Strong Tower Tour
Well, I finally made it out to one of the shows. When I arrived I didn't have any "ID" to get back stage. Everyone on the tour has a tag that identifies them as part of the crew. Because I hadn't been to a show yet I was tag-less. To top it off, I had to get the truck key from Bob (the guy I'm working for) so I could drop off my luggage - and HE was already running sound for the opening act - Stellar Kart!
Thankfully one of the guys doing security "trusted" that I was who I said I was - the production truck drive - and let me in. (Although he stayed with me until I actually had the truck key in my hand!) Bob told me he would come to the "green room" once Stellar Kart was finished to give me my ID. Unfortunatley, Darren (Kutless' manager) thought a different guy was driving the truck on this tour, so they didn't have a tag with my name on it. So instead I got one of the "extra" IDs with the name "Vanilla Ice" on it. Sheesh.
For the rest of the evening I was introducing myself to the members of the cast and crew... and some of the band members were like, "I knew someone was driving the truck, I just didn't know WHO! Nice to meet you!"
Just for the record, I got autgraphs from ALL of the band members for my roomie back at home - since he was emailing me EVERY SINGLE DAY to remind me! I even took pics of them signing the CDs as proof! :-)
Side note: I'm in Lake Jackson, Texas - southwest of Houston. Lake Jackson is having a "cold spell" - between 45F and 60F. Scott, my "runner" today, told me that they had snow for the FIRST TIME EVER on Christmas Day this past year! They got 8 inches! He said the snow shut down the city and the people of Lake Jackson stayed up until 3AM playing in the snow!
Thankfully one of the guys doing security "trusted" that I was who I said I was - the production truck drive - and let me in. (Although he stayed with me until I actually had the truck key in my hand!) Bob told me he would come to the "green room" once Stellar Kart was finished to give me my ID. Unfortunatley, Darren (Kutless' manager) thought a different guy was driving the truck on this tour, so they didn't have a tag with my name on it. So instead I got one of the "extra" IDs with the name "Vanilla Ice" on it. Sheesh.
For the rest of the evening I was introducing myself to the members of the cast and crew... and some of the band members were like, "I knew someone was driving the truck, I just didn't know WHO! Nice to meet you!"
Just for the record, I got autgraphs from ALL of the band members for my roomie back at home - since he was emailing me EVERY SINGLE DAY to remind me! I even took pics of them signing the CDs as proof! :-)
Side note: I'm in Lake Jackson, Texas - southwest of Houston. Lake Jackson is having a "cold spell" - between 45F and 60F. Scott, my "runner" today, told me that they had snow for the FIRST TIME EVER on Christmas Day this past year! They got 8 inches! He said the snow shut down the city and the people of Lake Jackson stayed up until 3AM playing in the snow!
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11:10 PMYou met snow lovers in the south !!!
Awesome .... :-)
11:10 PM
snow on December 25 and "Ice" on February 25...this city is blessed! You need a new name tag. ;)
sista d
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