There must be something in the water in Vegas that makes guys point at you with their right hand in pistol shape while winking…
We had to stop after 75 minutes because this is one casino that wants short shows, so people can get back to the serious business of gambling. So far we played a different set every night as we are trying to dial in the right order. New is a medley that starts with “Spring Rain” from “La Semana”, and ends with “New Horizon” from Jon’s “Transit”. Nice!
Today we were able to add one more show to our current tour. On July 10th we will perform at the lovely Paolo Soleri Amphitheater in Santa Fe. While we enjoyed our concert in Albuquerque last year very much, we think we should play in Santa Fe this year.
A new jewel-box edition of “La Semana” will be manufactured by our new distributor 33rd Street and should be in stores in mid to late August – in time for the second half of the tour. Of course the Limited Edition box is only available from us, but we will also sell our remaining stock of the DigiPak edition from our web site and at our concerts. This now means that the DigiPak has become a very inexpensive limited edition of 4,000 CDs as we will not be priniting more of these.
Once we rolled into the neighborhood with our two busses all nostalgia faded at the sight of the place. Jon Gagan confirmed that we had not played at this venue since 1994.
We usually don’t play in San Francisco as the promoter of the Mountain Winery in Saratoga and several others outside San Fran have the right to refuse a rival show in the area. In this case the Mountain Winery promoter said yes to an additional show at the GAMH about two weeks ago. The GAMH booking person was very enthusiastic and swore they would do very well, even though my agent had some doubts given the short two week period before the show. The customary deposit of 50% was paid. When we arrived at the GAMH a couple of days ago, the promoter wanted to cancel the show due to less than enthusiastic ticket sales.
50% ain’t bad, but we prefer to play….
