This past weekend at XL live in Harrisburg, PA was two nights that I'll remember for a LONG time! It was Yam Yam’s album release party weekend and they celebrated with a two night throwdown featuring Brandon "Taz" Niederauer and his band as co-headliners on the bill. Yam Yam kicked things off Friday night with some of the signature grooves that I’ve gotten to know and love over the past year. Each weekend I [...]
There have been few times in my life that music has moved me to the point of tears. Those moments when a song (or even a single note) elicits an actual physical response is one of the many reasons why I got into the whole live music scene to begin with! Sometimes when the band is locked in, and the flow of energy is at its highest, you look around and see all the [...]
Fest Forums NYC was a wealth of knowledge!
You'll never guess what they found in the storm drain!
Bright and sunny music filled day in Atlanta...
Setting up and staying dry on Earth Day...
So after a smooth day of travel through the rest of Virginia, North & South Carolina, and Georgia, we arrived in Atlanta around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. Had a chance to relax for a bit and catch up on some emails at the hotel...but 7pm was rally time! With the last bit of energy left in the tank, I rounded up the guys and we headed to Little Five Points to my favorite dinner spot...The Vortex [...]
While pulled off at a rest area somewhere in southern Virginia, I figured I would write the first blog post of the season! First and foremost, Happy Holidaze to you all! So, here we are rolling down to the Sweetwater 420 Fest in Centennial Olympic Park right in downtown Atlanta, GA! Decided to get on the road last night and do the overnight drive...a total of 17 hours with all the stops and such. So [...]
What a crazy storm! After another unexpected return to Hunter Mountain, for the 3rd time in 3 days, I had to race back to Stephentown before the impending doom working its way across the entire state of New York, reached us first! That made for the most nerve racking hour and a half drive in as long as I can remember. As I'm racing back to Disc Jam, I'm watching cloud to cloud and cloud [...]
After putting the finishing touches on the booth this morning at Disc Jam, I headed into town to pick up a few items we were low on. I made my usual rounds...stimulating the local economy as I went...picking up the essentials for the crew for the weekend...etc. When I got back on site, the patrons were starting to roll in and set up their camp sites, while the Mr. B's crew was busy slinging ice [...]
Hello! Sorry for the radio silence...the mountain doesn't get the best service on-site. But I wanted to share some of the fun stories from Mountain Jam... Thursday: After checking out of our awesome room at the Kaatskill Mountain Club, we headed on site to put the finishing touches on the booth, and waited for the gates to open to the public. Eventually, the gates opened up around 5pm and the festival was under way! Railroad [...]
Nice smooth drive up to Hunter on the new trailer tires! Got up to the mountain around 3 and started figuring out the logistics of booth placement and where to fit the back stock trailer...the usual. Then with the help of our new shelving units, we got the skeleton of the store set up in no time. The boys got half the store all set up before dark, and then we decided to call it [...]
