Mike's Tour Blog: Vol. IV Issue I

I’m sitting in a club out of DC and I’ve had my first bit of solid internet for a day or two, it is nice.  I have a couple minutes until soundcheck, just enough to check in.  We’ve had an amazing time so far.  If you haven’t seen us on the tour yet, we’ve been doing this one a little differently.

For the length of the tour we will and have been acting as John Ralston’s backing band with the addition of Mr. Dan Bonebrake on Bass.  We’ve been switching back and forth on which band will be closing the evening, either way, we’re up there for double the time we usually are and it feels great.  For people that love playing music (seriously, all the other stuff is awesome and secondary) this is a dream come true.

Boring advice for band dudes alert: You can save a lot of money this way too, we’re all traveling together, splitting everything evenly, staying in the same room, etc.

Other than that, I’m on the road with my best friends and the van is holding up, I am happy.

Here’s a couple quick snaps of the past couple days, hopefully more pics/videos/stories to follow.

Oh yeah, Jacob has a new nickname, Jacob “Mud” Kaplan, call him that now and forever.

You can check out our photos as we update at: http://flickr.com/mdtkone

Bad Reception

Learning Ralston Songs

I Don’t Think They Want To Buy Anything

Jayson calls “Merch” “Merc”

Jacob “Mud” Kaplan

Professional Hobo John Ralston

Smart CJ

Our Drummer - Dr. Wizard

Our Tour Manager - Jaybird Fuhlbruk