Hi.

I'm on the road from Thomas, West Virginia to Nashville, Tennessee.  Before this trip out, I'd never visited either of those cities. 

Last night, we played The Purple Fiddle in Thomas.  The town was beautiful (except for howling winds and accompanying ice storm) and the people were welcoming and accommodating. 

We thought we'd be slick; get up at 5am, load out, and make the trip to Nashville with time to spare. 

Instead we ended up driving about 200 feet, nearly jack knifing the van/trailer combo on a steep, icy hill, and sliding around in shoes made for anything but Winter terrain. 

After some conferring amongst various members of the Spring Standards and tour manager Mike Viotti, we executed an all-hands-on-deck unhitching of the trailer.  Our fingers, toes, and bones chilled to the core, we were then able to get the van on more even ground, reattach the trailer and make tracks to Tennessee. 

All's well, now.  We're doing about 76 mph on 265 West, about 2 hours outside of Nashville.  Photos and videos from the tour to follow.

Yours Always,
jeff