Jun
29
2012

Rumble In The Tumbleweeds

The Open Road, Hotel Congress & Some Rock N' Roll

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(Posted Under: Travel, Music Music, Tempe Music Scene Tempe Music Scene, Live Shows)
This is the weekend. End. Begin.

And the beginning of a fairly long one for us, since we've taken Monday and Tuesday off next week, which combined with the July 4th holiday, gives us a 5 day weekend. Which started the moment we got out of work. Rather than going home, we were headed south down the I-10, destination: Tucson.

Just being out on the open road was pretty awesome. At least until we hit perpetual road work on the I-10. That section of highway is just like that on the way to Geelong - always under construction.

On hitting Tucson, our first stop was at Wendy's for some food, then down to Congress. We were greeted with many roads being closed off for work on the street car line. Including Congress Street, which made getting to the Congress Hotel interesting and prompted some driving around in circles. In Phoenix that would have driven me absolutely nuts. In Tucson, not so much. But we finally made it to the hotel, checked in, devored our somewhat cold and chewy dinner, then headed down to Club Congress.

Photobox ImageTonight's show was a mix of Tempe and Tucson bands - our boys The Persuaders and Tramps & Thieves, and Four Killer Flats and Greyhound Soul from Tucson. Good times. I made a comment to Katie that the singer from Four Killer Flats looked like the new bass player for Silverbell. "That's because he is the bass player for Silverbell". [wink] They were the only act I didn't know, and I was quite impressed by them. Tramps closed out their second set in fine form, with a one hell of a rockin' version of Porcupine Jacket.

Photobox ImageIt was pretty nice being able go up to bed after the show. It's the first time in the past three years we've seen a show in Tucson and not driven back to Phoenix right after. Pretty nice. As was staying at Congress and not having a fractured shoulder as I did the last time I stayed here in 2006.
Now Playing: Silverbell - The One Before

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