The End
October 17, 2004 11:44 AM
Driving back from Lousiana last night we were discussing how much "in
denial" we were. The tour went by so fast... it didn't seem over.
Like...surely we were off to the next gig; another hotel, another
venue...on and on.
Not having closure with the Snow Patrol guys might have helped our
feelings. The Birmingham show was literally the last show. The "bouncy
balls" and the laughter out in the parking lot...driving away - yellling at
Gary and Nate while they were surrounded by myriads of fans that we
were going to mow them down if they didn't move... that was the end of
the tour.
Saying goodbye to Valerie was hard. She held back a few tears... I know
we'll never forget her. Surely we'll hook up again if we neve see the
other guys. She's an amazing merch girl and beyond.
I'm not sure if we'll ever be able to quantify the tour in terms of it's
success. Hard to know if Eisley was able to pull from Snow Patrol's fans
base like they did Coldplay and Brand New. My guess is - percentage
wise, it wasn't as quite as successful - seeing how I don't think there
have been as many posts saying " I came to see Snow Patrol, but Eisley
was amazing", but it was great having real Eisley fans show up and an
honor to get to tour with these guys. We so appreciate it. And I hope the
opener wasn't too hard to endure for any S.P. fans.
I promise I will get all the pics up on each show before it's over with... it
might take a while, but my word is my vow is my honor is my post. And,
I will make a special effort to get mp3's and QT movies up asap.
Today, I got up, woke up mr. Clark and we headed to Dallas to drop him
off. What a guy. Good times. It was the best tour so far as far as the
team....except for we missed Daniel Ellis, who is so much a part of this.
I got back, cleaned out the van, sorted through all our food and clothes,
cd's you gave us, little memories and trash. It's really over now.
I don't know what I'll do about keeping in touch with you guys. The tour
is over... and the record doesn't come out for many months. Here's a bad
chance to fall under the radar. Any suggestions? I could make random
posts in "Eisleyblog" like I used to... or if you're interested in what's
happening, I could keep something going. Not sure...
The band is enjoying home-sweet-home; it's so heart-warming. We're
soaking it in... ahhh... There's no place like home. Thanks everybody for
making us feel way more than special out on the road. You are so
amazing and I'm not sucking up. It's the truth. Meeting you guys and
making connections is what it's all about. Take care. Love, Boyd
Voo Doo Fest 04. New Orleans, LA. 10.17.04 nƒ
October 16, 2004 06:42 PM
Sorry it took so long to get this posted... we just got home. I couldn't get
on line this afternoon. If I'd had any witts, I'd have tossed this up at 4:30
am, when I slammed out the last post.
Not to bore you, but picking up from that post, I slept 2hrs and 15
minutes, got up and drove to New Orleans... did that Voo Doo Fest thing,
packed up, drove for maybe a half an hour when I turned to Jonathan
and said, "I can't do it...". I was sunburnt, dehydrated, surviving off a
flurry of sleepless nights; So I pulled over on I-10 for Jonathan to take
over. After an hour of the great Jonathan at the wheel, he tuckered out
too and we came close to staying in a Best Western in Lafayette.
After a brief discussion with the band, we decided to push through. I'd
had a power nap and felt pretty good. So Chauntelle wrote shotgun and
we yacked and talked and talked and yacked for 5 straight hours.
Will talk about the Voo Doo Fest show tomorrow. I have to take
Jonathan home in the morning. Great to be gack.
The Snow Patrol Tour is over.
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The Voo Doo Fest
The event was pretty ok. Not anything on the organization level of V-Fest
or Coachella, but not so shabby. It was great to stroll through the
beautiful live oaks of Louisiana again... totally my roots. Everything
seemed so familiar. I had forgotten how South LA was.
The VooDoo thing isn't really my thing... the giant,naked bronze girl blow
up on top of the eatery was awkward. All of the dragon-swamp imagery
painted on the stage facades were ok...I guess. We didn't do much - we
were so tired from the tour. We just toasted back stage, drank plenty of
orange juice from the backstage bar, and basically did the show.
It was a bit anti-climactic as part of the tour. We never even saw Snow
Patrol guys again... we made the cross country walk to their bus to grab
our merch from Valerie, hung out in their bus just to say goodbye to the
crew...which was more emotional than you'd think.
Anyway, what about the show?
hmmm...well, I was pleased at the turn out. There were actually cajuns
there that new of Eisley. And fans from Mississippi drove down. (hi
Palmer and friends).
The show wasn't so great, but it was pretty ok. They added 3 songs to
the front of the set: They All Surrounded Me, Sea King, Sun Feet. They
weren't so well rehearsed, and the sound wasn't tweaked yet and I don't
think they could hear so well, but...it was ok since they were great warm
up songs to their real set, which rocked pretty hard. People kept coming
up and staying... Eisley was like a little magnet.
And Chad from New Found Glory came to watch their entire set. He told
them afterwards that it was the tightest set he's seen in a long time...and
that he loved their music, etc. Crazy huh, since they're totally pop punk.
Nice words from a leading band in a different genre. Always good to
make friends no matter where.
I will get pics up asap.
Thanks for all of you who came out. I'll read the posts on each thread
asap. bd
Zydeco. Birmingham. 10.15.04 nƒ
October 15, 2004 09:41 PM
Sometimes you complain about things and later wish you wouldn't have
because you start to realize if you wouldn't have complained, you'd be
much cooler because you were wrong anyway...and somehow you knew
it while you were complaining.
Birmingham was worth the drive... All day we were thinking, "ok....there
might be like 3 people that have ever heard of Eisley who might come to
the show...". It was quite the opposite. I begin to wonder if maybe half of
the crowd was for Eisley. Seriously.
It was a tight little venue. I thought 300 max but the venue guys say that
paid attendance was about 700 total. It was so packed, Eisley couldn't get
back to the merch booth to sign and greet so they just stayed outside in
the back. Eventually, hords of people came back there and we had this
big party that lasted for way too long. Everyone was so nice.
But we were delayed... and now it's 4:40am; we're in a Ramada Inn in
Meridian....still 3 hours away from New Orleans. My alarm is set for 7:00.
I'd best climb in bed with Weston over there. Night.