2024 Summer Tour

It’s that time of year again folks! For a couple of blissful months, you can put aside your news blogs, your streaming of... Read more

As a rare treat and send off, our first gig for the tour happened to be in our own backyard! Well, not literally... Read more

So, because of our unique connection and reputation with nudist parks, we are always keen to find one near places we may be... Read more

When you unintentionally do irreversible damage to a friendship, how do you move forward?  When I become close with someone, I am an... Read more

As we walked into the coffee shop we found in Brigham City (just outside Ogden, UT), Rudyard said, “Now THIS is the tour... Read more

One of the most difficult parts of touring is the down time. Sometimes we can get lucky with pick-up gigs, or open mic... Read more

Holed up in the basement with my longest, lifetime friend, Marianne Brown, and her partner, Nate (who Rudy adores) and we were finally... Read more

Once we’d settled in and gotten a bunch of “fun” out of the way, we decided to have more fun! Actually, we looked... Read more

As promised, we looked up a used video game store in the area and, after another day of pool fun for a few... Read more

A really difficult morning for Rudy. He woke with huge tears in his eyes and pretty much continued the crying until we dropped... Read more

Jared here: I’ll kick this one off, as I had taken all the pictures. After a relaxing morning in Durango, as we took... Read more

This travel day started out really lovely. We knew it was gonna be a scorcher, so we wanted to find a place inside.... Read more

Our last day of travel until we get to Yankton. We could have done it in two days, but since our first gig... Read more

Jared here: I like to keep active, and that usually takes the form of my regular workouts. I use an app on my... Read more

Letting go.They say one day it’s so.They encourage you to do it slow.Do it before they grow.So it’s easier to, you know…Move on.BEFORE... Read more

After a productive couple days of getting work done, reflections on all kinds of things, making plans, even working on a new song,... Read more

Two years ago, Jared and I joined a network of people who put on and book living room shows, and the artists who... Read more

Being welcomed back to Ben’s Brew Station for our last gig in Yankton was a perfect way to round out our shows for... Read more

Our friends, Nate and Heather, aka, Heaven and Kevin, said, “Let’s go golfing!” to which we replied, “Sure. Why not?” (Jared here: Nate... Read more

I love antique stores and all they embody. Past and present, junk and quality, broken and preserved, it is all there. Anything you... Read more

Saying good bye is never fun or easy. So we did some things to aid in the process of leaving Yankton.  With the... Read more

Well, after some down time, Jared and I were eager to get another show under our belt. We made the drive from Yankton... Read more

I honestly love the blogs where I just get to lightly report on things we’ve seen and simpler times. This day of tour... Read more

Actually, the once “little” town of Albuquerque “Has grown, and continues to do so.”, says local coffee roaster and 8th grade teacher, Thaison... Read more

This day was the never-ending day. I’m including so many pictures in this blog, but there were so many more I could have... Read more

Our last show in Bisbee was a bit strange. We were booked at the historic Royale Theater. A beautifully big building at the... Read more

Jared and I had a few days off and had a bunch to get done to catch up on our blog. We needed... Read more

They say that the time away at camp is always harder on the parents than it is on the kids… this year, I’m... Read more

What we didn’t know about the week before we got him was that Rudy had been battling a cold. He never mentioned it... Read more

So, we made it to Missoula and were warmly greeted by the sons of our friends, Brooke and Joe. Rudy wasn’t with us... Read more

The day began with the always dreaded, but widely anticipated “jump” photo that I’ve been making (I mean “asking”) the boys to take... Read more

Our Friday night gig had us back up at the Klippenes Farm, a super-welcoming, sweet little homestead, with animals, a small lake, a... Read more

I snapped this picture to commemorate setting up the merchandise for the very last time on the road. We most definitely have all... Read more