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AUSTIN, TX
I had never been to Texas before so I thought it would be cool if we went there. I don't know what I thought Texas would be like but it wasn't like I imagined at all...I was picturing those tumble things and dust and cowboys. What did I know?? That's not how it is at all. It's just a regular old city with some very jerky cops!... I'll give you the quick version of the story...We rented a car at the airport when we got there. We flew into Dallas and drove to Austin. The car had North Carolina plates on it. We go see the shows...On the way back to the airport we are about an hour outside of Austin on the highway and we pass a State Trooper who is driving like a turtle (hard to believe I know). So we keep driving the speed limit and this a-hole decides to stay right behind us...We get over, he gets over, etc. Finally we get over again to pass someone and he puts his lights on and pulls us over...This is after like 20 minutes! He makes Greg get out of the car and said that he pulled us over for not signaling at least 100 ft. before we got over...Such Crap! Obviously he just wanted to chat with us, asking where we are coming from...why we were there...you know the schtick! Such a dirtbag...He gave us a warning and let us go. The moral to this story is...If you are ever in Texas be prepared to be harrassed!
1. Dirk, Search > Dudley's Kitchen, Resume Man, It Is What It Is > Jam > Outside Inside 2. Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Jellyfish > Jam > Turn This Around, Buggin' Out, Rhythm of the Road > Jam > Restless Wind E. Tom Sawyer¹ Opener: Tenacious D. I have to say this show was very short. I was a little disappointed, but not with Cheese. Since we had to drive from Austin we got there a little late. We were there before it started but we couldn't get all the way up front so we were stuck in the back with a bunch of high school kids who thought "The D." was the best thing ever! They ended up playing too long which cut SCI short...Bastards! It was still a good show but after the next 2 nights I didn't care! The encore was pretty good with Jack Black...He is pretty funny with some things that he says. We met some pretty cool people there that said they met Billy in the Whole Foods the next day and he said they were really under a time constraint and they were a little bothered by it. Here's the venue by the way...I have to say there were a million porta-potties and if you got there early it was almost like going in a real pottie...I'm kindof a toilet snob :)
1. Daryl, Got What He Wanted > Jam > Yo Se, Texas Town, Bend Down Low > Jam > Black and White 2. Smile, Don't Say > Jam > Sign Sealed Delivered, Good Times Round the Bend, Galactic, Rollover > Emma's Dream > Rollover E. Black Clouds Opener: The Weary Boys This isn't a very good picture but we had this guy take our picture...Can't remember his name...Anyway he wanted to put the crystal into the picture and we didn't really get it but we said OK. It ended up that when Travis came out on the stage he came over to the crowd and asked the guy for the crystal and then he put it by his drums. Apparently they were friends. As you can see we had first row on the wall...I love being up there! The opener was the Weary Boys...They were good. Some real down home boys!
1. 100 Year Flood > Jam > MLT, These Waves, Barstool, Lost > Jam > Texas 2. Way Back Home > Jam > Joyful Sound, Cedar Laurels, Windy Mountain, Freedom Jazz Dance, Can't Stop Now, Lands End > Way Back Home E. Miss Brown's Teahouse Opener: Jackie Pepper First off I have to comment on the Opener...What a wacked out way to open a show and I felt we deserved an explanation of that. Supposidly, they were filming a movie about a musician (a horrible musician) and we were all supposed to hate him...It worked. That was the worst thing ever! It was painful, but I think that was supposed to be the point. Other than that it was an awesome show.
Texas was a great time...We are thinking we will have to do it again next year! |
