this weekend was incredible. completely unforgettable and humbling. singing 'forever young' behind the swell season and alongside so many folk legends, looking up at the 3rd balcony and listening to 3,500 people join in on the chorus - just perfect. a perfect moment in life.
thank you all for listening to us, and supporting us as much as you do all the time. we never could have made it to a weekend like this one without all of you - we are so lucky.
eastward ho,
jhj
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
michigan!
hey everybodies,
we are in michigan! drove here straight through snow and sleet yesterday, after a battle with brooklyn's unleashed winter fury and the over-priced hardware store snow shovels. the highlight of the 12 hour drive (at least for me) was the twizzlers i ate and the heated twitter debate about the merits of twizzlers vs. twix. interesting stuff...
whenever we play in southern michigan we stay at the summer camp my grandparents have been running for the last 50+ years, located 30 mins outside ann arbor. it's really strange to be there in the off season, when it's completely empty and covered in snow and looks like this:
camp was always the highlight of every summer, my brother and sisters and i would spend a whole month there just living the dream. it's kind of amazing how my life has brought me back there so much over the last year - just have to get a killer game of capture the flag going one of those times and then my life will be truly complete.
we are driving towards ann arbor right now - SO excited for tonight's show! we're only playing 4 songs but we're sharing the stage with THE AVETT BROTHERS, vienna teng, susan werner, the paper raincoat and a slew of other insanely talented artists. is that really how you spell "slew"? what a weird word. EXCITEMENT!!
we're gonna try to make it to zingerman's today, one of ann arbor's finest offerings according to many reliable sources (including sean watkins of 'nickel creek' fame, who first told us of its glories). saturday night we get to kick back and enjoy another amazing lineup, including the swell season and mavis staples. what an unbelievable weekend!
later gators,
heather
we are in michigan! drove here straight through snow and sleet yesterday, after a battle with brooklyn's unleashed winter fury and the over-priced hardware store snow shovels. the highlight of the 12 hour drive (at least for me) was the twizzlers i ate and the heated twitter debate about the merits of twizzlers vs. twix. interesting stuff...
whenever we play in southern michigan we stay at the summer camp my grandparents have been running for the last 50+ years, located 30 mins outside ann arbor. it's really strange to be there in the off season, when it's completely empty and covered in snow and looks like this:
camp was always the highlight of every summer, my brother and sisters and i would spend a whole month there just living the dream. it's kind of amazing how my life has brought me back there so much over the last year - just have to get a killer game of capture the flag going one of those times and then my life will be truly complete.
we are driving towards ann arbor right now - SO excited for tonight's show! we're only playing 4 songs but we're sharing the stage with THE AVETT BROTHERS, vienna teng, susan werner, the paper raincoat and a slew of other insanely talented artists. is that really how you spell "slew"? what a weird word. EXCITEMENT!!
we're gonna try to make it to zingerman's today, one of ann arbor's finest offerings according to many reliable sources (including sean watkins of 'nickel creek' fame, who first told us of its glories). saturday night we get to kick back and enjoy another amazing lineup, including the swell season and mavis staples. what an unbelievable weekend!
later gators,
heather
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
EP
Guys, guys, guys, guys!!!!
We're actually doing it!
it's OOOONNNN!!!
We are in the studio recording some tunes in the hopes of finishing the first installment of a two ep collection so soon.
So far, so amazing. We have been losing sleep over the excitement.
So now that we've checked in.
How are you all?
yup. we're asking.
how are you?
~JHJ
We're actually doing it!
it's OOOONNNN!!!
We are in the studio recording some tunes in the hopes of finishing the first installment of a two ep collection so soon.
So far, so amazing. We have been losing sleep over the excitement.
So now that we've checked in.
How are you all?
yup. we're asking.
how are you?
~JHJ
Friday, November 26, 2010
Ho.Ly. Crud.
We just crossed the PA boarder.
Ho. Ly. Crud buckets.
