Woke up at 9:00 am. That's early by " Stayed out on the balcony half the night drinking wine and picking on a cheap guitar" standards. 

 

There was no getting around the early hour. Today I'm bound to a schedule. I made friends with the guy who drove me from the airport to my hotel in Tbilsi originally. His name is George. He speaks no English, only his native Georgian and his not-so-native Russian. He's picking me up at 10 am to take Sergio and I to Batumi, with a stop or two along the way. 

 

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Woke up Thursday morning and still hadn't found my debit card. This does not make me happy, obviously, and I tore my way through every possible place it could and couldn't be. No matter, as the card was already burned at the bank. Luckily I have some Euros and can change them in for Georgian Lari. Cash is king here anyway. 

I decided to catch a taxi over to Mtskheta, a town known as the spiritual heart of Georgia. Thirty minuets pass in the car quickly and the next thing I know I'm in yet another…

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Woke up late. If by late I mean before noon. 

The riff I've been playing on the green Gretch is a good one, 

maybe one of my best ever, but I'm not happy with

the lyrics. Time to hammer them into shape.
That's the plan for tonight. The immediate plan for today
is to head over to the "American Embassy" This is foreigner
musician speak for the "Golden Arches", aka McDonalds.
The Mickey D'sin Tbilisi looks more like some sort of "new/old"
monastery. It has a "greeter" like you used to see at Wal…

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Upon my arrival at 4:00 am to the airport in Tiblisi, I immediately felt that I was in Mexico. Starving due to the lack of good judgement on the part of  the airline (a Delta partner that will not get one more dollar from my wallet) of what constitutes as edible food, I hauled it to the twenty four hour Burger King. I had previously sworn off BK a few weeks ago in the UK, due to the fact that it tastes NOTHING like the BK's at home and is more like extremely over priced shoe leather.  Not here.… Read more

 

After the Summer leg of the tour came to a close in Finland, I jetted off to Central Europe to settle tour business and make the necessary arrangements for the Fall leg of the Haywire Riot Tour, which begins in the Czech Republic in late October of this year. It was also decided that there will be a new Skinny Molly CD out in the Spring of 2014, if all goes as planned and agreed upon. When asked how many songs I had ready for the CD, I hazarded a guess and said "Four or five" After checking into it…

 7/1/12
Travel day. Nine hours over to our new Central Europe headquarters to
leave our bus for the next tour and get a day's rest before flying to
Finland.

7/2/2013
Day off. If by day off I mean doing laundry all day. It has built up
to surreal proportions. At least we caught some decent food and
some rest. Fly to Finland tomorrow.

7/3/2013
Flew into Vantaa, (Helsinki) Finland and was met by my bro Sami
who I haven't seen in way too long. Tonight is Tavastia, probably
the most famous venue in…Read more

 6/26/2013
Tonight we played Blue Devils in Arras France. Had a great time, and
a wonderful crowd. This place is like a good biker bar /Honky Tonk/Juke
Joint back home. We love the place and I keep trying to talk the owner
Herve' into selling me a Telecaster that he has. So far he won't do it.
maybe one day.

6/27/2013
Travel day: And I mean TRAVEL day. We headed out of Arras
for a huge bike rally called Showbike Aquatine in the south not too far
from Bordeaux, France.
When we reached the…Read more

6/21/13
Short drive over to Derby UK to play the Flowerpot. The Flowerpot is
one of the coolest venues in the world, and the promoters are some of
the best friends we have. Upon our arrival, we were told that there was
an American Beer Festival on at the gig, and that Skinny Molly had the
honor of having a wonderful IPA named after the band, complete with
our logo placed on the tap. Quite possibly the coolest thing to happen
to us on the road for a long time. We love this venue, the staff that…Read more

 6/16/13
Off today. Laid up in a London hotel, went to a South Indian restaurant and
had a good meal. Looks like a "get organized" day tomorrow. It being
Father's day made us that have kids miss them, of course, and our dads
as well. Took some goofy pictures of us on the streets of London, and were
just being lazy in general.


6/18/2013
Headed off to Portsmouth UK (Eastney to be exact) for a show in a club
we've never played before, called the Cellars. The first show of six in a
row. Had a heck…Read more

6/14/13
Hauled it from London to Crumlin, Wales to play one of our favorite venues
in the world, The Patriot. We had a blast! The place was packed and rocking
like usual! Saw some old friends and made some new ones! This has just
about become our home base gig. Hope the show set the tone for the rest
of the tour!

6/15/13
Back to south London, hell of a traffic mess, but we made it to the gig just
in time to set up, sound check, change clothes and go on. Turned out to
be a really fun show…lots of…Read more