Bucktown Kickback || Jay's Tour Pix

more FloydFest

2008-12-04T00:29:00.007-05:00

main stage.

In the van somewhere

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Knoxville

2008-12-04T00:29:00.003-05:00

Looking east.

Pixelpipe delivery

2008-12-04T00:29:00.001-05:00

A few "back-dated" cell pix from last season - Floyd Fest and Roanoke

2008-11-23T17:10:00.002-05:00

Dudding and David in the grub-tent. I have to say, I have never eaten such good food at any festival I have ever played or even been at.

back from Roanoke (for a different gig in between our Floyd Fest spots. Walking around looking for music. It was easy to find!

Cob salad in the van after the Roanoke gig

Dudding and Shlenker confering. Looks serious.

The band that played before us in Roanoke. I will post their name later. Can't remember it right now.

Neat "shade creating" canvases, that were all over the place at Floyd Fest. Form meets Function!

Random photo.

View of our campsite.

A few "back-dated" cell pix from last season - Asheville

2008-11-23T16:42:00.003-05:00

Mick and Tony hanging out with David and I as we ate some coneys from that killer hot dog restaurant in Asheville. I think it is called "Cats and Dawgs". I should now by know because we stop there everytime we play in or pass thru town.

Looking down Biltmore Ave.

Off the road for a bit.

2008-10-27T22:23:00.002-05:00

Whew! It was a hell of a year! Bucktown Kickback played 71 shows from August '07 to September '08. During that year, we played everywhere from New York to Florida. Tennessee to North Carolina. Georgia to South Carolina. Kentucky to Missouri. A few stops thru Ohio and Virginia. In that time, my upright bass got stolen and miraculously returned. Met many many friends along the way and logged nearly 20,000 miles of road time in the van with Shlenker and David.

Taking a break for a bit to recover but I will resume posting pics when I hit the road again at the end of winter. Stay tuned.

Forgot this pic from last gig in Knoxville.

2008-08-21T21:38:00.001-05:00

Tony, um... Horsing around (litterally), before we headed to Asheville.

Knoxville TN, Flatrock, NC and Hickory, NC

2008-08-12T10:07:00.004-05:00

David getting some tacos from Taco John's, In Athens OH, on the road home.

Ye Olde Hickory Tap Room, Hickory, NC.

Close up from an intersting painting, at the Asheville Museum of Art. I always stop in when we are playing in that area.

As was saying in a tweet... Claus Oldenburg?

Hanging with our Patron Saints of Knoxville.

My first Washtub Bass experience. Ouch!

Floyd Fest and Roanoke VA

2008-08-02T11:05:00.002-05:00

Updated. Bucktown Kickback perfromed a few sets at FloydFest 2008. I have to say it was one of the most organized and nice festivals I have ever had the pleasure of performing at or attending.

Got to see some great acts (including David Grisman, which was stellar).

Somewhere in Roanoke, for another gig.

Miscelaneous Jam Band (not really my thing).

Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at 3 a.m. They were pretty cool.

View from the stage of our set, day two.

The Blue Ridge BBQ Festival - Tryon, NC

2008-06-14T10:14:00.000-05:00

The day started with two performances at the festival, and ended with a few cocktails at "Pacer's Lounge" in the Howard Johnsons in Clinton, SC. Let me just say, that Pacer's was pretty interesting. I didn't expect to see any people "grinding", when we walked into the place, but before we closed them down, we saw it.

BBQ festival was great, complete with fireworks and a good zydeco band. Fun.

Greenville, SC

2008-06-13T08:11:00.000-05:00

Last night and this morning.
Greenville is lovely.

Hickory and Asheville, NC

2008-06-01T22:11:00.003-05:00

Downtown Asheville.

Great exhibit at the Asheville Museum. I always make a stop there, when we are in town, if I can at all help it. This time work by Maya Lin and Laurie Anderson (one of my favs).