What a wondrous feeling.
Here is a brief recap of the days gone by.
Florida brought no alligators our way. Damn you Orlando. Damn you.
But Thanksgiving did bring us Turkeys.
We spent the night in Atlanta on Thanksgiving eve.
Knowing that we had about 11 hours of driving that we wanted to get under our belts on Thanksgiving.
The next morning, we started out with an amazingly scrumptious breakfast... full of stuffing, bread pudding, biscuits, gravy, sausages, mimosa's, coffee and veggie bacon for the pescatarians of the group **eeeaww eeawww....fingers point towards Heather**
And for those that have never seen cooked veggie bacon...
Here...
We set off with our bellies full and our hearts all a'flutter.
Our goal... Hagerstown, Maryland.
On our lazy Thanksgiving day journey we saw one of the strangest things that we thought one could see on this day.
While driving down the highway we saw a HUGE wild and fully living turkey trotting into the woods from the road. We felt like it had to be one of three things.
The turkey flipping everyone the bird (budumching) while saying... "SUCKERSS!!!!"
Second, a turkey reenactment of "Cool Hand Luke".
and the final possibility... a trap for humans... Slyly asking us to follow it into the safe and warm woods as if to promise an easy feast. But when you arrive... you are greeted by an army of turkeys and put into a pot of boiling veggies and prepared for their thanksgiving Day feast!
Turkeys 1, Humans.... well I guess we're still up...
This came from boredom along the way...
Our other mission was to find an eatery for our special meal.
Our choices were slim. But we found it. and boy was it ever fancy. Cracker Barrel.
We hope your Turkey day was as lovely and strange as ours was.
Much love to you all.
we are so very thankful for each of you.
Much love,
~JHJ
Ho. Ly. Crud buckets.
What a wondrous feeling.
Here is a brief recap of the days gone by.
Florida brought no alligators our way. Damn you Orlando. Damn you.
But Thanksgiving did bring us Turkeys.
We spent the night in Atlanta on Thanksgiving eve.
Knowing that we had about 11 hours of driving that we wanted to get under our belts on Thanksgiving.
The next morning, we started out with an amazingly scrumptious breakfast... full of stuffing, bread pudding, biscuits, gravy, sausages, mimosa's, coffee and veggie bacon for the pescatarians of the group **eeeaww eeawww....fingers point towards Heather**
And for those that have never seen cooked veggie bacon...
Here...
We set off with our bellies full and our hearts all a'flutter.
Our goal... Hagerstown, Maryland.
On our lazy Thanksgiving day journey we saw one of the strangest things that we thought one could see on this day.
While driving down the highway we saw a HUGE wild and fully living turkey trotting into the woods from the road. We felt like it had to be one of three things.
The turkey flipping everyone the bird (budumching) while saying... "SUCKERSS!!!!"
Second, a turkey reenactment of "Cool Hand Luke".
and the final possibility... a trap for humans... Slyly asking us to follow it into the safe and warm woods as if to promise an easy feast. But when you arrive... you are greeted by an army of turkeys and put into a pot of boiling veggies and prepared for their thanksgiving Day feast!
Turkeys 1, Humans.... well I guess we're still up...
This came from boredom along the way...
Our other mission was to find an eatery for our special meal.
Our choices were slim. But we found it. and boy was it ever fancy. Cracker Barrel.
We hope your Turkey day was as lovely and strange as ours was.
Much love to you all.
we are so very thankful for each of you.
Much love,
~JHJ
Monday, November 22, 2010
Po-Boy
I have one and only mission while driving from New Orleans to Orlando.
CATCH ME A GATOR!
Hear me out...
I will do one of these 5 things...
1.) catch and tame a gator for our live show.
2.) catch a gator on the flip video.
3.) get a picture with my head precariously inside an alligators open mouth.
4.) surf using a gator as my board.
5.) just see and alligator.
OK, OK.. some of these are more likely than others...but so help you Florida, if I don't even see one...
