Bill Ritter and I staggered out of our hotel room at 9:45 this morning in Chicago, IL to join Duke Tumatoe & Joe Maddox in front of the hotel by our rented mini-van to begin our day of endless travel, heat, and gigs. We drove from Chicago to Greensburg, IN (a little over 4 hours) to perform at their street fair. Originally, we were set to play two 50 minute shows, but due to some overlap in the acts before us, we ended up playing one long hour-and-forty-five minute show.
In the sun.
On the metal stage.
Did I mention we were in the sun? Yep. No sleep playing a long gig in direct sunlight. At least the crowd was appreciative.
As soon as we hit our last note, we packed up and...can you guess it? Yep. We got in the car and I'm currently writing this on our way back to Chicago, to perform at our second night at Kingston Mines. We don't start until 10:30 (11:30 Indy time), which means we won't leave until almost 5am Indy time. Uhgg.
