More dates in the midwest.
Friday: We played a Habitat for Humanity fundraiser in Dublin, Ohio (home of Wendy's!). The gig was fine, pretty corporate feeling (complete with an overbearing handler). When we finished soundcheck, it was pouring outside, so we didn't get a chance to eat dinner, so we ate lots of bananas, trail mix, and chips and salsa.
I guess I didn't sleep too well the night before--I felt pretty wiped out the whole day, and couldn't summon much enthusiasm for the gig. Fortunately, it was one set, a couple of encores (actually, we played a couple of songs for an encore, and then had to go back and play one more as a second encore), and we were done.
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| These lights were a little too close, a little too focused, and a little too hot. |
Saturday: From Columbus, we headed west to Indianapolis. The view on I-70 was clouds, corn, and soybeans.
We blew a trailer tire near Knightstown, Indiana.
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| boom |
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| posing for pics |
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| Monkeyboy's suitcase tried to run away |
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| the cops showed up to make sure everything was cool |
We played (for the third time) Mallow Run Winery just outside of Indianapolis. The stage doesn't sound that great, but it's an easy summer gig and our Indiana fans adore us, so no big deal.
This sucker sold out--two thousand people! It was a good crowd and a good gig, and we tried not to be too blasé after our massive audiences at Conner Prairie a couple of weeks previously. The show turned out to be one of our longest as of late, clocking in at just over two and a half hours.
We flew home Sunday morning, but we'll be right back out there with shows in Cincinnati (Thursday), Indianapolis (Friday), Chicago (Saturday), and Milwaukee (Sunday).
