Day 2 May 23, 2008: The Name of the town is Phoenix

Woke up early. The wife called and it was on from there. We ate the big breakfast, again, THANK YOU BETH! And head for Phoenix. The destination was The Ruby Room Lounge. Didn't know what to expect, but we knew the drive was long and we gots ta rock no matter what. On the way, we peeped out the map and decided to take a more scenic route to Phoenix. So yeah, it was supposed to save us gas, not time, and make for good scenery and it came through. We ended up climbing to about 13,000 ft. above sea level in the mountains and into a SNOW STORM! I'm not kidding! A snow storm in late May. Summer tour my ass. It got wild man. I mean it. Snow so thick that it was coming down sideways. It covered the mountainous landscape and made for some great videotape. I believe Arizona boasts the most range in landscape in the United States; from desert to mountains. It was an adventure to say the least.

I kept thinking that this is how scary movies start. (insert announcer voice) "In a world, full of doubt. An independent band takes off into the wild in search of glory and adventure. They were right about adventure…" Cut to us stuck on a mountain and crazy peoples watching us from the hills. Okay so I've seen too many of these flicks.

We pulled into Phoenix and checked out the venue. It was small, but it had a great small musician type atmosphere. The people that really come to check out a band and not just get drunk. It was cool. There were 5 bands on the bill, including us and it was fast and furious. We came on second and Mother's Anger 3rd. It was a solid grooving experience. We played with other bands called, The Thankful Birds, The Toomstoners and The Sound of Birds. All solid acts for real. It was cool. The singer with the Thankful Birds, Leslie, put us up at her pad. It was awesome. She told us she had some floor space and that's all you need on the road. Solid Goodness. No funny business, just a good person who opens her home to other musicians when in need. We were. It was very nice of her. Her dude was also very cool with 5 strange dudes crashin there.

Check out: The Thankful Birds, The Toomstoners, and The Sound of Birds from the Phoenix area. From Jazz rock to Rockabilly to Pop Rock/Alternative.





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