Tour Blog : Part 1

We started out the tour at the end of December in my hometown (as well as Kellen and Jason's) with 2 sold out shows at the Cozmic Cafe. We set up in the round which provides a really cool energy and focus to the performance. the set list for night one was:
Goodnight
fort bragg
brooklyn
roads
socal
broadway
lions park
sit and stare---->
molly
tree (with Morgan)
racecar
love to see you smile
so in love
ocean
summer roof
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fine
as you can see there are a lot of new songs in there. we ended up changing around the set list for night 2 during the set itself so i can't give a good listing of that show at the moment. my sister, morgan, joined us for some songs as well as our good friend marlana sheetz.






after a couple weeks apart to celebrate new years, a new engagement (congrats jason), and to go skiing in tahoe we joined back up in Sacramento on the 10th and drove down to Monterey. With a little extra time before the gig we walked around the wharf in Monterey and I got my picture drawn which looks a lot like chuck norris.


We got over to Monterey Live about 7 and set up. We played a great show with Matt Masih and Sarah McCoy and played to a very full room. the set list went something like this:
Sit & Stare ------>
Molly
Roads
Fort Bragg
Southern California
Broadway ----->
California Stars
She's Suddenly
So In Love
Summer Roof




Sunday, I got up far too early and played three songs Live on KPIG. The three songs were Roads, Fort Bragg and So In Love. The complimentary Bagels and Odwalla drinks were a nice way to start the day but I was feelng a lack of sleep from the night before. I am someone who doesn't do well with limited sleep and the 4 hours from the night before didn't sit well and though I got through the set and the living room show we did later on in the day in Carmel Valley - I have needed the 3 days of down time to recuperate from getting a bit of a cold.


if you aren't familiar with living room shows, we literally set up in a living room and play for an intimate crowd of 30 people. the shows provide a nice mellow contrast to the high energy shows we do in the venues like monterey live.

We hit Santa Cruz (the Crepe Place) and San Luis Obispo (Linnaea's) later this week. One exciting thing about the shows so far is the difference in attendance - it is an obvious step up from last year's tour. Come out to a show and bring your friends!