Probably around 5am, on one of Glenn's and my driving shifts, we had a conversation about how we've shifted on this tour. I spoke of the feeling of validation in a past post.... and that feeling continued through the rest of the tour... in every city the response was the same, it was amazing! We all feel as though we're walking the path we are meant to... and didn't realize how lost we were until we found it out there... it's hard to explain but... after all these years, things feel "right." Along with the validation came a reinforced, re-found feeling of purpose... and, well, it just feels good :) We're looking forward to getting back out there as soon as we can! We have a LOT more work to do!
I'll leave you with some more images from the road. Most are from my phone as unfortunately the nice camera we took with us broke in the first few days...sigh (figures) ...but you'll get a kick outta these regardless~
Much love guys, see ya soon!
Tony
The Majestic Theater in San Antonio, TX... BEAUTIFUL...
...and a KICK ASS show to boot ;)
The night before I had partied with the Ryche boys on their bus on the way there... slept in an extra bunk on the bus... woke up and had coffee and a fantastic conversation about beautiful cities around the world with Geoff Tate...and spent two hours on the beautiful San Antonio "River Walk" ...LOVED that place!! What a day eh? ;)
Eddie Jackson and Mark getting food for a BBQ at Eddie's cousin's place in Dallas on our day off... you should have seen them both, so passionate about cooking!! lol.... was a great BBQ, Eddie's family are good people...
.....and these guys can COOK!! What is it about bassists and cooking?!?!
Our new backdrop in the House of Blues in Dallas, TX.. almost makes us look like a "real" rock n roll band ;)
From the 3rd balcony at The House of Blues in Dallas, TX
Got Gibson?
Somewhere in Montana! Beautiful...
Soundcheck at the Wilma Theater in Missoula, MT... they know how to rock there! Was a very memorable show :)
Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, OK....
We discovered that it's a pretty legendary place... had the photos of legends who have played there on the wall (Hank Williams below)
Can you guess who this is...?????
Yep... Kevin got a tattoo to help him remember this tour ;)
A shot from behind the drum riser before we took the stage at the Ogden Theater in Denver, CO
From the crowd in Denver... another really memorable show! Just awesome~
A home cooked breakfast I made in the RV... somewhere...
From the first floor of the Knitting Factory in Reno, NV... we partied WAY... TOO... HARD... in Reno, NV...
Can you tell which one is ours??? lol
OK... so the Queensryche rig was a little nicer ;)
Queensryche from the side of the stage in Tucson, AZ. ...it's official, I have now seen Queensryche more than any other band! lol... they were killer every single night :)
Not much to see from the freeway through Kansas ;)
A little revitalizing pool time in Tucson, AZ
Right before we took the stage in Albuquerque, NM. What a KILLER show!! Awesome crowd! =P
Part of Sean's merch booth... he kicked ass for us every night :)
The view from our room at the Hard Rock Hotel in Biloxi, MS... too bad we were not there long enough to enjoy it!
From the stage at the Hard Rock in Biloxi, MS. I'm telling ya, it was fun getting used to the big PA systems ;)
From the merch booth during Queensryche's set in Biloxi, MS... of course we never got to see it... but our friends said we looked good on those side screens! lol (A lot of venues we played actually had those)
After the Biloxi Hard Rock show we were escorted to a VIP area of the "Booty Club" ...uh...there was gawd-awful dance music playing... LOUD... and a bunch of people in the club looking at us, in our "area with our own couch from behind these velvet ropes" ...I think we were suppossed to think it was cool??? lol... it was...weird! We slammed our Jagerbombs and got the hell outta there ASAP! lol
Petsi, Mark & Micheal Wilton after our last show of the tour drink'n in our RV (I know, the camera broke remember! lol)
Here's some videos that Ted shot while visiting us in Houston, TX
When I'm Done
House Of Cards
The Number 28
...and a couple more vids from previous posts...
The outro to "When I'm done" and crowd reaction in Denver, CO
The crowds reaction to the end of our set in Tucson, AZ
...I'm sure there will be many more to come but this is (with the photos/videos from earlier post) what I have at the moment... will keep ya posted!
