the band that we confirmed has decided to cancel. this poses a slight problem since nashville seems to be a town that is in-bred only. NO BANDS OUTSIDE TENNESSEE allowed to play in nashville. wtf? i email blue but never heard from her and we are not allowed to call since everything is done via email only, per the owner’s request.
hmm…so we look up open mic, cafe coco and we go to check it out. we like the vibe so we decide to come back for open mic. its’ around 7pm so we get a tour from leann of nashville. its’ cute and country music all over for sure. hmm…is this for trEas?
cafe coco – 7pm – we get there and it is packed before open mic hits. its’ all the college kids from the local college here. they seem to be regulars. they all sit together in one row. the vibe is cool and we end up playing first and hang around for the full open mic. some are good some are not so good. some need a bit of work on some parts but overall we loved cafe coco and can’t wait for our gig tomorrow.
french quarter cafe – we arrive in east nashville still not knowing anything. the owner is jammin out on his new amp. we go over and talk with him. he is instantly concerned. he’s apparently just fired blue and has no idea what the heck is going on. he’s pissed that there seems to be no nashville band. that we are new york and there is no third band. wtf? and this is our responsibility after we emailed and are not allowed to call?? man..this is a total bad vibe ensuing. we talk with the bartenders and the soundman and apparently this is protocol. the owner and the booking agent can’t get it together since inception of this place. so what happens? we are pissed to so we play like SHIT! it’s a really bad gig for us.
we hit the town anyhow afterwards and listen to some nice slide guitar and some locals gettin up on the mic for a quick song. nice!! its’ old country and we like.
so we are all tired and kind of getting tired of the tour. we are happy now that its’ coming to an end. we are running out of money, the van is starting to make a weird sound, and its’ getting cold, everywhere.
ciao ciao,
tracy
