Baja, Mexico
Big ups to Hal Bergman for these great shots. www.halbergman.com
Where’s Patricia?
Find her and you may find yourself in an Alma D video!
Our tour bus is a living being. Her name is Patricia, and if you pamper her, she’ll purr like a kitten and ride forever. We were stoked to arrive in Austin, TX with a free evening to paint Patty a new dress. Our kind and gracious hosts, documentarians D. Z. Heine and J. B. Klein made this time lapse for your viewing pleasure. Music by our friend and crew leader, Robin aka Dogman Joe.
***Find us on the road, have a photo taken of yourself in front of Patricia, post it to Facebook and we will put the photo in an upcoming Alma D video! Plus we’ll send you a special gift! … Please be creative, or in other words, don’t just moon the camera…
RIDERS SUMMER TOUR <— Click for Facebook link
June 18 ~ Dallas, TX
June 19 ~ Baton Rouge, LA
June 20 ~ 8pm - 12 Bar on Fulton - New Orleans, LA
June 21 ~ 11pm ~ Igor’s Checkpoint Charlie’s - New Orleans, LA
June 22-23 ~ TBA - New Orleans, LA
June 24 ~ 11AM - Boys and Girls Club - Memphis, TN
June 24 ~ 10pm ~ Rock Bar - Nashville, TN
June 25 ~ 8pm ~ The Dome at the Farm - Summertown, TN
June 26 ~ 8pm ~ The Listening Room Cafe - Nashville, TN
June 27 ~ 5pm ~ Preservation Pub - Knoxville, TN
June 28 ~ TBA - Lexington, KY
June 30 ~ 9:30pm ~ Goose Island Wrigleyville - Chicago, IL
July 1 ~ TBA - Chili Lili’s - Milwaukee, WI
July 3 thru 4 ~ TBA - Des Moines, IA
July 5 ~ Usher’s Ferry Historic Village (Concert) - Cedar Rapids, IA
July 6 thru 7 ~ TBA - Minneapolis, MN
July 8 ~ 7pm ~ Music in the Park - Raspberry Island, St. Paul, MN
July 9 ~ 3pm ~ River Falls Day - River Falls, WI
July 9 ~ 7pm ~ Private Party - River Falls, WI
July 11 ~ TBA - SD
July 13 ~ TBA - Bozeman, MT
July 14 ~ 5pm - Bitterroot Brewery - Hamilton, MT
July 15-16 ~ TBA - Boise, ID
July 17 ~ Studio on 4th - Reno, NV
July 20 ~ Maria Maria Restaurant - Danville, CA
July 21 ~ 6pm - Nights on the Green - Windsor, CA
July 22 ~ TBA ~ Leukemia & Lymphoma Benefit - Sacramento, CA
July 23 ~ 8:30pm ~ Marilyn’s on K - Sacramento, CA
July 24 ~ TBA - Napa, CA
July 25 ~ TBA - Los Angeles, CA
July 26 ~ TBA - Santa Barbara, CA
July 27 ~ TBA - Sonoma, CA
July 28 thru 31 ~ TBA - Squaw Valley
August 12 ~ 8:30pm ~ ALBUM RELEASE PARTY - San Francisco, CA
Sept 24 ~ Bay Vibes Fest 4 @ Cafe Cocomo - San Francisco, CA
LIVESTRONG Foundation
We made a great connection with Lance Armstrong’s LIVESTRONG Foundation this week. At our first show in Austin, a guy named Brian Meyers happened to be crusing 6th Street with some old friends from out of town and they overheard our sound check. Little did any of us know that we would end up setting up future collaborations with a foundation that is one of the foremost leaders in cancer awareness around the world.
We took a tour of the headquarters, a futuristic, eco-friendly building located in the heart of Austin, TX. We didn’t get to meet Lance (yet), but we did set ourselves up to collaborate on an event next year at SXSW Music Festival.
Plus, they left us a bunch of official LIVESTRONG wristbands, which we are offering today on ourt kickstarter project. The next 25 people to pledge will get one! http://4nakedsouls.com
Off to Dallas…
Riders Tour 2011
The road to Texas has been a hot one. 10 hour bus rides through dusty Arizona and New Mexico. Dirt and sweat are now part of the wardrobe.
Our beloved bus couldn’t take the heat and broke down outside Phoenix, Arizona and we spent the night atop a flatbed tow truck. Photgrapher Jayms Ramirez took some shots the following morning at the mechanic.
We are riding…
arcosanti jam, somewhere in Arizonan desert…
the glorious details of the new tour bus…
First few days on the road…..
I met the boys in LA a couple days ago, jumping on their tour bus and heading East. Supporting their upcoming CD, they are playing gigs for the next two mos around the country. The bus is huge with plenty of hang out space, bedding and windows…. They call her Patricia, and she has been a stubborn one with a few kinks being worked out of her on the jaunt through Arizona. We had a long day/night in Phoenix with mechanical problems and a lot of waiting around roadside. An adventurous night of tow trucks and burritos ended with all 8 of us sleeping quite well in Patricias’ mattresses…downtown Phoenix.
Had a much needed shower this morning and headed out to Arcosanti in the desert. Alma played a few songs for here to make amends for missing their first show ever the previous night, due to a bus breakdown….! the boys made sure to stop at Arcosanti no matter what….
Arcosanti is a educational center/communal living project started by one of Frank Lloyd Wrights students some years ago. the idea here is to live sustainably and without urban sprawl via smart design.
we are on our way to flagstaff where I hope to shoot the band when the light gets creamier out in the desert. the boys, along with Shanif, Denise and tour manager Dogman will continue to new Mexico and Texas after dropping me off at the airport in flagstaff. I’m headed back to SF… I’m a bit sad to leave Patricia and the daily adventures of a band spreading their music on the road…
~ jayms
