Oregon & Washington Highlights

(look how much room there is in Brutus, though Jonathan and I missed Kellen and Jason on the Pacific Northwest leg)

- Thanks to my good friend Brian “Daz” Dezzani, we played at the University of Portland and met lots of cool kids. A couple of which were the founders of a t-shirt company called Norjack. They outfitted us with a whole bunch of T-Shirts that we proudly wear.

- Our second Portland show turned into a Sugarloaf reunion/dance party.

- We played a really cool venue in Seattle (technically it was in Ballard) called Egan’s Jam House. They usually do jazz shows there – but from time to time they do Singer/songwriters. It had a really cool intimate vibe.

- I believe in the barter system and I wish more people did. Who needs money when you can just exchange goods for services? In Silverdale, WA : I exchanged our new Paradise Sessions for a shirt of one of the gals in the audience. This shirt reads “I love Activities Committee.” If anyone would love to trade me anything for a Paradise Sessions, I am open to almost any suggestions.


- Whilst staying in Bremerton, WA with the Wallen’s. I got a chance to go kayaking out on the Puget Sound.

- Coming back thru Eugene, I took advantage of the Free Grand Slam Breakfast at Denny’s.

The touring is over for the time being and I have to thank all the people who have gone out of their way to make this last tour possible:

Rob Bean, Brian Dezzani, Bill Scheuner, Jill & John Wallen, Alison “Mom” McFarlane, Jeff Wilson, The Garcia Family, The Papathakis Family, Brennan Maloney-Krips, Eric Frank, Robbie Arnett and all the gentlemen of Links, Dan Byers, Spencer Williams, Jakob Martin, Matt Masih, Helen Chance, Caitlin Fanning, Mari Venturino, Kyle Holmes, Marlana Sheetz, Megan Rabone…gosh I am sure I forgot someone. I can not thank all of you enough for helping out in all the ways you do.

Thank you to all the bookers who consistently give us rooms to house our music and fans. Lastly, Thank you to all the people who came out and supported our shows and said hi to us on the road.

I have realized how important community is as a human and how important it is to feel like you fit into a community. It has been a beautiful experience over the last couple of months to realize that my community spans from San Diego to Seattle.