timblane's Journal

The Boys in the band ordered Boat Drinks...
I've now officially played my first gig in International waters….sort of. I went on the "Rock Boat" which sailed from Miami to Jamaica and back. It was a great 5 days of nice people, sun (some of the time) and great music. I wasn't an official performer (artists like me are known on the boat as "stowaways") so I had to resort to guerilla tactics like playing next to elevators (and sometimes in them.) Below is a pic of the beginning of one such show with my buddy David Andrew Smith.

It was overall a really cool experience, and I managed to avoid sea sickness, which is always a bonus.
My favorite band on the boat was the Alternate Routes (pictured below onstage with Stephen Kellogg, Kyle Riabko and the Sixers) and they killed it as usual.

I also heard a couple of new bands that I really dug… Sons of William and Bain Mattox.

And then of course there were the bigger headliners such as Sister Hazel, Matt Nathanson, Pat McGee Band, Josh Kelley, Stephen Kellogg, etc. All putting on pretty sweet shows each day.

Josh Kelley, clad in bathrobe and big sunglasses, hosted an open mic I played. He was hilarious. Below is our (seemingly electric) handshake…

Most importantly, I managed to avoid leaving with an attractive tan, cause I'm Irish and that's what we do. Oh well.

Current Music: Who's That Pack

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