Our 1st San Francisco leg of the tour was a great experiment: 4 stinky guys, crammed into the tour bus, with all the gear we could handle. I wanted to know how the tour bus would hold up, as well as how we would do at not killing each other. The tour bus beds are more comfortable than you might think, but are no 4-seasons hotel. As we pulled back into Salt Lake City at 4 AM on Tuesday morning, I can safely say
that the trip was a huge success and a lot fun. San Francisco meet Kevin Burdick. Kevin Burdick meet San Francisco.
Friday – My show at Bean Scene Cafe in Sunnyvale wasn’t super-well attended, maybe 50 people through out the evening. However, the people that were there tipped well and bought CDs, plus I know that the employees of Bean Scene really liked what I was throwing down. It was a chill, early show, that left plenty of time to explore the greater San Francisco area. We ended the night at a birthday party at a tiny bar in Walnut Creek.
Saturday – We spent much of the day watching the NFL draft, before getting ready for my benefit show at Studio 333. The proceeds from this show would specifically benefit art programs for inner-city and high-risk youth, giving them a healthy outlet to express themselves (as opposed to drugs and gangs). It was a very worthwhile show and the several hundred people that attended seemed to really appreciate my performance. The highlight for the show was the improv song I did for Chance who was one of the young artists there. I sang about how he was the next Picasso and also auctioned him off to the highest bidding ladies during the tune. It was pretty funny and a priceless moment to make the 12-year-old painter squirm and blush a bit.
Sunday – Just a chill day. My allergies were killing me and I had very little energy after the two shows. Mostly I napped and we spent some time on the beach near the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a super relaxing day and I’ve included some photos below.
Big thanks to the Lineweavers for letting us use their shower and TV, for Courtney for her huge fan-ness and donation of In-and-Out Burger to the band, the hot older lady at Studio 333 who was undressing me with her eyes (very flattering), to Jennifer the best booking agent in the land, Steven a great drummer and photographer, for Paris for letting us borrow Steven, to Eric for filming much of the weekend, and for Ken for doing such a kick-ass job at being my business manager and personal tour bus driver for much of the weekend!!
Here are some random photos from the weekend courtesy of Steven Hansen!
Our 1st San Francisco leg of the tour was a great experiment: 4 stinky guys, crammed into the tour bus, with all the gear we could handle. I wanted to know how the tour bus would hold up, as well as how we would do at not killing each other. The tour bus beds are more comfortable than you might think, but are no 4-seasons hotel. As we pulled back into Salt Lake City at 4 AM on Tuesday morning, I can safely say that the trip was a huge success and a lot fun. San Francisco meet Kevin Burdick. Kevin Burdick meet San Francisco.
Friday – My show at Bean Scene Cafe in Sunnyvale wasn’t super-well attended, maybe 50 people through out the evening. However, the people that were there tipped well and bought CDs, plus I know that the employees of Bean Scene really liked what I was throwing down. It was a chill, early show, that left plenty of time to explore the greater San Francisco area. We ended the night at a birthday party at a tiny bar in Walnut Creek.
Saturday – We spent much of the day watching the NFL draft, before getting ready for my benefit show at Studio 333. The proceeds from this show would specifically benefit art programs for inner-city and high-risk youth, giving them a healthy outlet to express themselves (as opposed to drugs and gangs). It was a very worthwhile show and the several hundred people that attended seemed to really appreciate my performance. The highlight for the show was the improv song I did for Chance who was one of the young artists there. I sang about how he was the next Picasso and also auctioned him off to the highest bidding ladies during the tune. It was pretty funny and a priceless moment to make the 12-year-old painter squirm and blush a bit.
Sunday – Just a chill day. My allergies were killing me and I had very little energy after the two shows. Mostly I napped and we spent some time on the beach near the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a super relaxing day and I’ve included some photos below.
Big thanks to the Lineweavers for letting us use their shower and TV, for Courtney for her huge fan-ness and donation of In-and-Out Burger to the band, the hot older lady at Studio 333 who was undressing me with her eyes (very flattering), to Jennifer the best booking agent in the land, Steven a great drummer and photographer, for Paris for letting us borrow Steven, to Eric for filming much of the weekend, and for Ken for doing such a kick-ass job at being my business manager and personal tour bus driver for much of the weekend!!
Here are some random photos from the weekend courtesy of Steven Hansen!
