il gato SXSW Tour - Day 10 - 12 hour drive to Santa Fe, NM from Dallas, TX
A whole lot of driving.
il gato SXSW Tour - Day 8 - Denton
3rd show of the day on a rooftop bar in Denton with a warm breeze and the full moon above.
il gato SXSW Tour - Day 8 - Paste/Crawdaddy Live Performance
Early 10am show with a weak voice. Nonetheless a lot of fun. This should go live soon.
il gato SXSW Tour - Day 6 & 7
Show at El Mercado, across the street from the wonderful, amazing Torchy’s Tacos (Deep-fried avocado tacos!).
il gato SXSW Tour - Day 5 - Austin
First day at SXSW we arrive just in time for 1pm show at Skinny’s Ballroom. Free beer, nice people, good times.
Starting Day 3 in Arizona heading for New Mexico.
Leaving California and entering Arizona on 2nd day of tour.
Leaving San Francisco on the first day of tour.
“You guys were my favorite act all day!”
il gato SXSW Tour - Day 4
Show at RV park in Ft. Stockton.
“You guys are awesome! You sound like Flogging Molly and I love Flogging Molly!”
il gato SXSW Tour- Day 3
A break from driving by the Rio Grande in Las Cruces, New Mexico
il gato SXSW Tour - Day 1 & 2
Sunset from a roof in LA and shots of the Leftover House in Phoenix
Tracking at Studio SQ for our new EP, All those Slippery Things! The studio time is in thanks to you for allowing us to win the San Francisco Deli Artist of the Month.
Tour starts at 8am tomorrow!
Finishing up all the last details for our SXSW tour: CDs, T-shirts, posters, stickers, video cameras, iPods, places to sleep, things to eat, which instruments will fit, which friends we can see, which RV Park is our show in, where is that lost capo/hat/etc., drummer flying in from Hungary, how to sleep in a van, comfiest sleeping pad for floors, 4 shirts or 5, costumes?, do I really have enough money to do this?, raincoat or tough it out?, and many more.
Please keep an eye out as we will be updating the site with videos, pictures, quotes, stories and more. Tell your friends to say “Hi” to us in LA, Phoenix, Dallas, Austin, Denton, Santa Fe, Tucson and San Diego. Thanks to Oakland and the New Parish for getting the tour started!
“I have more crazy stories then can be told in one sitting.”
