O.A.R.

May 2, 2009 Blog

Well another tour has ended. The last few days of it were a bit over the top, even for what we’re used to travel-wise. I don’t remember feeling so wiped the last day of tour, perhaps the day after when I have fallen apart, but not the last day.

A brief summation of the last days. Thursday we played Bristol, Rhode Island. Was a really fun show, had a great crowd of enthusiastics and were really taken care of by the school staff. Not to mention being right on the Narragansett Bay, it was a beautiful day. So afterwards, we had to drive to Philly to catch a flight to Louisville. Keep in mind this is after a bus ride with no shower. So we get there after a delayed flight, all is well, and we head to the venue to get things going. Oh, the venue is a street full of bars and we are performing in the middle. Fun. So between soundcheck and show I take a ride to the AT&T store to fix my iPhone. I think it works, but it doesn’t. I’m phoneless at this point. We do our thing that night, after Parachute, a great band I’ll speak of more in a moment, and then we go out for a drink, or two, or three. Or more. We finally call it a night, and then realize our flight is in an hour or two. Richard and I sleep through our wake-up call and we barely make our flight. We get to Buffalo and then have to drive to Fredonia, NY for our last concert. Well, we got there and our band fell apart. Everyone slept all day, only to rise for our last show, which was a blast. And oh yea, the catering that day was from a company called Fed Up, and they are quite possibly the nicest people and most stellar caterers this side of well, the galaxy.

So we were wiped, might have been due to the travel, or letting loose, but we were exhausted. Yesterday I slept a lot at home in NYC. Was a yucky day anyways, so it didn’t matter much. And today, I’m catching up on things. Mail, blogs, twitter, facebook, television. RCN is annoying me and didn’t record all of the shows I set it up for. Think I’m gonna cancel their service.

Anyways, more about O.A.R. and our tour. We were out with the guys from the band Parachute, you may know their music, they used to be called Sparky’s Flaw. Great group of guys with real solid tunes out of Charlottesville, VA. A big thank you to them for their support on this last run.

Our crew, gotta thank our crew. Some of them have been with us for years. Some are fresh faces, but, they’re the best. Our shows would not happen without them.

Behind the scenes on the road, we were working a lot. The comradery between the band members has never been stronger. Getting along great makes for good songwriting, and the new tunes that are brewing are feeling great. We’re looking forward to their evolution.

The next couple weeks are for us to catch back up on our other life stuff. We do have a show coming up in Charlotte that should be a lot of fun. Maybe we’ll be seeing you there? What do you think?

Besides that, hope you all check out our summer tour dates, www.ofarevolution.com/tour, we’ve got some special shows coming up, and some great performers who will share the stage with us. Its gonna be a great summer.

See you soon,

Benj