Washington, DC

We’ve just got offstage here at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. I’ve been told over and over that this is THE club to play here in the District and I’m really looking forward to it.

Tonight is the earliest show of the tour, I think, in order to facilitate Bob doing his late night BLOWOFF club. His hometown crowd is insane, too.

So, we get here, check in at the hotel and scramble to the club. The help here is just on it. Food waiting for us. Quick load-in. Soundcheck is totally efficient. Just waiting for the other shoe to drop, you know.

When we hit the stage, I’m totally surprised by how many people are standing in front of me at 7:30pm. Impressive, actually. And many of these people know EVERY word. Even the new jams. WTF.

Tonight was my favorite of the shows so far in some ways. I guess, despite everything, I had modest expectations since the set time was so early. We played really well, Rebecca was in perfect voice, and people just seemed to love every note (it could be, too, that the spring weather and Chardonnay were creating a bit of magic). Tonight, Professional really stood out to me.

Tomorrow, we wake up and drive down to Charlotte, NC (6+ hours). We’ve got the day off, so hopefully a nice dinner will be arranged to go with the wine shipment to meet us at the hotel there. Then, Monday evening, we play Charlotte and hit the home stretch as we make our way back west through the lower part of the country. Tornadoes, move aside, please.

RYAN