Friday
Dec072007
Andy Gullahorn loves powdered milk
Friday, December 7, 2007 at 02:20AM
We had a good time celebrating Sadie Tuesday. Some pizza, some cupcakes, a few balloons and a new toy car that might be the greatest thing Sadie has ever seen in her life's existence.
Ella and Alison came on the bus for our show in Huntsville, AL yesterday. Ella had so much fun on the bus, taking a nap and sleeping a few hours at night in the bunk. She called our bus driver, Dylan, "the wheel-man", which he seemed to dig. She helped me pack up my gear after the show in her pink footie pajamas. How can you not fall in love with that?
Sara's bus broke down so tonight she, her husband Troy, their kids, Andy, Jill and their new baby Tyler, and a few other folks are all on our bus tonight. It's like summer camp or a slumber party or something. We watched the outtakes from the BBC Office, so my cheeks hurt from laughing, and now we're rocking out to Neil Finn's Sessions at West 54th. That guy is inspiring. Makes me want to play a rock show right now with a goldtop Les Paul. Which I want to do most of the time anyway.
It's snowing really badly so we've pulled over and we're sitting in a truckstop parking lot waiting for it to subside enough to let us keep driving.
My brother and his wife Candice came to the show tonight and it was great to see them. They forgot about Indiana's really weird time zone issues and got there a few minutes after the show had started. I've decided not to take it personally.
I've been playing "Swing Wide the Glimmering Gates" a lot on this tour and I'm starting to really figure it out and get into it. It can take a while for a song to realize itself as a live tune. I write songs with the production in my head, but to pull it off with just a guitar and a vocal means you have to rethink it all from scratch. Sometimes songs you think would kill live don't work the best and songs you thought you could never pull off end up really working. For whatever reason I'm really excited for where "Swing Wide" will go as I continue to discover its borders.
Last Night's Songs:
Swing Wide the Glimmering Gates
Early in the Morning
Tonight's Songs:
Kara
Swing Wide the Glimmering Gates
Ella and Alison came on the bus for our show in Huntsville, AL yesterday. Ella had so much fun on the bus, taking a nap and sleeping a few hours at night in the bunk. She called our bus driver, Dylan, "the wheel-man", which he seemed to dig. She helped me pack up my gear after the show in her pink footie pajamas. How can you not fall in love with that?
Sara's bus broke down so tonight she, her husband Troy, their kids, Andy, Jill and their new baby Tyler, and a few other folks are all on our bus tonight. It's like summer camp or a slumber party or something. We watched the outtakes from the BBC Office, so my cheeks hurt from laughing, and now we're rocking out to Neil Finn's Sessions at West 54th. That guy is inspiring. Makes me want to play a rock show right now with a goldtop Les Paul. Which I want to do most of the time anyway.
It's snowing really badly so we've pulled over and we're sitting in a truckstop parking lot waiting for it to subside enough to let us keep driving.
My brother and his wife Candice came to the show tonight and it was great to see them. They forgot about Indiana's really weird time zone issues and got there a few minutes after the show had started. I've decided not to take it personally.
I've been playing "Swing Wide the Glimmering Gates" a lot on this tour and I'm starting to really figure it out and get into it. It can take a while for a song to realize itself as a live tune. I write songs with the production in my head, but to pull it off with just a guitar and a vocal means you have to rethink it all from scratch. Sometimes songs you think would kill live don't work the best and songs you thought you could never pull off end up really working. For whatever reason I'm really excited for where "Swing Wide" will go as I continue to discover its borders.
Last Night's Songs:
Swing Wide the Glimmering Gates
Early in the Morning
Tonight's Songs:
Kara
Swing Wide the Glimmering Gates
Reader Comments (14)
ohhhh, NOW you play Kara
I hope you do "Swing Wide" in Milford.
I hope you play "Swing Wide" and "When Will I Run" at the December 12th Charlotte show....
Hey Andy,
Looking forward to tonights show in Michigan City; I hope they're on Central Time - if not, stall for a long time. I'd love to hear Swing Wide, Kankakee, New Beginning, Kara, and a few more... I'm also gonna give you the CD with Mother India on it tonight if we connect.
Peace,
Doug
loved the show last night....Behold the Lamb is a Christmas tradition for my wife and me, glad you're a part of it. Just thought I'd stop by for some downloads, thanks.
"It can take a while for a song to realize itself as a live tune. I write songs with the production in my head, but to pull it off with just a guitar and a vocal means you have to rethink it all from scratch."
this is so true. which brings me to a question i forgot to ask you the other night in memphis when we spoke: are you still offering to take songs and add some guitars, production, and such for the monies? i've got a couple of songs that i would REALLY like to hear done with a full work up and not just me + really poor guitar playing...
My boyfriend saw you in Huntsville Wednesday night, and he's taking me Monday night to Huntsville again for a Christmas present. Apparently you played "Swing Wide" Wednesday, but I really hope you'll play it again. :D
Oh! You played Kara! That song is so ironic to me because my sister is a senior in high school, an artist, planning to study art in a North Carolina college, and is named Kara!
Hey andy, just out of pure curiosity and not related to anything else going on here, are you a big fan of bob dylan?
Hate that I missed you. I'll see y'all on Monday.
I just got the new Indelible Grace CD. Great stuff. Nice work!
I'm glad you got the opportunity to spend some time home with the fam. -Especially for Sadie's birthday. I can't wait for the Charlotte show!
andy-
i've been digging the song "love" off the new caedmon's album. i think that might play really well live in something like the BtLoG tour.
Good Lord, how I wish I could be a stage hand or something like that on the Christmas Tour. Euchre, speed scrabble, knockout... catching up on the behind the scenes stuff besides the music? Wow I wish I could, however I am in Rome... guess you cant win them all. Please keep this up for a couple more years so that I am come to a show or two? Can I work for you guys for free? Ha, thanks for the blogs and updates.