Q&A Sessions: Eric Bobo

Watch CSI Thursday April 2nd for the big 200th episode which features Bobo and his song "Mucho Calor" from his album "Meeting Of The Minds" will also be in the episode. Bobo also helped score the music for the episode. The episode was directed by Academy Award winning director William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) For a sneek peek, click the link below....


http://www.cbs.com/primetime/csi/video/video.php?cid=544177912&pid=oKEPttWEP5khrINOhwRJEQGJGlhdxqz7&play=true&cc=1

What’s good everyone!!
I know it’s been a minute since I’ve blogged. I’ve been twittering a bit but there are sometimes where you need more than 140 characters to express yourself or just post some stuff, which brings me to this blog. Back in the mid 90’s, B Real & myself would document our tours and call them Soldier Stories. We would post these on the CH website for the fans so I guess you could say that we were “blogging” way before it became the “IT” thing. In any case, we would talk about that particular show day and what went down but from 2 different persepectives. We did this for a long time but as things got busier for us, we eventually went on a writing hiatus. I imagine that we will start up again once CH gets back on the road. Anyway, as I was going thru my hard drive, I found a folder of stories that I had written while on tour with Fort Minor. I thought it would be cool to post and kinda relive it. I’m sure the FM fans would get a kick out of it. I think I’ll post these stories every now and then so think of these as “literary blog treats”. So, here’s the first of many to come.

Enjoy!!!!
EB


Soldier Stories 2006: Fort Minor U.S. Tour-Day 2- House Of Blues-Chicago, Illinois/1-29-06

We drove overnight to Chicago and when we all woke up, we were parked under the House Of Blues. It was really cold out there, at least for me it was. We were staying at the House Of Blues Hotel, which is where the majority of the artists that play at this HOB usually stays. I really like playing here because the sound is good and the crowd gets hype. I don’t expect it to be any different this time around. I just went straight to my room to chill out and shower. Now every Sunday at the HOB, there is what they call the “Sunday Gospel Brunch.” They have an all-you-can-eat buffet of some good Cajun food, breakfast stuff, and desserts. Since we were performing, we didn’t have to pay the $50 a person. After eating and watching the Gospel choir, I went back to the room and napped. Later on, Apathy called me up to see if I wanted to get some lunch. I was down so he and Joe, who is one of the string players, came to my room. We walked to this cool little Italian spot a few blocks away from the hotel. Vin Scully, who is the 4th member of SOB met us over there. Ap wanted to it the Foot Locker, so we all walked to Michigan Ave., which is the main strip where all the shops are. There were snow flurries, it was windy and cold. We stopped at Nike Town but Ap still needed to go to Foot Locker. It was getting too cold for me, so both me and Scully left back to the hotel. We had our sound check then we just waited until the show. Little Brother showed up so we would have a full show. The advantage of playing at this particular HOB is the fact that the hotel is right next door, so even if you are running late, you don’t have far to go.
I didn’t get a chance to watch any of the Demigodz set or Little Brother’s set. I heard that the crowd was hyped up for both. I was more hyped up for the show as well. When FM hit the stage, the crowd was loud and going crazy. I was wondering if Common was going to come to the show since he’s from Chicago, but I think he’s on tour right now. Lupe Fiasco came through though. This was the first time that I met him. He seemed cool, but a bit quiet. We ran through the set and everyone seemed on point. Holly got a good response too for “Where’d You Go”. The sound was so good in the HOB, which always calls for a good show. A song that I really like in the show is “In Stereo”. This song bumps hard!! Another song that the crowd has been reacting to is the remix to “In The End” by LP. “Believe Me” is surprisingly on of the strongest songs in the set, not just cause I’m on it, but because everyone knows the lyrics and they sing it very loud. FM came back for an encore and a few more songs. The place went crazy. I personally thought that this show was way better than Minneapolis. The crowd was better as well as the sound and vibe. After the show, we had another meet and greet. I’ve noticed that there are 2 meet and greets. One with the FMM people that are chosen and the other with contest winners and people who buy the cd or a shirt. It was a cool time. We then went into the Foundation Room and got our drink on. We then moved the party to this bar down the street from the HOB. Everyone was getting his or her fade on!!! From what I heard, some people from the crew got a little crazy but I wasn’t there so I won’t divulge anything. Tak, Celph and I left back to go to the hotel and came back to my room. We were listening to music on PlowRadio and chillin. Eventually, Cheap came by then after a little while, we all called it a night. A good night it was I might add, and I was glad that we would have a day off.
The next day, I didn’t do too much of anything but just chill in the hotel. Celph called he, Ap, Cheap and Scully and me were all chillin’ in Ryu’s room so he told me to come down and hang out. Later that night, we were all going to go see Holly perform at this place called “The Tonic Room”. When we got there, the place was pretty small, but nice and intimate. I met someone from the FM message boards. His name was Robert but he goes by. He seemed pretty cool. He was tripping on the fact that there he was in this little place chilling with FM. There was also another fan that went to the show and came to see Holly. They both got a chance to meet everyone and take some pictures. After getting a little toasty at the Tonic Room, we all went back to the same bar that we went to the night before. It’s cool that we were all hanging out together. That’s the way that tours should be. Since we had a 1:00am call time, we all partied until we had to leave. It was a blast!! Needless to say, on our next stop, we wouldn’t be having a hotel because we are going straight to the gig. How fun!!

Next Stop: Detroit, Michigan