timblane's Journal

"Just sitting, digging all the scenes"
Man- a lot has happened since I last blogged. At the moment we are driving from Erie, PA to Buffalo NY as part of the Crocs tour with OneRepublic and Fabolous. I think I’ll wait until we finish our last date with them to blog about that. But suffice to say it’ been frickin incredible.
But let me backtrack a bit.

A couple weeks ago James and I headed for a quick duo tour through Illinois and Iowa. I’ve probably said it before, but I really love our shows out in the Midwest There’s a real appreciation for live music and everyone is always so laid back and nice to us. We had a couple great shows at Illinois College and Loras College. And perhaps most importantly had amazing donuts here:

And home cooked bbq at a small shack of a restaurant called Smokey Joes.
Here's me posing with a miniature smokey:

The restaurant next door had a tempting offer...

so we hit them up first for some free smells before actually eating at Smokey Joes.

It’s also great when you have some time in between gigs and can stop at some of the historical spots along the way. We stopped at the Abe Lincoln museum and library in Springfield, Illinois, which is actually quite impressive. It was amazing to see the walls of political cartoons completely tearing him apart. Guess some things never change.

This is not actually him. He’s been dead for a while now.

Ok, more tomorrow.

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