Last night we played WC Don's in Jackson, Miss. This was originally a stopover show between New Orleans and Memphis so we didn't expect much. Good guess on our part!

Turnout was light but those who were there were REALLY into it. We're doing a couple of covers on this tour and one is "Fiddler on the Green" from Demons and Wizards and most people in the USA do not know it. Last night a guy went nuts when we played it and was all into it singing every word. That was cool to see someone else know what is my very favorite song of all time. We also sold some boxed sets and made some new fans.

The thing is it doesn't matter how big a crowd we play to, we give 100 percent and we totally kicked ass last night. We sort of did an improv show calling out a few songs we haven't played in awhile after the first structured half of the set and it was a blast.

First Jason really hit it hard last night. This in my opinion was their most aggressive performance yet and each night it's great to see Ari take his performance to a new level. He's really, really good as a frontman. We're honored to be sharing the stage with these guys.

Well, we're about to head to Memphis for a day off to check out the Gibson Guitar factory, Graceland and some other cool stuff. Then it's off to St. Louis to play the Creepy Crawl Tuesday.

"Rolling on the highway, going to the show, stopping on the byway, playing rock and roll...."

Chester/FREAK13