Hey Y'all, and this time I really mean Y'ALL!!! We have had four shows so far on the "Even the Lost Creek" Record Release Tour. The best yet was definitely Rochester, NY at Milestones music room. For several reasons...perhaps it was the candle lit tables, perhaps it was the grilled buffalo wings we ate before the show or might even have been the promise of Nick Tahoe's infamous "Garbage Plate" (mac salad, fries, hashbrowns, and hambrugers piled on top of one another and topped with "special sauce"). Eric's drums felt like a heartbeat and the audience smiled! Our show ended early and lobby call was late so after a great gig it meant a night on the town! We started playing mechnical darts and found out the though I can hit a bulls eye on the first throw I have no skills! So It was Zack and me agains our drummer Eric Platz and our new friend, Jill! Jill was really awesome. I wondered how often she had sharked bands coming through town to play. But it was our own Eric PLatz who threw the winning dart. After the defeat we wanted to turn tail and run. So we got a tip on a bar with a mechanical bull you could ride for $2! So we rushed down the block, scrounged up some change to get in the bar, hit the ATM and got in line to ride the bull. There were quite a few guys in front of us in line who must have been regulars because when they got on the bull it would speed up, and go in circles. We almost bailed. But then we got a tip that they go gentle on newcomers! I asked the guy holding the injury waiver form for some tips. He said, "Put your hand in the hair, keep a staright back and hold on." I never knew the arm in the air thing on rodeo riders was for balance. I thought it was just "style". In anycase we rode the bull and we all fell off. Eric who had been having trouble with his back for days woke up the next morning feeling better than ever. SO all is well here now, We are taking a couple days off in the Pittsburgh area. The steelers fans are everywhere! I really am scared of that "Terrible Towel"!