Sunday at Serda's, Mobile

Well, downtown Mobile is really cool. It is a port city, so it reminded me of Wilmington, my hometown. There were big ships, and lost of water. There's like 5 rivers all converging at Mobile Bay. There is a long long twin bridge that goes over all 5 bodies of water that you ride on to get into Mobile. It is several miles long, I mean it is a long bridge! Then it culminates with a big bridge hill and a twin dark red suspension arcs. It was like a piece of music, except it was a bridge. The show at Serda's went OK. We had some sound difficulties that meant I had spend extra setup time working on EQ-ing the speakers, which meant I didn't have time for a guitar sound check (Translate that as Zoo starts Bruises and Cuts and has to scramble around trying to fix the sound while the band keep playing the intro for like 2 minutes!) Then, because of the rush during setup, I forgot to finish connecting the piano. Translate that as Zoo counts off Useless Ears and then hits the piano riff and no sound comes out! Aside from the technical difficulties, the band was playing in a room at the back, separated from the people by a hallway. There was a camera though, pointing at us and projecting our images onto a big screen TV mounted out front. It was weird being separated from the crowd. But we sold some merchandise, and the house liked us and gave us some gas money. He also gave us pointers for some other venues, and for a good local seafood restaurant so we could have a birthday dinner for Scott. I had "fresh catch" grouper, and Jamie had fresh gulf shrimp (they're big and delicious!). Both were freaking fantastic!











Scott got some free fried strawberry cheesecake for desert, since it was his birthday. There was a little chemistry between Scott and our waitress, but alas, we were on the road all too soon for anything to blossom. The best part about mobile was meeting Matt and his wife. They came to the show, and then they opened their home to us. They even got a place for themselves and their kids so we'd have room in their house. It was immeasurably kind. We had comfortable accommodations, and showers on a night when I thought we'd sleeping in our own stink. Matt is a musician too, and plays guitar for his church. We now have a friend in Mobile Alabama! As I'm writing this we are on the way to Houston, currently traveling through Mississippi. We are on the way to Khon's, where we will be playing from 8-10, and where they will be having Texas Hold 'Em night! Promises to be fun...
Also, Kayte, Kevin, Scott and I played together on one of Kayte's songs yesterday. We are planning to do more of that tonight. Being on the road has been fun so far! We basically ran out of gas in Atlanta, but I brought my lawn mower gas can with about a gallon in it, and that got us to the gas station. The trip to Houston today is the longest haul yet, and I expect we'll be tired tonight. Jamie has been helping drive yesterday and today, and that has been a big relief. Driving with the trailer requires full time awareness, and just being able to stop thinking about it as a passenger is like resting. The rest of the week will be more relaxed though, since we are playing 2 days in Houston, and 3 in Austin, which is only 3 hours away. Jamie and I will be doing a long haul on our own next weekend, but that's then, and this is now, and there's no time now to worry about then.
More soon loyal friends and fans,
Zoo, over and over and over and over and out.