Thomas and the Skank Engines Tour: Day Six
A flyer for one of the Skank Engine shows
Finally, the tour has kicked off (as our last show was on Saturday night)! Our second and third shows of our "More Waves Than You Know What To Do With" Tour were acoustic shows, meaning we had to switch our sound up a bit. I rocked out on some djembe with Brian on his strange irish drum. Guitar became acoustic, and the bass and the horns pretty much stayed the way they are, except Tom sang and played bass as Blake played violin. Overall it was a very interesting switch, but i'm glad I can start rocking out on a drumset for our next two shows. My hands are starting to feel the wrath of my djembe playing.
In between Saturday's show in Bloomsburg and Tuesday, I went home and visited the family. I also took Kerns home and back to campus on Monday. We stayed there for a night before finally meeting up with the rest of the band again. They were getting lonely without their percussionists. Crazy parties did ensue.
Excited for a show in Philadelphia tomorrow. If anyone is in the area and wants to check us out, see this Facebook event for more details: Philly Show
Thomas and the Skank Engines Tour: Day One
If you haven't heard already through our many facebook events and status updates, my band Thomas and The Skank Engines are on tour! We are using our spring break this semester to play a lot of shows in Pennsylvania. Tonight was our first night out on the road. Our destination was a small venue in Bloomsburg, PA. A few bands opened for us (Kandosii was awesome), and we played our set which went over very well. Our EP was flying off the shelf like hot cakes at that gig, it was a really awesome feeling. After packing up our cars and vans, we headed out for bari sax player Jamie's house, where I am currently writing this post up. It was a very awesome start to our tour. Our next show isn't for a few days so I am planning on stopping home since its only about an hour away. The More Waves than you Know What to Do With tour will continue this Wednesday when we play in Reading, PA. Make sure to check us out if you're in the area.
As the week goes on I'll continue to update my blog and hopefully I will have a few pictures up. Peace, love, and unity!