Boston

Driving to Boston was refreshing. Almost no snow at all on the sides of the road and it looks like this winter might be receding for good. Tonight’s show is an early one with us scheduled to go on at 8:00pm. Taking yesterday off gave us the opportunity to catch Niagara Falls (Rebecca and I have now seen the falls and the Grand Canyon inside of a month’s time - total pro tourists). It was cold in Canada, for sure, but near the Falls it was just insane freezing.

It’s at this point that I’m able to look back on the drive through Wyoming and the slide through Ohio with a little detachment. But not much. This alone puts me in a good mood and Boston is a great place to be at the moment, however briefly we might be here.

So the show begins and there are very few people in the club. It’s really something we expected more of, actually, since we are not headlining this tour and our start times are fairly early. Also, sound check was very brief so none of us are totally acclimated to our setups tonight and there are a couple hiccups. For example, when I hit the first guitar note on Honeythief it blows my ears off. Usually, I keep the guitar volume in my monitor quite low. Really, we’re into the third or fourth song before things normalize and people start filling the room. As usual, I notice some people getting into it and others quite obviously fidgeting while waiting for Bob to play after us. Understandable.

Watching Bob tonight, it’s obvious that the crowd is giving him some love. He seems to be enjoying himself quite a bit tonight and the band is tight as hell. Out by the merch setup, Rebecca is hanging out and absorbing the comments people always throw her way. ’You guys really remind me of a band called Lush’ I hear one Bostonite say.

Not my favorite show of the tour so far, but still another night’s worth of experience and a beautiful town to cruise through. Tomorrow is NYC, so I expect things to get pretty crazy in the next 24 hours…

RYAN