The reverse rider and a whole new world..... 05/04/2010
Well, talk about an epiphany... shall we? A few weeks ago we had Rodney Decroo and his band , along with Spoon River visit our little coffee house... wonderful music, sublime food, great people and on all accounts, a seriously great time was had by all... Unfortunately... for our highway peeps... Sunday was the collateral damage... with eight people sleeping in various nooks and hobbit havens, and choir lofts of the church... Sunday seemed to just creep up on us all without announcement, until it just sort of seemed redundant to open..... so a sharpied "blackbird's on holiday" was stealthily placed and the espresso machine coughed and sputtered out of a much too short sleep.. as did most of the band... Now when you stay at the blackbird, you are family.... in fact, our blackbird family actually grew by one: Ryen Froggatt, in BOTH bands.. was waiting tables, washing dishes and chopping wood like a pro... (we love that boy... come home Ryen...come home....) So a family stlye Sunday fry-up with the papers is on the menu..... teas, double americanos, mexicali eggs with bacon..sigh... BACON........ fresh berries and cream... it's allll going on in blackbird's kitchen.... ok..scene is set... now I'll try to find the plot.... Rodney and I had been having discussions about band "riders" (a list detailing everything the artist needs in the event of a show).... how the most hilarious things are requested, fluffy white towels...heated dressing rooms.... bottled waters..6..room temp., 2 chilled....micro brewery beer, organic, wheat free, vegan....blah blah blah, half a chicken upon arrival.... like crazy... if you have ever been to our little town, let alone our little coffee house... you KNOW that is not happening..(heated? please... i wish!) ... so we started talking about the idea of riders..and maybe a reverse rider.... I, the venue, would send the band a list of things I required... kinda funny... but i liked it... i liked it a lot.... so i'm thinking........ percolate...percolating.... CommentsLeave a Reply |
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