A day in the life of a working musician.. the behind-the- scenes drama of presenting Irish fiddle shows, running a band, dealing with the endless characters in the music industry, and keeping the dream alive.

Sunday, July 30, 2006

Celtic Sisters, Dunkin Donuts, and the tow truck on the road

The new show we're doing, Celtic Sisters, officially kicked off in MA. It was an auspicious beginning. Jodee James, our singer extraordinaire likes to stop at Dunkin donuts for coffee. In fact, she seems to do the tour routing based on the locations of these places. Some people do mapquest, some people do donut places... whatever works.
When I told one of my violin students I was going on tour this summer he said, "Oh, like Rock Star". I guess he watches tv...
After the car overheated somewhere in MA and we were stuck on the highway for 3 hours due to the traffic jam, waiting for the tow truck, I decided it's not exactly like Rock Star, but probably infinitely more interesting.
We did the Glasgow Lands Festival, and later the Blackstone Celtic Festival (as the Jodee James Band)...
Audience members at the Blackstone Festival came out in pouring rain to support Celtic music and that was fantastic....they had groups of sheep running around too, which made me laugh.