Apr22
Way behind on blogging. Too busy, working on crunk roost, no internet, having fun, rocking out, laughing at things Vaughn says like…”I think I’ve grown more chest hair on this tour guys.”
Boise tonight, played Kilby Court last night…tiny little place but cool vibe. The Devil Whale was amazing. Bought lots of cd’s at Groovacious in cedar city…Little Honey, Face Control, Beware…all awesome. Looking forward to being closer to home. It’s hard being so far away and feeling like nothing is happening as a result of playing these shows and people don’t have money to buy music or even pay to get into shows. But it’s all fun because we are kind of strangely on the same tour schedule as our friend David Bazan and get to hang out with him before and after his house shows and our funny bar shows. He’s been counselling me on booking tactics and telling us lots of stories about playing in weird places and going through rough patches. We all shared some amazing truffle pie at village inn last night. Who would’ve thunk? It was super tastylicious.
here’s a fun photo from our hang times in Denver. More soon…crunk roost is finally done. Check out these cool kids. Still trying to figure out a name for the band…Karli Fairbanks and the….???? Suggestions?
Apr17
So, I’m working really hard in my mind to be positive right now, which will lead me to a very short blog post because I only have a few positive things to say. Hopefully when I feel a bit more ready I will explain more about our long day that ended very abruptly. But for now I will leave the glass half full…
Positive thing number one: Vaughn Wood is really funny. He likes Phil Collins a lot and today he asked me if cucumbers are pickles.
Positive thing number two: I love playing with a band.
Positive thing number three: I have some extra time to work on Crunk Roost because our Denver show got canceled and we are stuck in a blizzard in Dillon, CO and all the highways are closed.
Positive thing number four: Getting stuck in a blizzard with cool people like Caleb, Vaughn and Henry isn’t so bad.
Hopefully none of our other shows coming up will be canceled and hopefully we can get out of here safely tomorrow.
Apr16
Shows 2 and 3 of tour were not my favorite ever. But our friends, Noah and Kate welcomed us in Boise and we had dinner at a really cool restaraunt that had a trailer trash theme. Complete with lawn ornaments, shower curtains and picnic table cloths. We made the trek to Utah to play a show in the sweet little mountain town near Salt Lake called Park City. It’s still covered in snow and feels like a very wealthy area. I thought about jacking up my cd prices for the night, but the thought passed pretty quickly I guess. We ate some pizza at a place that had tons of banjos on the walls and that was cool.
After dinner Henry and I sent on the local radio station and played a few songs to promote tonight’s show. We also noticed that my face was very large in the front of the music picks in the City Weekly paper, followed by a sweet write up just above the Black Lips and Franz Ferdinand (whoa!!!@%&#^!). Thanks Jamie!
“Karli Fairbanks sounds like she’s been down this road before—and that one … and that one, too! The Spokane artist is young in years but brings a wise-and-weary old-soul quality to her expansive folk music. A natural born storyteller with music in her blood, Fairbanks has a voice with tremendous range, gorgeous and sultry but fierce along the lines of tough-as-nails performers like Jodie Holland and Jessica Lea Mayfield. On her second full-length album The Breaking Up Our Days, produced by Kory Kruckenburg (Damien Jurado, J. Tillman), she hints at wounds buried deep beneath the flesh but maybe nothing that a little sweet tea or whiskey won’t fix. Fairbanks will round out her multi-instrumental skills (guitar, accordion, piano) with a solid backing band tonight in Park City and again on Tuesday at Kilby Court.” from the City Weekly by Jamie Gaudette
Tonight we are playing at an amazing venue called Downstairs. Rumor has it that one of the cast members of That 70’s Show is a part owner…and the celebrity backing shows. The sound system is amazing, great lights and beautifully designed space. We are feeling pretty awesome to play here.
Long drive to Denver tomorrow where we will play the Meadowlark. Playing with the band continues to be a joy each night and Henry and Vaughn’s sets are always sounding good.
Oh, and I almost forgot, I made it into the Buzzworthy band list in the Inlander this year. Cool! Check out all the cool articles on the 6 bands that were voted in. www.inlander.com
