Road Journal: 2010-08-05

The Deck Was Done, Man!

And how. We had a perfect day for it, and we dug deep into the catalogue of Grift tunes from throughout the ages! We dusted off songs from Hotel Gillaspie (that would be back when The Grift was called Sunday Slide... oh yeah! old school!) and Sleeping Policeman and Life Beyond Aluminum and the result was magical. It felt great to span over ten years' worth of music, including a lot of songs that haven't seen the light of day in nearly that long! We are also lucky enough to be joined by Neil Matthews on drums and Pete Nilsson on keys - spent a lot of hours in the van, onstage, in rehearsal and on the beach in Jamaica with those two fine gentlemen, and a good time was had by all.

Thanks, as always, to everyone who came, but especially to Rene and Selena for hosting yet another memorable Do The Deck!!!

Upcoming shows:

- Friday 8/6/2010 Grift at Parima (full band electric)

- Thursday 8/12/2010: Addison County Field Days (backing up Kevin Brisson!) Finally!