Saturday, November 18th 2006
Oh, my…. all hail Benissa. This is my favorite town so far on the
tour, and talk about a fountain of information on the Spanish Civil
War. We staying in an old converted monastery which was also the
official hospital of the International Brigades in Spain. Seriously.
The whole town is very proud of it. You can imagine how excited I am
about this.
This town is 500 years old. The people here are extremely proud of
their history, in particular La Guerra Civil. This place is so amazing.
I can’t wait to bring Lisa back here.
The Low Lows played at the local Cultural Arts Center. This building
houses a bar and tapas restaurant, a theater that shows both Spanish
and Catalan productions, and another half dozen or so rooms for hosting
parties or live shows like the one we played tonight.
The promoters were a group called Cream Pop, and neither of them
spoke much English at all. In fact, there was only one person fluent in
English all night. The other band was called The Grave Yacht Club and
they totally LOOKED like a bunch of southern boys and they played like
the Flying Burrito Brothers. It was disconcerting when they started
talking to us in broken English and heavily Catalan accented Spanish.
(They were all maniacs, by the way. They drank like Spaniards and
smoked like Turks- they were a rolling party.) We had such fun tonight.
Tonight all of the Low Lows are hanging out listening to George
Jones and talking about our girlfriends and wives. I think we’re ready
to go home….