I do NOT want to have to settle for the taxidermied head I just saw at a rest stop. It is unfair to both me and gator.
I'm actually hoping to have captured one before the end of this blog so that I can attach a picture or a video.
We. Will. See.
On a completely different note... we love Joey Ryan and Meg & Dia. They are all the nicest.
I've said it before...being on the road with good people makes a tour what it is.
And of course it helps if you can get your groove on to the music as well.
So here it is, time to drive it home:
Get. Their. Music.
Or even better, come and see all of us live on this tour!
Most of the venues see us coming and know we mean business... they put these up as we entered.
Want some incentive?
1) We are giving away 4 free songs and "punch cards" (like coffee club cards. The more you get punched, the cooler the prize.)
2) Joey Ryan is giving away a free song if you sign up on his mailing list at the show.
3) Meg & Dia have a brand new ep out that you can only get at the shows.
That's my spiel and I'm stickin' to it.
Thank you for your kind eyes,
until we meet again,
~JHJ
p.s. HEATHER SPOTTED A GATOR!!!
CATCH ME A GATOR!
Hear me out...
I will do one of these 5 things...
1.) catch and tame a gator for our live show.
2.) catch a gator on the flip video.
3.) get a picture with my head precariously inside an alligators open mouth.
4.) surf using a gator as my board.
5.) just see and alligator.
OK, OK.. some of these are more likely than others...but so help you Florida, if I don't even see one...
I do NOT want to have to settle for the taxidermied head I just saw at a rest stop. It is unfair to both me and gator.
I'm actually hoping to have captured one before the end of this blog so that I can attach a picture or a video.
We. Will. See.
On a completely different note... we love Joey Ryan and Meg & Dia. They are all the nicest.
I've said it before...being on the road with good people makes a tour what it is.
And of course it helps if you can get your groove on to the music as well.
So here it is, time to drive it home:
Get. Their. Music.
Or even better, come and see all of us live on this tour!
Most of the venues see us coming and know we mean business... they put these up as we entered.
Want some incentive?
1) We are giving away 4 free songs and "punch cards" (like coffee club cards. The more you get punched, the cooler the prize.)
2) Joey Ryan is giving away a free song if you sign up on his mailing list at the show.
3) Meg & Dia have a brand new ep out that you can only get at the shows.
That's my spiel and I'm stickin' to it.
Thank you for your kind eyes,
until we meet again,
~JHJ
p.s. HEATHER SPOTTED A GATOR!!!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
The adventures continue...
Heading through West Texas, the daring 5 set off after a delicious dinner in El Paso.
Pedal to the metal, teeth glarin', tunes blarin' and all of us preparin'...for the journey ahead.
When three lanes became 2...
2 became 1...
funneled into a single and organized line.
Closer and closer to a brightly lit complex.
Men in uniform, dogs, guns, and us.
Man in uniform-
"where you coming from?"
Noah-
"umm... Scottsdale."
man-
"just the two of you?"
Noah-
"umm... no, 5 of us"
man-
"where you headin?"
Noah-
"umm... San Antonio"
Man-
"ok, you've been flagged by the dog, could you just pull over to the right up here"
Noah
"umm... sure"
We pulled over, we're told to turn off the car, take the keys out of the ignition and exit the vehicle.
We did as we were ordered.
"We are going to search the car... keep your hands out of your pockets and follow me this way"
We were all lined up. I, (Smith) feared a firing squad, but instead I starting asking really pertinent and topical questions... like.. for instance...
"Is it normally this cold at night in New Mexico?"
or...
"Do you ever get Cyotes comin' up and startin trouble with the dogs?"
or...
"Are you just a check point or do you have a truck weigh station too?" (got em with that one... they felt inadequate... we all sensed it)
The tension grew as the search continued...
...and continued...
We began to fear that something had perhaps been planted on us that we had no idea was illegal. Like a foreign fruit, or a perhaps a rare orchid that is actually used for recreational drug use.
