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Did I mention we're playing Shady Pines on Saturday? They don't advertise. In fact they don't even have a sign.

But we'll be there from 6-10.

The entrance is in Palmer lane, off Crown street, just a few steps down from the corner of Crown and Oxford. Free entry but it gets kinda busy.

We liked the idea of going to Warilla so much we made an Ad:

We're back on deck this coming Friday,

Tonight! down south with special guest Jo Fitzgerald. From 8:30. Ish.

Welcome back folks, it's time to play Know Your American State Nicknames!

Here's another random moment from our day at the Garlic Festival with some music by the wonderful Hoosier Darling's.

Geddit? Hoosier Darling = Who's Your Darling...it's a play on words, because Hoosier is...oh just watch the video.

Next Episode - R & R in IN

I better get on with this blog thing cos I see Rosie's blog has already skipped chronologically ahead (sigh).

Oh well.

Day 12 or so - Garlic Sorbet

When we last left our heroes they were debating the merits of Steak-n-Shake at 2am, followed by a return to the Wedding venue (see prev blog). Late night Indy was still jumping but we had an early start the following morni...no wait a minute...a few hours later we were due in the van.

Bye Indy.

Once again my T-mobile reception was dropping in and out. The weather had turned (AGAIN) and we were off to an out door festival. 

 Fortunately the Travelling Mac had hooked us up with some Strawberry wine. Just in case.

 We arrived at the Garlic Festvial several hours ahead of schedule and had a chance to look around.

 Bloomington is pretty crafty. Reminded me a bit of Balmain.

 I stopped to support some local artisans by buying something small and transportable :-)

Dave gave us our mission - make enough noise to attract visitors from a rival festival up the road. We were willing to oblige. 

 Meanwhile, as we set up and sound checked, Roscoe was ever vigilant in his defense of the homeland.

 Our patron saint of Indiana, Travellin Mac and Susie drove down to see us again. Bless you both. 

This chap came over as we started to play and stuck around. I want to caption this pic - Stormcellar: winning the audience over, one at a time.

Little did I know but that our gig would drive back the clouds, bring people out and open up a little ray of sunshine in Bloomington that afternoon.

We were truly blessed by the care and love the Bloomington-ites showered us with. Besides which, how Aussie is a Sausage Sizzle? You know it makes sense for us to be there.

Here's some vid from the day.

Coming Up in the next instalment

Know your State Nicknames!

Hiya,

If you've been reading MJEB's blogging or checking the Facebook or watching the Youbute you might have noticed a boss new tune we recorded over in Kansas City called "You Can't Push Me Away". I will admit that I was a bit sus on it at first but as we rehearsed it up acoustically it started to gel. It wasn't until we got into the studio and plugged our guitars in and Theo got behind the tubs that I could hear the goodness in it. Hearing Jo and DC Bellamy working on their harmonies and then laying them down was simply an amazing joy. When DC let loose with that voice and they came together in the chorus I shivered and had to pinch myself.

Here are some photos I took at the session inbetween takes, sitting in my isolation booth.

Trusty steed for this song - nice tight sound:

Trusty pedal board and trusty Converse Chucks:

Trusty Fender Red Knob Twin:

And trusty chart ... almost like a pro! Some of it I even followed! The scratching out shows we tried the song in several keys before settling - so the numbers are right but I wouldn't follow the leftover chord letters unless you want to insert a modulation to the key of C in the middle 8.

More photos of the session in the next installment.

Cheers,

Rosie