2 shows, 3 turkeys.

i’m sitting in a small brooklyn apartment, waiting for my girlfriend to finish studying her knife skills (she just started culinary school here in nyc) so we can catch up on ‘top chef’ and ‘mad men’ – so, i thought i’d write a little bit; chronicling the past few weeks since i wrote last…

last weekend i was excited to be asked to come up to my hometown of chicago to open a show for one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Greg Laswell. sam and i drove up the day of and played at one my new favorite venues, SPACE in evanston, IL. the show went really well and then greg invited us to help him out with some recording for his new record the next day. of course we accepted and spent the following afternoon tracking guitars, vocals, etc for some acoustic b-sides due out this spring. one of my favorite weekends of 2009, by far.

the next day, we headed back to nashville so that i could meet up the rest of the Ten out of Tenn gang for christmas tour rehearsals. we had 2 really solid days of practice and it made me really excited to hit the road with this group next week. i’m the new guy this time and the youngest as well, so i am very much looking forward to learning a lot from every one and am extremely flattered to have been offered the spot. please check out www.10outoftenn.com and come out to one of the shows if you can!!

2 days later my roomates, lorien, and i gathered twenty of our closest friends and held a nashville ‘friendsgiving’ a good week before the actual holiday. i guess i just love thanksgiving and literally jump at the opportunity to stuff a turkey any time of the year. so, i got on foodnetwork.com and found the best looking recipe to tackle and went to work. 3 days and 23 lbs of turkey later, we had a feast for the ages. i am fairly certain that when i return home from tour next month there will most likely still be left overs in the fridge…

the next morning – sam, eleonore, and i drove back up to chicago for another gig at uncommon ground. it was a free show in a small room so it filled to capacity very quicky and i felt terrible that there were many people who were unable to attend. but it was a very fun show, featuring very stripped down (and even a few acapella) versions of our songs. thank you to all who came.

i shared a 2nd pre-thanksgiving w/ my family and friends the next evening, caught a bears/eagles game on sunday and then arrived safely in new york city this afternoon – where i currently am. i plan to literally do nothing this week but spend time w/ loved ones and eat more turkey than 3 people should. happy holidays to you all and i hope you’re safe, well fed, and always reminded of why we celebrate such days – ab

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