The GPS could use an update, we realized on our first drive in the dark in jet-lag mode ....we ended up on a closed route too tight for the car on the edge of a green grape wine field just outside Dresden ...with the polite English GPS voice telling us that we had reached our destination. Not! The first concert was shortly after a rehearsal together, as David Marion and I met with German guitarist Stefan Rapp. We played the hottest concert of my life. As in, I think it was 40 degrees on stage at the Blue Note. It was packed though and for a little place the sound was great. Our favorite concert of the week was the 2nd show in Halle at Object 5, perhaps because we were greeted with fresh bread and cheese and meat and by two great photographer friends, Hans Kraus & Thomas PF, and perhaps because the monitor sound was clear, crisp, and somehow full and exciting. It's good to feel BIG. And we did. The show at the house concert - Woodstore followed and this was humbling and like entering a friendly home where there was a cool hippy vibe. What a treat. Part of the family for 20 hours. We didn't sleep much as the vibe leaned a little into an all-nighter. I showered at 4am. Didn't want to sleep 'smokey'. It seems there are still more smokers than non smokers here.
Next ... What made Oldenburg special was Charly, who runs Charly's. He is very Zen and a karate Master, who looks half is age and has a slim Nordic tall blond, blue eye look. We wish we had more time to look around in Oldenburg. Everything on tour goes by too fast. Though I did manage to run into a drugstore where I could pick up Euro toothpaste, euro hair products and euro eye cleaner. I look forward to the different scents and styles of even these little things! By Krefeld we were extra smooth as a band with the right winks and nods happening on stage.
American fans came to the show that had heard by concert in Nashville only a few weeks ago (wild!!) and our tour helper and friend, Angie, who is on board with us for the Czech part of this tour also surprised us in Krefeld. We noticed that this venue Kulturrampe looked much better than it did on line. Love it when that happens. Also, some fans were waving a Canadian flag. Who were / are you?! Our first day off followed, but it was a quiet Sunday, like in most of Europe. We drove a long way to the border of Denmark...we needed more room in our wagon and stopped in Hamburg to rent a dachbox that fastens and locks to the roof top. Brilliant.
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