David Freeman Music

 I'd better update this sucker before I forget everything.  After a weekend of no gigs, we got back into it in Milwaukee at the beautiful Pabst Theatre. Looks good, sounds good, and the definitely an upgrade over our previous trip here (where we played on a raked stage (tilted down towards the audience).  The audience was small; we definitely didn't have anybody in either balcony, but the few hundred people in the floor level were very appreciative that we made the trip this far north.  Late in the show, I went up front for the solo in Maneater,  and when I returned to my usual position, I noticed that the F key felt weird--I'd lost the pearl! NOOOOOOOOO!!!! Luckily, it fell off right in front of me, so I scooped it up to be reattached later on. The following day, we headed down to Chicago to play at the hallowed ground of the Pavilion at Ravinia. In the hundred years of its existence, this stage has hosted (in addition to annual summer series by the Chicago S...

And just like that, Yacht Rock started touring again like nothing had ever happened. The first weekend in July found us in the Northeast, beginning with a pair of gigs in Delaware. The van and trailer met us at the airport in Baltimore, but before we could even grab our luggage, the first show had been canceled due to bad weather.    We spent the night in a hotel full of little league baseball players and their families, all of whom seemed to be hanging out in the lobby all the time. I slept a lot and ate two pizzas. Our second night in Delaware was at the Bottle and Cork. Lots of vibe, lots of people, lots of noise.  It was sold out, and the crowd was boisterous. It was apparently more than that poor old PA could handle, even though Kip had it pushed to the limit. That being said, I had a good show--everything felt nice and loose. We added the Isley Brothers version of Summer Breeze and Love The One You're With,  and the I cannot ever sing the right words in the ch...