It is with much shame that I report that this leg of the tour has ended and I have barely blogged at all. If you’ve looked here for updates and found none, I apologise profusely. Truth is I’ve just been worn out this trip and haven’t had the time and energy to devote to blogging.As […]

Regular JMT concert goers will recognize this as the audience participation and calisthenic portion of the evening!

Alright, I know I haven’t posted yet this tour. I’ve been fairly rushed and kind of speaced out. Our northeastern tour leg is well underway now. It’s been some ups and downs. I flew into Springfield to pickup the truck April 22. Loaded the truck at Little Portion that afternoon and the bus Sunday afternoon […]

Well I’m not out on tour right now, but I’m in a hotel and when I’m in a hotel I blog. Actually I’m in Virginia for my sister’s wedding. Everyone say a prayer for Eileen & Rob. 🙂I leave for Arkansas April 22nd. The next tour leg will begin with a day of gear maintenance […]

Ahhh… It is great to be home! But, it was great to be in other’s homes – places of worship in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. Meeting folks is always great, and seeing different towns, sanctuaries and coffee shops is also cool. St. Augustine is beautiful! We stayed at the Hilton on the bay. This is […]

A couple shots from the last concert in Huntsville. In the one of JMT you can just see the “Star Drop” in the background. It’s a real pretty effect created with fiber optics. This venue just happened to have one. Huntsville had a great crew and probably set the record for load out on this […]

It’s Monday morning here in Huntsville. The last concert for this leg is this evening. Thursday & Friday saw us in Savannah & Augusta respectively. In Savannah we played historic Christ Church. Check out their website. Names like George Washington, John Wesley, Juliet Gordon Lowe are prominent in their history. It’s always intimidating bringing a […]

You’ll notice some red & blue in the background in these. I’ve been adding some improvised backlight at some concerts. It’s tough, partly because there’s only so much time in the day to get such things done. But, there’s also a fine line between adding a tasteful, appropriate design element to the concert or getting […]

We travel a lot, so people often comment about how great it must be to see so many different places. The truth is we don’t often see much. We meet great people all over, but mostly we see the bus, the hotel & the church. There are exceptions though. We spent a few days in […]

Last night in St. Augustine we had a great crew of students from Flagler College. Joe had a chance to go out and spend some time with them after the concert and they sent a real nice thank you note by email. One of the biggest challenges of touring in non traditional venues is getting […]