At this point... who knew.
Then the leader of the men of men looked at us and said...
"If you could follow us this way..."
Of course we complied.
We were led into a warm building and patted down (except for Heather, who was very politely asked to empty her pockets...)
James, Noah, Joey and myself felt a lot closer to the uniformed men after that.
A lot closer.
Then we were just asked to sit on a bench and wait while they went through our van looking for aforementioned orchids.
After what seemed like an hour, we were released. Perhaps with a small security checkpoint fan base.
Don't worry about it...
until next time,
~JHJ
Pedal to the metal, teeth glarin', tunes blarin' and all of us preparin'...for the journey ahead.
When three lanes became 2...
2 became 1...
funneled into a single and organized line.
Closer and closer to a brightly lit complex.
Men in uniform, dogs, guns, and us.
Man in uniform-
"where you coming from?"
Noah-
"umm... Scottsdale."
man-
"just the two of you?"
Noah-
"umm... no, 5 of us"
man-
"where you headin?"
Noah-
"umm... San Antonio"
Man-
"ok, you've been flagged by the dog, could you just pull over to the right up here"
Noah
"umm... sure"
We pulled over, we're told to turn off the car, take the keys out of the ignition and exit the vehicle.
We did as we were ordered.
"We are going to search the car... keep your hands out of your pockets and follow me this way"
We were all lined up. I, (Smith) feared a firing squad, but instead I starting asking really pertinent and topical questions... like.. for instance...
"Is it normally this cold at night in New Mexico?"
or...
"Do you ever get Cyotes comin' up and startin trouble with the dogs?"
or...
"Are you just a check point or do you have a truck weigh station too?" (got em with that one... they felt inadequate... we all sensed it)
The tension grew as the search continued...
...and continued...
We began to fear that something had perhaps been planted on us that we had no idea was illegal. Like a foreign fruit, or a perhaps a rare orchid that is actually used for recreational drug use.
At this point... who knew.
Then the leader of the men of men looked at us and said...
"If you could follow us this way..."
Of course we complied.
We were led into a warm building and patted down (except for Heather, who was very politely asked to empty her pockets...)
James, Noah, Joey and myself felt a lot closer to the uniformed men after that.
A lot closer.
Then we were just asked to sit on a bench and wait while they went through our van looking for aforementioned orchids.
After what seemed like an hour, we were released. Perhaps with a small security checkpoint fan base.
Don't worry about it...
until next time,
~JHJ
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
racing!
AND THEY'RE OFF!
The train is much longer, but we have guile, cunning and our speedy sprinter.
So there we are... barreling toward the train at a break-neck pace.
This might be the end folks!
We aren't stopping.
that train certainly wont be stopping.
chugga chugga chugga... plowing forward.
Will we clear the back of the train if we stay at our current speed?
or will we collide with a chorus of vocally produced crash sounds?!?!
closer, closer....CLOSER!
NEYOOOWWMMMEE!!! WE MADE IT over the train track over pass bridge.
but it was good to know that if we were on a collision course with a train crossing our path... we would have made it out unscathed!
Ladies and Gentlemen... you have just witnessed the birth of imaginary situation Adrenalin junkies.
Until we meet again,
~JHJ
The train is much longer, but we have guile, cunning and our speedy sprinter.
So there we are... barreling toward the train at a break-neck pace.
This might be the end folks!
We aren't stopping.
that train certainly wont be stopping.
chugga chugga chugga... plowing forward.
Will we clear the back of the train if we stay at our current speed?
or will we collide with a chorus of vocally produced crash sounds?!?!
closer, closer....CLOSER!
NEYOOOWWMMMEE!!! WE MADE IT over the train track over pass bridge.
but it was good to know that if we were on a collision course with a train crossing our path... we would have made it out unscathed!
Ladies and Gentlemen... you have just witnessed the birth of imaginary situation Adrenalin junkies.
Until we meet again,
~JHJ
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