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Topic: Daily Blog Louisville KY

Hey All as promised here is the dail wrap up and timeline.

11:00am wake up
12:00pm a mistake causes a misunderstanding about lunch and interview for West Palm Beach show
1:30 bus call from Seelbach hotel
2:00 load in for crew
2:30 actual lunch with Bogie at the Bristol Grille.  (Cobb salad dressing on the side)
3:45 come into venue set amp tone, switch mics from EV to Beyer for the room.
4:30 full band soundcheck (two songs, Billy Cobham" Stratus" and Ball Peen Hammer")
5:30 Thinking about Sushi for dinner and address some outstanding laundry concerns and post soundcheck stuff
6:45 Dinner with My Tour Manager Jay at Raw a sushi bar Spicy Tuna Roll, California roll , seaweed salad
8:00 return back to venue (sevice slow)
8:30 get Dressed
9:05  Showtime... a 8 out of 10 in my mind.  I made some stupid mistakes. 
11:30 trailer loaded,  hang out with Sam Bush's Tour Manager and John Katz from Colorado
1:22 checking ticket counts on WMA site, interviews for tomorrow and rolling to Nashville.
1:23 Sleep im Tired
Goodnight
Joe Bonamassa

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Re: Daily Blog Louisville KY

Hey Joe,

"Stratus" - wow, I would love to have heard that! In the future perhaps?
Sushi - excellent choice! After yesterdays over-indulgence sushi sounds perfect.

3 Reply by pattyluvsjoe (edited by pattyluvsjoe 2007-11-24 05:13:33)

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Oh Joe Bonamassa, you are just too much fun  smile smile smile smile smile smile smile smile
Those 5:30 laundry concerns could have been managed by a "Bus Mom."  (This was discussed on some other thread, where I said what guy REALLY likes to do his own laundry.)  Just funnin' with ya' here.  Mistakes....you were probably the only one who knew.  Just like that time in Kansas City you stopped playing and said, "You guys know I ****** that up!"  No we didn't, we just thought you were changing it up a bit.....don't be too hard on yourself.  And you should be tired......me, too.....it's 4:06 am and I have to be at work at 7:15am.....what the heck Gus am I still doing up...................at least I had something great to read.  Thanks for doing this blog.Joe,  I for one, absolutely luv it.   Of course, this would be no surprise to anyone lol
Joe Bonamassa,  you are the greatest!!!!!
                                                                       Your ardent fan,
                                                                            pattyluvsjoe  wink



P.S.  And I just read your other post about why your hair stands up in the morning.  You crack me up.   lol  lol  lol

"I'm not nice to any guitar!"      lol
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Re: Daily Blog Louisville KY

Wow, what a day!  You stay real busy, don't know how you do it day in day out...

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Wow.........a day in the life of Joe!  This is so cool. 
Thanks for sharing, with so much on your schedule, I appreciate the time you took to sit down and give us a glimpse.
5 more shows and counting..........do you hear California calling you home?

6 Reply by Geko (edited by Geko 2007-11-24 10:24:39)

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11:00 wake up? i always tought Rockstars weak up at the same time like     vampire`s and  Bat`s.....fallacy
14/15 hour day .....hard job
but it sounds that you like how things are going on and love to work for your money and your fans . You are getting the Alpha Wolf of Blues


Status has great drums and good gameplay between the Bandmembers ,just have watched on you toube
have you played it Jazz influenced?



no time to  exercise oneself ?

do you  exercise mutch in your " free time  " ??? 
Do you practice out of a feeling? ,or two days in a week for some hours?
or once in a blue moon smile

thanks for blog
have a deserved good night

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Re: Daily Blog Louisville KY

Thanks Joe for the "Day in the Life" summary of Louisville...How big was the crowd?...Knock dead in Nashville...Looking forward to hearing about that "Day in the Life" too...

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Re: Daily Blog Louisville KY

Awesome Joe. Thanks. A day in the life of Joe Bonamassa...I'm sure lots of people here are curious about what a typical day on the road is like (although it sounds like there are lots of curves that get thrown at you - lunch plans ruined, slow service, sound issues, etc.).
Keep 'em coming when you have time.
Thanks again for taking the time to fill us in!
Bill S

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Crowd was 659 people exacty what the place sat. I think it was techinacally sold out for the way they configured it for me.  Gold Cirlce and all.  It was a great theater that sounded good. It is very nice to finally find a proper venue in Louisville. 
Joe B

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joe , thanks for the blog . now after your done bloging about the shows it would be pretty cool and fun to hear about your days out shopping for the holidays . i'm sure you can fill a day with crazy people in the stores shopping ..take care see you next year ...enjoy .joe

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It's always fun to find out more about the many-faceted diamond that is Joe Bonamassa.  Keep 'em coming Joe and thanks for everything.

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Thanks Joe! Like Patty said, only you would notice a mistake you made!!! You work so hard...we love you!!!

Mary

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Saw the Chicago show first week of November at the House of Blues, then the Louisville show on the 23rd at the beautiful Kentucky Center. Two great nights of music. I enjoyed the four piece version of the band even though I loved the power trio  tour a year ago. Almost the same sets for both shows, ( no Bogie drum solo in Louisville).  Thanks for the great music Joe. In return we spread the word of the genius of Joe.
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Saw the mention of Sratus,one of my all time favorite fusion songs.Joe do or have you been a fan of Return TO Forever,Al Dimeola,Alan Holdsworth,Jean Luc Ponty? There were some great fusion bands back in the 70's.Also Craig Erickson just covered Stratus on his Big Highway cd this year.

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