Tour Blog
Day 1: Smashville Tour ’23
Day 1: April 12th, 2023. Champagne Sunday is heading to Nashville, by way of Montana and South Dakota, for an unprecedented seven weeks...
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Day 2: Warmth in the Cold
Ok… so, banana coffee cake, fresh ground coffee, local honey, the smell of dryer sheets tumbling around in the laundry, a five-month-old Chocolate...
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Day 3: Return to The Grange
On days of shows, if we arenโt driving, and especially if we havenโt gotten to rehearse/gig in a few days, we like to...
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Day 4: Fabulousness and Healing
I honestly canโt believe how different time is while Jared and I are traveling. Without the daily schedule to keep up with for...
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Day 5: The Longstaff House
Oh my goodness, we slept in until 10:30 this morning and IT. WAS. GLORIOUS!! Todayโs agenda features a massage, ear-candling, a work out,...
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Day 6 – 8: Winding Down and Moving On
Waking up in a warm space, rays of sun beaming through the windows, breakfast cooking downstairsโฆnow THIS is a sweet way to live...
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Day 8 and a half – 9: A Bipolar Weather Drive
After taking entirely too long to pack up, say good-bye to Gretchen, get some blog work and internet stuff done, we FINALLY popped...
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Day 10 – Reaching the Unreachable
Show Day!!! Good morning from campsite CS. A beautiful – no, wait, just kidding – A FREEZING cold day, but very glad to...
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Day 11: A Crazy Time at Cottonwood
Today we headed back to our favorite Yankton coffee spot, Muddy Mo’s, to get some work done. Like public libraries, local coffeeshops typically...
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Day 11: Addendum
Just so you all donโt think weโve lost our goofiness or horrendous sense of humor. Hereโs a literal slice-of-life look into 90% of...
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Day 12: Southern Nights and Northern Lights
A much-welcomed day off was again at our disposal. Bloody Marys called our names. So after a leisurely morning of cuddles and sleepy...
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Day 13 – 15: A Slight Change of Plans
Beautiful Yankton, South Dakota. You hid your loveliness from us almost the entire time we were here, but decided to grace us with...
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Day 16: The Quiet
Iโll tell you something. The crash is real.ย The Quiet gets in your bones like a sub-zero freeze.ย The need for the next...
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Days 17 – 20: Family, Connections, and Re-Focus in Kentucky
In no particular order, here are some of the things we did to fill our time: Played music at bbq Enjoyed a bonfire...
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Day 21: Returning to Nashville
One of the things that brings me more joy than it should, is the lovely synchronicity of when the first day of a...
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Day 22: A Great Start
First day in our extended stay rental. Itโs called the โPink Door Houseโ! Isnโt that perfect? โThe Bandโ recorded one of their albums...
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Day 23: Nashville Is Not Just Country Music
Today, weโve got a few things on the docket for business. We have to get Jaredโs guitar fixed. Thereโs a buzz in it...
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Day 24: Part 1 – Waking Up Nashville
We once played a show in Tacoma with a lovely group of travelers called โBand of Loversโ. They have since disbanded (no pun...
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Day 24: Part 2 – Small Victories
This is part of the exchange that proceeded our gig at The Row tonightโฆ Alyson: โItโs a one-hour set. Usually a mix of...
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Day 25 – 27: EPIC Fredeen Adventure Weekend
EPIC โFredeen Adventure Weekendโ!!! Our first weekend in Nashville was a wild success. Some guy named Taylor Swift was in town. Seems to...
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Day 28: The Disco Ball
Monday. We have officially been here a week, and I feel like itโs been several. If this is your first blog and you...
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Day 29: The Scoreboard
Our first big show in Nashville! We started our morning strong with a big bowl of yogurt and fruit with granola and some...
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Day 30: Recognition
How did we do this? We came to a town where literally thousands of humans pass through daily, over half of them musicians...
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Day 31: The Open in Open Mic
OUR BOY IS COMING HERE TONIGHT!!!!!! Now to remain busy and super-occupied until we pick him up at 12:30 tonight! Letโs do what...
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Day 32 – 36: Our Family
Oh my gosh! Our boy was here, and we could barely stop hugging and kissing him long enough to go do things. But...
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Day 37: Okay Now What
Well, now that Rudy is officially back home, and we donโt have any more distractions, I SUPPOSE we should get back to work....
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Day 38: Staring Into the Abyss
Ok. I’m gonna be extra real today.ย It is getting a bit harder to find inspiration this last leg of the trip. First...
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Day 39 – 40: The Abyss is Staring Right Back
Alright people! No where to go but forward! I’ve got a lot of cool things to chat about and some not-so-cool, but necessary...
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Day 41 – 42: The Love
We love getting pictures of our little man while weโre on the road. Heโs happy, heโs loved, heโs doing stuff. This weekend, we...
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Day 43 (Part One): The Deep Stuff
It is Monday. Typically, the dreaded โback to workโ day. In our case, Monday WAS a back to work day, and we couldnโt...
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Day 43 (Part Two): The Cool Stuff
I needed to split this blog into two parts because there were so many great acts and I wanted to spend a bit...
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Day 44: A Surprise Shared Past
Wowza!!! Did I get hit with a dose of a past blast today!!! We have been trying to get together with Amber Sweeney...
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Day 45: The Photoshoot
Photo shoot day!!!!!ย Our friendship with Barbara Potter began waaaaaaaay back in 2014 at the illustrious D.B. Cooper Music Festival, where Jared and...
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Day 46: Final Bow at the Bowery Vault
There are good nights of music. Then there are exceptional nights of music. Then, there are absolutely MAGIC nights of music. All apply...
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Day 47 – 48: The Last Gig and a Memento
With our last gig on tour approaching, we decided to head into Alabama a day early and hang out with our friend who...
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Day 49: Farewell to Nashville
Saying goodbye to Nashville was much harder this time than it was five years ago. We had been planning the send off to...
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Day 50 – 52: A Pair of Slippers
Thoughts on our last 52 daysโฆ I think we won. We did so much. We checked boxes, set goals and met them, failed...
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