Few things are better than a cabin in the mountains. The drive up there is windy, uphill and thrilling. The views on the way there are breathtaking. You can build a fire in the wood burning stove. The air smells great. There are so many Read More …
Month: January 2011
UNCG – The Cave – Night #7
Only a few days left of this tour. We had last night’s show at the Cave and tonight’s show up in FLoyd, VA. We fly back home to our beloved NYC on Saturday. Yesterday did have some highlights. After a lunch at the best BBQ Read More …
French Horn – Jazz Band – Guilford College – night #6
Yesterday was another good day down in North Carolina. I’ll be brief today: Clifton had a French Horn lesson with one of the best French Horn players in the state. He came back from the lesson just beaming with happiness saying it was the best Read More …
Corpse – Green Bean – Flatiron. Night #5
It’s been such a pleasure to stay at Baby Hand’s mom’s house. It’s just so lovely and relaxed here. We went grocery shopping and made everyone a sumptuous meal the other night. Feels real good. We’ve had a bit of down time to just hang Read More …
The Land of Hands – night #4
We woke up and got to hang out at Alex’s house all morning before our drive to Greensboro. After a few of our horn meditations, Stefan and Clifton went on to practice French and English horn etudes. I tried to read a long on clarinet Read More …
Marsh Woodwinds and Triangle Swing – night #3
In the morning, Bill, the harmonica player we met at the Blue Note Grill, came by Alex’s place while Swami Schwarma was leading us in our morning intonations. Bill sat down smilingly. It’s pretty much how he left us the night before in the back Read More …
Duke Law and the Blue Note Grill – night #2
Here’s to Professor Jennifer Jenkins of the Duke University Law School. We met her at the Pinhook show and got to talking. Sure you can buy us a round of drinks. How ’bout we play at your class tomorrow? And then, there we were, not Read More …
The Pinhook – night #1
Tom Maxwell turned out to be a super cool hang. He and his band mates were extra chill as well. Got to hang out with James (keyboards) and Mark (Vibraphone) too. Good peeps. The songwriting really reminded me of John Lennon. This was confirmed by Read More …
NC Tour 2010 Preview
Journey with us now over the next 10 days into the heart of North Carolina. Vinegar BBQ, lots of colleges, a little bit of Blue Ridge Mountains, and in fact the land of the Baby Hands. If nothing else we will learn the Baby Hands Read More …