Hand of Latham

Here are a few shots from a hour long radio interview and the soundcheck for a gig we did for Radio Bremen in Germany.

During a tour of Holland with Sean Webster one of our scheduled stops was at the Giethoorn Blues Festival in northern Holland. As luck would have it this stop coincided with a gig the HandmeDowns had planned. There is no easy way to negotiate your way around this place unless you own a boat! There are waterways connecting everything including the main stage! All of our equipment had to be loaded into a ferry boat.  The Handmedowns were due on the main (floating stage)at around 9 followed by Sean on another stage a mile away! I managed to secure the help of a friendly Dutch boatman who agreed to ferry me and my equipment to the other stage for my gig with Sean! 

This was the best journey to a gig I have ever had! Still buzzing from the gig with the HandmeDowns I loaded my stuff and myself into the boat, bid my farewells and sped across the lake to another venue with just enough time to place my amp on the stage, plug in and play!

After our show in Hyde park we made out way to a hotel not far from Gatwick Airport. We were booked on an early flight to Chicago the following morning for a sting of shows around Chicago and the mid-west. It was great to go back to Chicago and see some of the guys we met the first time we played there. Part of the tour involved a spot on WGN’s news show. We arrived at the TV studio bright and early to set up and wait for our call. In fact we made it on air twice as the producer informed us that the sound check could be heard on the weather show!