We happened upon a little festival in Asheville earlier in the day before our performance. Nice to have a few beers in the sun.

Sweet flyer!

The guys noted that my doppelganger is alive and well in Asheville (see background).

Saluda NC/Asheville NC

2008-05-06T11:01:00.002-05:00

Showtime at "The Purple Onion" in Saluda, NC

Checking in at the Asheville Holdiay Inn. Sweetest pool in the northern hemisphere!

David hammin' it up a bit, outside the coffeshop built into an old british double decker bus.

GRRRR! Drinks at the "Jack of the Woods" after the show.

Knoxville TN

2008-05-06T10:54:00.005-05:00

This is the view from the floor just before getting started at The Preservation Pub in Knoxville, NOT our ill fated performance on the set of the movie "Carrie".

An interesting artifact on the stage at PP.

Some BTKB QR codes.

2008-04-04T09:52:00.004-05:00

Grab em and put em anywhere you want.

"mippin-ized"mobile tour pix

btkb mobile

Asheville, NC - Just passing thru

2008-03-25T23:10:00.003-05:00

We've been playing so many shows in North Carolina, Tennesse,WV and elsewhere, that we are just starting to stop in to certain cities we like for lunch, while making some connecting drives. In other words we are getting pretty familiar with the highway systems of the Southeast.

Here is some footage I found when we were passing thru Asheville, on route to a show somewhere in NC.

Charlotte, NC

2008-03-25T22:43:00.007-05:00

This is from one of two shows we did at the now defunct Americana Bar in Charlotte, back in the fall (they still owe us $300).

I usually try to find a museum in each town we play. When we were in Charlotte, I had a little time to kill so Tony, Shlenker and myself hit the Mint Museum of Art, for the afternoon.

Asheville, NC - The Chocolate Lounge

2008-03-25T13:55:00.000-05:00

A nice dose of chocolate before you play, helps everything! Beautiful people eating beautiful chocolates. What a place!

Van envy

2008-03-23T21:10:00.000-05:00

Ashville, NC

2008-02-12T23:29:00.011-05:00

Strategies for hotel "optimization".

Strategies for passing time for like, 9 hours in a van

AHHHHHHHH!

Took in a little "culture" earlier in the day at the Ashville Museum of Art, before performing at Stella Blue in Ashville, NC

David demonstrating his traditional puppetry skills.

It seems like all we do is EAT.

New York, NY

2008-02-05T17:40:00.004-05:00

View from the stage at the Knitting Factory.

View from the pit.

RIP, 1939 Johann Nurnberg bass. AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!

Williamsport, PA

2008-02-05T17:36:00.004-05:00

Kimball's shortly before we started playing.

Kimball's comped us a few beers to go. We were happy about this.

Black Mountain, NC

2008-01-19T13:40:00.001-05:00

After the radio show, we headed over the Black Mountain, NC to play a show at "The Town Pump". It was our second time playing there. Love that place. You walk in and people have their dogs with them, everyone knows each other... We saw some of the same people we met on our first trip there. Plus they carry my new favorite beer-- it's called Pisgah Pale Ale, and despite what the name might suggest, it's one of the more delicious brews i've had. I don't think you can get it up north, so i will have to wait until we play in Ashville in a few weeks, to get some more.

Jerry, who tends bar (and who happens to be a pretty kick a** touring upright bassist, in his own right) took care of us like only a fellow musician, used to the road, can... He ran sound, comped us domestics, kept the whole place running fine.

Breakfast the next morning was not as good as the joint in Thomas WV, but it was still good.

Spindale, NC

2008-01-19T12:34:00.001-05:00

We played a radio show at WNCW in Spindale, NC. We played 4 songs and participated in a nice interview. Playing radio shows can sometimes be a little nerve-racking, but the folks at WNCW were so chill that it really brought a nice comfortable ambiance to the room. They have great gear, know what they are doing, and give a band every opportunity to sound good. We felt like we played well.