jbone
3222 posts
May 31, 2020
2:31 PM
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Well we've been here in Ohio for just a bit over 3 weeks and it's not working out. The biggest issue is one we don't have a solution to and that's bugs. Something we didn't know when I took this job was that the midges hatch out very thick every spring and stay all summer. Clouds of them roam around partying and having reproduction parties all over the place. Then come the Mayflies.
Imagine sucking a gooey bug into your harp- or your mouth- while you're gigging on a patio someplace. Not to mention them getting on a pricey guitar, your p.a. head and speakers, and amps. With things being the way they are it looks like most places at least here are doing outdoor seating for patrons, so to us that rules out playing outdoors. A shame because there are a few dozen possibilities between Marblehead, Port Clinton, and the islands on the lake close by. And more in Sandusky.
I'm going to miss doing promo here and spreading some blues and so forth. Not to mention the huge fishing opportunities here.
I took a job right on the Mississippi River, in Vidalia Louisiana. It looks to be a better work gig with no giant bug hatches to mess with so much. We'll be nearby Natchez Mississippi too, a hopping place from what I've heard. Clarksdale MS is a few hours north and Zachary La, home of Teddy's Juke Joint, is an hour and a half south. A lot of Blues Trail locations are not far away so we can do some blues tourist stuff as we have time too.
Tomorrow morning we will finish hitching the travel trailer up and get going south, a bit over 1000 miles. A song I wrote and we put on the last CD is titled Blues Gypsies. That's us!
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Sarge
789 posts
May 31, 2020
7:17 PM
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I wish you a safe journey without incident.
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Gnarly
2816 posts
May 31, 2020
11:57 PM
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Wow, good luck and safe travels--I think you are making a wise decision.
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jbone
3223 posts
Jun 02, 2020
4:47 PM
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Day 1 was somewhere Kentucky. Day 2, Batesville MS. Tomorrow we plan to take part of the Natchez Trace Parkway on the way to the job.
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Raven
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Jun 02, 2020
6:41 PM
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In Mississippi you'll see where Adam got his handle from because the Kudzu grows over everything!
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jbone
3224 posts
Jun 02, 2020
8:43 PM
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Oh I know Raven, from our times around Helena AR!
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Spderyak
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Jun 03, 2020
4:01 AM
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Good luck..safe travels..and of course don't get caught
after curfew..anywhere.
..these days my wife does all the contact with the 'outside world. I walk to the end of our driveway.
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jbone
3225 posts
Jun 03, 2020
12:51 PM
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No big cities here! And we got in and set up a little while ago.
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snowman
573 posts
Jun 03, 2020
9:58 PM
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I dig yr life style. cruise around playin music---keep livin the life.
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jbone
3227 posts
Jun 04, 2020
3:54 AM
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@ snow- The bug has interrupted that part but I think we'll get some action before long.
We started planning long before we hit the highway. It all depends on your level of wanderlust. And a workable plan.
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jbone
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Jun 06, 2020
9:16 PM
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Last 2 evenings we've gone over to Natchez, across the river, and busked near the river overlook. Friday I took my usual Manji set which worked pretty well. Jo played her D'Angelico hollow body. This eve I put 2 Seydels, a MB custom, and a few other harps together and used them instead. Jo had her Gibson acoustic.
Sold a CD, made a few tips, spread a bit of joy I think.
It was hot but hey, it's the delta in the summer! We had a great time. Storm coming in over the next few days so busking is on hold, but this coming week we plan to talk to some venues about gigs.
I think we're here for the summer!
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