Baton Freakin' Rouge!!!!!

Damn guys, all I have to say is DAMN!   

The biggest thank you goes out to each and every person who was at the Varsity Theater in Baton Rouge last night for our first show back of 2009!   You guys should have seen us before the show, we were a bunch of anxious, nervous wrecks!   We had not stepped foot on a stage (other than Tater, he is a male stripper in our off-time) since December and felt like there was going to be a whole lotta rust to chip away at, but the second we kicked into the first song of the evening we knew that you guys, the crowd in Baton Rouge, was going to be the shot in our veins to get us through this first show back and make it one of the most memorable of our career!

We had such a great time and think that the crowd did too.  That definitely was one of the loudest singing crowds I have ever heard.  When Jesse and I were playing "So Long, Good-bye" we both had to fight back tears from the crowd singing.  Those are the experiences that make us do what we do.  When we were little kids, that is the kind of thing we used to dream about.   Writing a song that people can connect with and sing the words to.  What an amazing experience, thank you guys for that!

Another thing to note is that we played some songs that we have either never played live or just haven't played in years.  They were performed far from perfect, but the energy and heart was there and it felt great to play those songs.  

We plan on making this tour blog a very vital avenue for us to communicate with you guys so we will be posting lots coming up and after I gain a bit more computer literacy and learn how to upload videos and pictures and stuff, I will start putting them up!   

By the way, I have to say that the LSU campus is really nice.  I went for a long run around some lakes before the show and it was really nice around there.   Also, if you have read this much of this post then I guess you deserve to know that what I said about Tater being a male stipper is not true and, really, a pretty terrible joke!   I know he'll think it's really funny when he reads it so it was worth it!  

'till next time........

B