WARPED TOUR vs Tropical Storm alex

So… Back again for another update. Past few days we have been through some drastic changes in weather. As some of you may have already seen the last post about our off day/show in Phoenix, AZ– You know the weather we dealt with there was close to 115 degrees, then we got to Las Cruces, NM and the weather there was awesome! About 80 degrees. Of course as we got to San Antonio, TX we began to catch the wrath of tropical storm ALEX. Although there was some thoughts kicked around prior to the show about whether or not we were going to move the show at the AT&T Center inside the venue, we ended up doing our thing in the rain. Thankfully we were dealing with scattered T-storms more than anything…

Which brings me to the reason I’m writing tonight!!!

We get to Houston, TX this morning. Our Load ins were scheduled for 9am as opposed to the normal 8am Times. Doors Pushed back to 1pm and why??? Because of some of this craziness is headed our way…

Now if I was home in ATL with maybe a gig to do on a nite that there was some cloudiness, maybe even some rain during the day, I’d just wear some rugged ish and hope that it would’nt discourage people from showin up. But on a production of this size when it rains. Especially at a venue such as the Sam Houston Race Way (A Mixture of Grass, Dirt, & Asphalt) we ALL feel the effect! As you can see from the ridiculous pic of the muddy catering situation below…

So… As I said “the show must go on” –and it most definitely did. I spent my morning watching crews of people lugging stuff around the 3-6 inch deep mud. Whats cool is that my Wonka team decided against any electronics in the set up. So once the production team got our tent up the forklifts brought all the candy to the tent and this is pretty much what was going on there today…

Yep, just a bunch of candy sampling. Apparently our team of local staff hands out almost 33,000 samples of candy daily at each event. CRAZY RIGHT?

Here are a couple more pics of the day that all the other Sponsor/Vendors/Bands were dealing with…

I know that this whole post seems all dark and gloomy, but it’s really NOT. Bands like All American Rejects killed their shows (as usual) and I ended up getting an off day (as there were no electronics in our set up). So thats what I definitely call a #WIN–4 sho! Definitely got to catch up on some emails and work on some tunes! And hang out/meet some cool new peeps in bus world! Check out the set up on the bus!

My company mac w/ the Verizon card in that piece (on the right), personal Mac Book Pro (on the left), magic mouse, & last but not least–my Korg Nano Key (always a PLUS on the road) thx again DJ Smiles (WHITE LIGHT) for that suggestion!

For those of you that are curious… Here is what my next few days are like… Dallas tomorrow 7/3. Tour party from 9pm-2am at the DOUBLE WIDE following our show. Then off day in Bonner Springs, KY for Independence Day. 7/5 St. Louis, MO. 7/6 Indianapolis, IN. 7/7 Toronto 7/8 Montreal… and then you can just go to KIDCEDEK.COM for the rest cause it’s non stop lol!

Hope everyone is good! DUECES!