Breaking Up The Band

This morning at 5am we bid our friend Ben Hackett farewell for most of the rest of the tour. Not because we don’t like him or he wasn’t a killer base player, but because he had to go on vacation in the Virgin Islands with his family. I mean I don’t know who would pick sipping boat drinks (legal drinking age in the VI's - 18) in the sun and sand over traversing NC, GA and TN with five smelly guys and all their musical accessories crammed into two cars - but whatever, we’re trying not to hold it against him. Seriously though, travel safe Ben we’ll see you in Asheville.

Right now the SRP is rolling from Charlotte to Gastonia, and Drew was nice enough to volunteer to drive my car so I could type this. I’m a little worried though, as much time as he’s spent across the Pond, I wonder if he remembers which side of the road civilized people drive on. (j/k) So far so good, but we haven’t had to do much turning yet.

MIX CONTEST UPDATE:

With four mixes down and two to go, conspiracy theories abound with regards to what mix belongs to who. We’ve had bluegrass sightings (Sam), classic rock entries (Josh), some Umphry’s (Ben), some Devin Townsend (Steven), and a little U2 & DMB (Drew, Matt). With two entries to go, Mix #4 seems to be leading the unofficial polling. Btw, we’re still waiting for some of our readers to tell us what songs they would start (or end) their mix with. Best three song entry wins an autographed Sloan River Project tour poster.

Well that’s going to be about it for now…but before we wrap this up, here is the set-list from last night’s Cary show. Thanks to all of you who came out – we hope you enjoyed the show. A special shout out to Dr. Tommy who was in attendance, had a smokin’ rendition of Umbrella dedicated to him, and then joined us for a late dinner at Cosmic Cantina in Chapel Hill. (where four band members who shall remain anonymous consumed a total of 5 and a half burritos and a chimichaunga)

Anyway, set-list for Cary, 6-1-09

Heal This Land
Amazed
Sunflower Land
Blue Boat
Stone & Light
Prodigal Son
Let Your Light Shine
40
Broken
Shine On
Where Is The Light
One Love
Help From My Friends
Umbrella
Long Train Runnin’
Turn, Turn, Turn

We just pulled into Gastonia, and the band can’t wait to see Ben and Ellen and everyone else at All Saints! Hope lots of you can make it out to the show tonight!! (7:30) See you there!

IMPORTANT SAFETY TIP: When playing tambourine, it is important to be conscious of how hard you are hitting your thigh, and to occasionally change location. For more information, or to arrange a tambourine safety class for you church or school, please contact Josh Edwards.

P.S. – Special thanks to E-Ha, my unofficial copy editor for this blog. She does a fantastic job of finding my many misprints and misspellings, informing me of them and generally making me feel like I should have paid more attention in middle school English. :-)

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