Brad's Blog
Brad Webb - when he's not sitting behind the drums providing crazy jazz rhythms for Jamie on tour he's quietly taking note of everything going on behind the scenes and telling it to you here. These are Brad's tour tales...It's been a while...
Greetings.
Firstly, I owe you all an apology. The beady-eyed amongst you will have noticed that this is supposed to be a weekly blog and that, bearing in mind we were on tour in North America for a month and I only wrote two blogs (and we are halfway through our tour of South East Asia), I have only completed half of my homework. This is partly because deep down I am a slovenly, inky-fingered school boy with procrastination issues... and partly because we have had a busy few weeks finishing the North American tour and dealing with the fallout.
So this blog is a bit of a wittery catch-up.
Some of it has been a real strain. Whilst Jamie went to Vegas and Minneapolis to do stuff for his singy, playie thing (career), the band were forced into flying ahead to gorgeous Vancouver. There we endured two days off, which I struggled through by swimming, go-karting, eating gourmet seafood, taking harbour tours and generally trying to make the best of a dire situation. We tried to rectify the issue as a group by taking a cable car to somewhere called Grouse Mountain, but this just turned out to be a place where we were able to ski cheaply, whilst observing an incomparable view of the city and the surrounding water. Awful.
Following the trauma of Vancouver, we trickled south to explore more of the Pacific Northwest, first playing Seattle, then Portland. The Portland show was to be one to remember. The crowd were a paragon of pogoing rowdiness, and I could see after our usual opener, 'Don't Stop The Music' that JC had the bit between his teeth. It was a euphoric, cacophonous party of a gig. We were told afterwards by people in the rooms below the stage that dust had been cascading from the ceiling and that, during our last song, a brick had fallen from the wall of the production office. Guests joining us at the aftershow were dismayed to find us deleting any rock points (scored for structural damage to a venue) by extolling the hummous provided on the rider. Oh dear.
After gigs in San Francisco and LA we wrapped up the tour by playing a private show in Mexico and quaffing vintage tequila (1942 Don Julio - more torture) before beating a retreat to Blighty.
Thank you North America, for the fun, fish, Fillmore and.... hummous.
Having written blogs equivalent in length to 'War and Peace'recently, I shall henceforth be writing slightly shorter witterings in an attempt to blog more punctually and (perhaps) more frequently.
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Crystal Ballroom in P-Town!!
Submitted by 1northstar26 on April 23, 2010 - 21:50What amazing memories were created that night...Portland's Crystal Ballroom, Jamie's numerous 'toys' onstage, his repeated attempts at creating that perfect jump off the piano...all the while we prayed he would not throw his wiry body head-long into the audience, and the London Skies sing-a-long (we can carry a tune!). We were so caught up in the beauty created up there. JC's sound is incomprable-his spirit is music-filled and permeates the listener's heart. It reasonates deep within me. This was my first Jamie show, thanks to my wonderful guy who has long been a true fan & who wouldn't be? It's about creating Love by Loving what you do. So happy you enjoyed the Pacific Northwest-Portland welcome's you back, anytime!
Portland show
Submitted by rdg1983 on April 21, 2010 - 18:11I had no idea that we were that exuberant, hearing your account makes me kind of proud, not that destruction of public property is a good thing at all times. *wink*
North America thanks you, Brad and the everybody else involved on the tour!
Hang in there!
Submitted by tomduban on April 13, 2010 - 06:13It must be a challenge I'll never know to be anywhere on this planet day to day...from the shows I've been to, your efforts are overwhelmingly welcomed and appreciated. Hang in there and Thanks for the update!
the portland show!
Submitted by candyland434 on April 12, 2010 - 19:42I was there! It was such an incredible experience rockin out with you guys! Thank you so much for the amazing show! Can't wait to see you when you come to the zoo this summer! :)
My condolences
Submitted by jazcan on April 12, 2010 - 19:41It sounds like you've all had to endure an enormous amount of pain and suffering. I can only send my heartfelt wishes for a more enjoyable tour from here on out (lol). Seriously, I'm glad you're all getting such a great response. Between all the glowing reviews I've read, the wonderful youtube videos that have been posted and the fans tweeting from each show, you guys are definitely making your mark on this world. That reminds me...when is the rest of the band going to hop on the twitter bandwagon??? Hope to see you all back in Toronto sometime soon? Best wishes xo
Sounds terrible!
Submitted by tomrbland on April 12, 2010 - 17:37Wish I could be helping you through the dreadful time it sounds like you're having. Unfortunately you already have a sound engineer, light engineer and a drummer. Percussionist?? (I'll bring my vibes!) Now what drummer can resist a nice pair of vibes? :) What a shame I'm trying to complete my A-Levels at the moment! (this is my revising)
Hope to be able to see you guys some time, come and do a small venue tour of the jazz bars in the UK. Come to the midlands, there are some lovely small places for intimate gigs!
Keep having fun :)