Wednesday, June 11, 2008

day one


so, you'd think that the first day wouldn't be too eventful....right?
here is it.
1. ran out of gas on the side of the freeway outside of nephi.
2. almost hit a semi with our trailer.
3. played a show in the middle of a alphalpha field.
4. slept in the shed of ex-Victim Effect guitarist.

the trip was nice, but i'm still wondering how we ran out of gas before we even got to Nephi. we nearly ran out of gas when we were coming back from Denver a couple weeks ago, so i was thinking that Josh would have learned his lesson about making sure theres always plenty of gas in the tank. nope. so josh and kissle hitchhiked into nephi and got some gas and hitched back. if the FIRST DAY of the tour is this adventurous, i can only imagine what the rest of the trip will be like.

the show was pretty cool. the wind was blowing WAY hard. we were lucky and it calmed down for our set, but when Kalai started playing the wind was almost impossible to play through. the dust from the huge field we were playing in was terrible and was blowing in peoples eyes and making everyone miserable. But Kalai's a pro and played a killer set, even with the overwhelming wind storm. he showed us a rare peak at his hand that has a birth defect. he is an incredible guitar player, especially considering he has his hand issue. he wanted me to post the pic to prove that he's legit and doesn't just wear the bandage to use as a chick magnet.

enjoy the pics.

2 comments:

Holley and Brandon said...

Wow Nate, that picture of you with Kalai is the first time I've seen you in quite awhile where you don't look completely homeless! I mean you still look a little homeless so don't worry, you're still legit. Also, Brandon says hi and he loves you.

Chance Clift said...

haha I ran out of gas like a quarter mile outside of Nephi once. I pulled a Forrest Gump-esque running man steeze down the freeway to the nearest gas station.

Pyfe fer Lyfe!