Days 16 & 17 (Rapid City): Ty and myself were both pretty excited when we booked a 2-nighter at the Robinsdale Lounge in Rapid, because we both know a lot of people there (Ty has family & I went to college there). When we got to town, I jumped out of the moving RV at a stop light and walked 3 blocks to Matt Kautz's house. Within the first 5 minutes of our conversation, he brought up the fact that the radio ad on KSKY said that the 2 remaining original members of Sublime were going to be at the show, which of course, was a complete lie! Somehow (and of no fault of our own), the venue believed that the REAL Sublime was coming to Rapid City to play 2 free shows at a bowling alley lounge for $1500... seriously?!! I spoke with the radio station DJ who made the ad and he told me about his overwhelming skepticism and how the venue representative swore that it was true, and I apologized for the misunderstanding and reassured him that that's not the way we do business!
We were a little nervous at how the crowd would react when they found out we weren't the real band, but most of them didn't even notice. Many of my friends that were at the shows heard several people repeating the rumor and even adding to it! I'm sure some people noticed, but nobody said anything to us, and hey - free shows! In the end, the place was packed (sold out on Friday) both nights, everyone had fun, and we had 2 killer shows, so we're going to call it a success despite the fraudulent promotion.
We were a little nervous at how the crowd would react when they found out we weren't the real band, but most of them didn't even notice. Many of my friends that were at the shows heard several people repeating the rumor and even adding to it! I'm sure some people noticed, but nobody said anything to us, and hey - free shows! In the end, the place was packed (sold out on Friday) both nights, everyone had fun, and we had 2 killer shows, so we're going to call it a success despite the fraudulent promotion.
Day 18 (Breckenridge, CO): Normally we try to keep our drive down to 6 hours or less per day, but today we found ourselves getting up at 9:00 A.M. (which isn't early unless you're up until 3 A.M., which we usually are) to break down and load equipment so we could start our 8-hour drive to Breckenridge. We got there just in time to load in, sound check, and microwave a few burritos before going on. The night was a little slow, but we were O.K. with that, since we were all low on sleep, low on energy, and low on oxygen (elev. 9600'). Besides, we had a guarantee, so we got paid the same no matter how many people showed up!
Days 19 & 20 (no shows): After 15 shows in the first 18 days of our tour and 3,900 miles of driving, we finally get a couple of days off in a row. We woke up in Breckenridge, drove to Denver, stopped at a grocery store, then found an RV park to camp at for 2 days. Our next show is here in Denver tomorrow night.
A packed house in Rapid City.
Ty crowd surfing in Rapid City!
The view from off stage - what a crazy night.
One of my former IE professors, Dr. Carter Kerk came to the show on Friday.
My parents came to Rapid City for both nights and we got to hang out quite a bit, and had a lot of fun.
Tom Campbell (Ty's dad) stopped on his way to Sturgis to hang out. If we didn't have to head to CO, I would have rode up with him on "Precious Pearls" (my $11 Salvation Army Special that gets me around when we have some free time).
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Another fine post thanks Matt. Just a reminder to your readers that if they click on the photos they will expand to fill their screen.
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