Tour 2: 2009 Winter Tour

Thursday Dec 3 @ Artmosphere, Lafayette LA

Friday Dec 4 @ The Frat House, New Orleans LA

Saturday Dec 5 @ The Celtic, Pascagoula MS

Tuesday Dec 8 @ 10 High Club, Atlanta GA

Wednesday Dec 9 @ The Rye Bar, Athens GA

Thursday Dec 10 @ The Wormhole, Savannah GA

Friday Dec 11 @ The Village Tavern, Mt. Pleasant SC

Saturday Dec 12 @ The Root Bar, Asheville NC

Sunday Dec 13 @ The Busy Bee, Raleigh NC

Tuesday Dec 15 @ AS220, Providence RI

Wednesday Dec 16 @ Cousin Larry’s, Danbury CT

Thursday Dec 17 @ Lucky Dog, Worcester MA

Friday Dec 18 @ Copperfield’s,  Boston, MA with LOVE IN STOCKHOLM

Saturday Dec 19 @ Parkside, New York NY with LOVE IN STOCKHOLM

There are a more than a  few reasons why I’m really excited about this tour. There’s the usual utter joy of being on the road again, getting in front of fresh faces, playing for fans we met last time, and catching up with old friends. Then there’s the fact that we’re playing two shows, in Boston and New York, with one of my favorite, unsigned (indie in the original sense of the word) funk

bands called Love in Stockholm. Just check out some of their original classics like “People Aint Lovin’” and you’ll agree they’re rock solid. They love to funk it up and get people dancing just like we do, so both these nights are going to be crazy. I’m pretty excited about the New Orleans show at the Frat House too, because it’s a Friday in New Orleans and we’re going to pack the place. Plus we get to hang with our good friends leading volunteers at the Episcopal Diocese Rebuild Project.

There’s only a couple things I’m going to miss. First of all we’ll sadly be missing Charlie and Michael, so we’re going to be heading out with yet another bassist. We’ll miss Roni, our tour manager for the first half of last tour, and Jane- my inspiration but more importantly our merch girl for the latter half of the tour. We’re going to miss playing with our friendsSaltwater Grass in Atlantic Beach but we know we’ll be back someday. We’ll definitely miss Mr. Beery’s on Long Island, and the crazy Monday night in Fayetteville, which just didn’t work out schedule-wise this time around, but we’ll hope to be back again in the future.

Another important piece of news is that we won’t be touring in the Ho Bus. I’d say that’s something I’ll miss but honestly we only made it three days in that lovely, unreliable, 20 year old iconic pos last time before the transmission went out. We’re not quite sure what our form of transport will be, but I guarantee you I’ll let you guys know when I do. Hopefully we’ll stick to the veggie oil, cause you know we love supporting the environment, and we love saving money.

Finally there’s the question of tying this in with our love of connecting with and supporting our community. We loved spreading the word about lowering the drinking age coupled with alcohol education and awareness on our last tour. We still passionately support that cause and the organization Choose Responsibility which is working tirelessly to change our current legislation and culture around drinking. But we’re also selling sunglasses and donating proceeds to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, in honor of Ryan’s grandfather’s recent diagnoses. I’m not sure if we should just stick to one cause. Let us know what you think, and we’ll keep you updated.