I took to running on the beach on our day off in beautiful Kirtiminde. The first attempt was so windy that I couldn't hear myself even think. The 2nd time there was glorious sunshine, & I ran staring at the great bridge in Denmark. Neither day, did I see a single soul! We made a quick trip into Copenhagen; a crazy place for a Saturday night. By chance we parked next to an American muscle car show off scene in a parking lot. There were loads of spinning tires and I wanted to name this one silver truck "mine" (see photo). We met a bass German bass player who had three gigs in Copenhagen Denmark in one night, as a hired gun.. he didn't know even the bands he was playing in! Next we excitedly visited Egskov Castle. This castle is like a fairytale, with its columns & draw bridges and its 20 meter deep moat. We did some tree climbing and then hit the outdoor maze. It was so hard that I escaped out of it & helped Jason guide to the finish (the center!). Norderstadt, DE show, where the front door of the club was tucked behind a bakery, was professionally filmed (soon available for viewing) and we played to a standing room only crowd who were music fanatics mostly and then we ate late night Turkish food. A fan, Dirk, greeted us early at our concert in Kiel, gosh, there isn't enough time to play both tourist and pop-rock star! So much to see and fee and experience and so little time! Kiel is super cool & so is Hansa 48! Jason and I hung out at the haupbahnhof where we gazed and massive cruise ships that take people to Sweden & Norway. I had wonderful minutes in the sun reading a book that makes me laugh and cry out loud called "water for elephants". It was the first "skirt" day this year and the sun burnt my right thigh. I lost my sunglasses in the mall while buying a new camera. It made me so mad at myself! AAH! Our stage show was firey & full of surprises. Jason's guitar got funky and "dead" with battery troubles and I sang songs solo while it was sorted out .. as Jason got back on stage he remarked .. nothing a little toilet paper won't fix...! To get contact between the battery and the guitar he used toilet paper?
We had to make a big drive down to Bavaria to play our next two concerts. Coberg is home to the oldest known fast food in the world. Bratwurst. I indulged in the long piece of perfected pork gripped by a small white crusty on the outside bun. We also toured around the largest castle in Germany over looking Coberg! It is so majestic. I was surprised by a fantastic mixture of my greatest fans and friends at the show. The HiFi Garber shop guys, Thomas Bauer, Hans Kraus & Thomas Pf. Sometimes having people you know in the audience can make it harder to truly focus on the music ... something different about it. None of the stage lights worked but there were so many camera flashes going all night that we were well lit up most of the time! I felt lonely today, though also full of gratitude. Also had a flood of mixed emotions that come with living out of a suitcase and Bamberg makes a special smoked beer; that was lunch today ... The tourists flooded Bamberg and I am glad that I have seen it in quieter times of year. It took 1.5 hours to get served dinner. We played in what I could call a 6 star in Neuruppin. A spa-resort hotel. Bomi, a tour hand, greeted us at the door in a white robe and before you knew it we were all naked and floating in a warm salt bath & then catching up in a sauna overlooking a serene lake. I had a naked lady ask naked little me for an autograph ...No, I don't know where she found the pen and paper!? We laughed alot on stage mused that most our audience we had seen naked already during the day. The concert was everything but typical. The lobby, with its mostly glass design, was turned into a gorgeous & pro concert scene; proudly we received a standing ovation!
Any pictures of all the naked salt people?
Posted by: Len | 05/28/2009 at 02:26 PM