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It’s Only a Northern Song

I slept most of the way to DC and woke up on the East Coast. We were trucked straight from the plane to a soundcheck. Before I knew it, I was pacing around backstage, waiting for the lights to dim. It didn’t seem possible that just this morning we’d been halfway across the country. As [...]

Posted 14 December 2009 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Message In A Bottle

It was a different cab. This one had that stale, wet smell, like the inside of a shoe. Matthew and I climbed into the cavernous back seat. I put my feet on the seat and hugged my knees. “Is it far?”
“It’s a little ways. We’re staying on the far side of the airport.” Matthew pulled [...]

Posted 04 December 2009 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

More Than A Feeling

Opening night we played to a packed house of 7500 people at a music hall in San Diego. Remo told me we would be playing mostly venues that size or smaller. This was what they called a “warm up tour,” to let the band break in new material in front of smaller audiences. In a [...]

Posted 27 November 2009 † daron § Daron's Guitar Chronicles ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,