Tomorrow I’ll be returning home to MN after 6 weeks on the road playing solo acoustic shows. It was a great time. I apologize for not keeping up the tour blog as promised…guess I was too busy taking everything in to type the play-by-play as it happened. I did jot down plenty of notes though, and I hope to post a recap in the next few days of the various adventures, some of which might also turn up in a future song. In the meantime, I’ll just give you the quick tour stats and also the information about this Friday’s show at the NEW Acadia Café in Minneapolis, where I’ll be happy to tell you all about it in person.
SPRING SOLO TOUR 2009 BY THE NUMBERS
24 shows played
0 broken guitar strings
31 states driven through, including every state east of the Mississippi except Wisconsin and Michigan
10 versions of the English language
10,100 miles driven in total, all with the CRV’s Check Engine Light burning brightly
12 Small Strawberry Shakes from Dairy Queen
15-20 Five-Dollar Footlongs
46 correct NCAA tourney picks, including UNC over MSU in the finals (thanks, I know you were wondering)
1 extremely supportive girlfriend/part time roadie
Several satisfied fans
Many wonderful memories
THIS FRIDAY APRIL 17TH AT THE ACADIA*
*New Location at Cedar and Riverside across from the 400 BAR
www.acadiacafe.com
FREE SHOW, ALL AGES
9PM = Watson
10PM = CONSOLATION CHAMP (mostly John R solo acoustic)
11PM = Joey Ryan (solo)
Hope to see you at the show. We’ll be going back to work on the new album and posting some summer shows soon. Check the sites
Adios!
JR
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