Hit breakfast at 930. Standard fare; bread, cheese, meats, yogurt, strong coffee. We hit the road at like 1030. We had a long drive (5+ hrs) ahead of us and we all wanted a little RnR before the gig.
Everything was cool until we got outside of Stuttgart. There was a big accident on the autonbahn. Literally, traffic stopped. A chopper landed on the highway to cart some poor folks to the hospital. There was a very serious three car accident. Traffic stopped for miles. We turned the car off and stretched our legs and had a dance party.
We didn't arrive in Schwandorf which is deep in Bavaria until 5:45. From the sliver we saw, it looks like a very nice town. There is a river through town, nice little Marktplatz with restaurants...
We checked into the hotel over the hill, dropped our bags and headed directly to the venue. Felsenkeller is an old limestone, beer storage cave. It's on the side of a mountain. Very cool. Very vibey.
We had a quick sound check, and then walked back down the hill to Schmidt Bräu for dinner. Emily had Cordon Bleu, peter had schnitzel, Jeff Käse tortellini, and I had pork chops in a mushroom cream sauce. We devoured our meal in 20 minutes and had to get back to the venue for an 8pm start.
80 people jammed into the venue and vibed out with us for over two hours. Highlights were an unplugged version of Printemps à Paris, the new tune Crumble, Here Comes the Sun, and Moving in Slow Motion.
Great night. Really special. I quickly forgot how tired I was once we started playing. Music heals and I believe it.
Afterwards we chatted w the patrons and signed CDs. A local cat from the paper was there and will be writing a review of the show. He bought all the records. I think we will get high marks.
Had a proper double encore. We finished 1000 Little Pieces and the folks didn't stop clapping. We sang Bid You and then walked out of the room. They kept it going until I got up and fired a solo acoustic Blackbird across their bows. It was great. Special moment.
Now bed. Oblarn Austria tmrw. Need rest.
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