Germany So Far...

Hello Everyone,

Well, I dont have much time to tell the long versions of our journey so far, but the short way for me to say it is Christy and I are having what you would call an adventure!

We arrived in the UK with the "normal" stress and headaches of lost baggage (including her guitar) and immigration grumbles, but thanks to the Glastonbury invite we were allowed entry and slowly over the next few days all of the lost items were returned. Glastonbury was of course the muddy mess that it is famous for, but we saw two incredible shows: Neil Young and Horace Andy.

The UK dates went really well and we made a lot of fans in a place I've never heard of before, called Derby. I was able to join the Nightingales for my first official shows with them and had a blast. Most importantly we became part of the Garrett family, who really took care of us and helped us get medicine for Christy's case of bronchitis. We played a few shows with Gina Birch and got to meet other members of the Raincoats as well. We joined Robert Llyod on his session with John Kennedy at xfm, who is still playing tracks from our new record, Superstition.

Andi Schmid helped us across the French border with all of our gear and got us finally down to our other "family" at Klangbad studios for a few days of rest. The german dates started on July 12th and have included ship harbors (Offenbach), hippie farms (Kassel, Puch Fest), fancy restaurants (Schwerin, Munich, Berlin), east german bars (Leipzig), art gallleries (Leipzig), proper clubs (Ulm, Hamburg), pizza parlors (Buchloe), old abandoned train cars (Stuttgart), and today we travel outside of Munich to play in a small town where the local fire department has lent us their PA.

We've played on several radio stations here as well, including byte.fm in Hamburg and a great session at zundfunk here in Munich. Our show in Schwerin was taped by the local television station and can be watched here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyLrMt3GIEk&feature=PlayList&p=D350F2975DEB2C2B&index=0.
Yesterday we got a great tour from Dirk Wagner of the Suddeutsche Zeitung and went to a pretty fabulous tomato party. We decided to end the evening with a trip to the hospital (why not?) to check out our various ailments (Christy's lingering cough and my stomach virus) and I was asked the hilarious question: "maybe it was the Munich beer?"

We travel to Vienna and the Czech Republic this weekend as our adventure continues...

Much love from Europe and hope that everyone is having a great summer!

xo
E

NOW WE ARE IN GERMANY!!!

Hello anyone.
E and I are now in Scheer at the wonderful Faust Studios. Joachim Irmler is busy cooking some delicious meal that will involve a lot of meat (not fish).
We escaped the UK quite smoothly. So sorry we could not advertise our shows there.
We played with the Nightingales at Glastonbury. I have never been to such a large concert(s) and have never seen so many muddy people nor smelled such foul public restrooms. We camped out in the "artist" area (at least the ones that are not famous enough to get hotel rooms) and as the Gales said, "just be glad we aren't out there with the rest of the punters". Indeed.
We played first on saturday at 11 a.m. on the John Peel stage and our set was used basically as a sound check for the rest of the day. I had an amplifier fall on me. Ironically the Nightingales were the only band on that stage to have actually known John Peel and be promoted by him. The good part was that we rocked dispite the bad sound.
But now we are geared up for a wonderful month here so please tell any friends you may have in Germany to check us out. Our first show is in Offenbach at Hafen II , July 12th 10 pm.
We are missing our families and friends but are quite excited to be playing so much music.
xo
- C&E