I did a series of Road Blogs for Property Of Zack on our tour with August Burns Red, Bless The Fall, and Defeater. Here's the third installment:
Welcome back to the third installment of my weekly tour journal for Beartooth’s tour with August Burns Red, Blessthefall and Defeater. This week has been a tiring one for us all. I hope you like hearing about long, late night drives because this week was chocked full of them. We’ve managed to start the week in warm and sunny Los Angeles, CA to today in freezing and snowy Minneapolis, MN.
So this week started with two shows in the LA area. One in Santa Ana and one in the heart of Los Angeles itself. As a band we had only been to that area once before and it proved to be just as crazy as the last time. It’s nice to feel at home 2,300 miles away from your bed and LA is becoming that for us. So to you guys down there mad props, thanks! The coolest part about the LA shows for me was the one we played right across from the Staples Center. There was a Lakers game that night also so the area was insane. There was a whole ESPN broadcast set up and everything. Kobe said he was gonna come out to the show but who knows man, I guess he was busy. So our merch guy, Vassar, just hung out with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar all night.
Next was San Francisco which is always a rad city to hang out in, and I have the added bonus of being a 49ers fan to make my visits there all that much cooler. After that started our trek across the majority of the United States. We went from San Fran all the way to SLC (granted we had an off day in between to drive some of the way). The drive was totally worth it too. It’s hard to say this to the fans in Pittsburgh on the second day of this tour but you guys were beat out for most insane show of the tour by the friends in Salt Lake. It was the first show of this tour without a barricade, which just made it so much fun for all of us. I know I can speak for all the guys in the band and say we had the times of our lives. Also sorry to whomever I hit in the head with the butt of my bass. Stage diving with an instrument can be rather difficult. We had ourselves a hell of a drive from there to Denver over night but it was totally worth it for views like these:
And if that drive wasn’t enough we then trucked through an 11 hour one to Des Moines, IA and ended up getting there about an hour before doors. Loaded-in, busted out a sound check and were done in time to actually relax for a second. Des Moines has been one of my favorite days of tour so far. Beyond the stress of trying to make it to the show on time, the city is really awesome and the kids that came to the show were even better. We did get our fat on again at a place around the corner from the venue called Zombie Burger. Three words: Chicken Fried Bacon. All these food places are going to make me 10 times poorer than I already am.
Remember when I said I would pepper in a pic of Caleb’s toenail that fell off? No? First time reading one of these? Well if you were getting hungry from me talking about food I’m sure I’ve quelled that urging now.
But anyways Des Moines was a lot of fun and now we’re in Minneapolis waiting for tonight’s show. It feels mighty good to be back in the Midwest, snow and all. Until next week!
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