Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Montpelier and Chambery (and cockroaches)

We arrived at the venue in Montpellier to hospitality and an awesome bar.  The stage was in the basement and it was TINY.  Probably the smallest room I've ever seen a band play in.  It was the type of venue where it would feel full if there were 15 people there.  Our meal consisted of pizza from down the street but when we looked closer there were cockroaches running across our pizza boxes.  It turned out the entire venue was infested with them.  We had to look through all of our gear when we packed up and knock off cockroaches.  Once again we were put up by lovely folks who gave us food and coffee in the morning.  And we headed out for Chambery...

The venue was one of the best we've played.  The other acts were Greg Doh and Greg Laraigne (with his band).  Both of these guys are awesome and if you haven't heard of them you should check them out. They're both based in Geneva and write good, heartfelt songs.  The show went well and we had great conversation with a tattoo artist from NYC named Joy.  She told us all about suspending herself on hooks and all sorts of other interesting stuff.

Chambery also happened to have some of the most beautiful mountains surrounding it I've ever seen.  But thats become somewhat of a pattern in the days that have followed Chambery

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