the Brandbourg Winery in Elkton, OR. Pam's
life-long dream was granted when Sue handed her a beautiful,
attachable horse-hair tail that Pam put on over her clothes for the
show. This was misunderstood by several of the men in our audience who
were rather overcome with excitement. If there's a picture, I haven't
seen it yet.
That
was our 2nd sell-out of the tour and after the show we had an amazing
home-cooked meal then slept in a converted barn that was something like
the Winchester Mystery House. Next morning a leisurely home-made
breakfast, some wine purchasing, a quick skinny-dip in the Umpqua River
(Sorry, no photos available) and then the long drive home.
Pam,
annoyingly, was able to sleep almost the entire way home. One of us
whose name shall not be mentioned, but who was still extremely
jet-lagged and can NEVER sleep in a moving contraption, suffered a deep
and overwhelming resentment towards her.
That's our notes from the rode - hope you enjoyed. And if you want more - there will be additional photos appearing on our facebook page in the next few days.
GOOD NEWS
Here are a few short news items that we think you'll like hearing:
Our good friend and very talented bass player, Rob Strom, will be doing more shows with us. Hopefully a lot more!
Blame Sally just got signed to Monterey International Booking Agency. This is big. This is really good.
The Pam and Jeri Duo, Renee, and Monica are all close to finishing solo album projects - you'll be hearing more on these soon.
OTHER UPCOMING SHOWS AND EVENTS
Listen to Blame Sally this coming Saturday morning, Sept. 12, on West Coast Live.
That's 90.7 FM in the Bay Area - the show is from 10-12. Check link for all the affiliates.
SALLIES ON THE SIDE
Our own Jeri Jones will be playing at the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco on September 16th with the band Global Noize.
"The band features a unique blend of groove, world, jazz and funk".
Jeri will be playing be playing lead guitar on a couple of songs with
them.
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