Blogs: Posts Tagged ‘ dean tartaglia ’

It’s early. As usual, the only one to be awake before me is Shades. We’re in LA, and he’s run off to check on some things he’s left here. That isn’t some cover for a drug run, the man actually has stuff here. I have no idea what, but, you know, the man and...
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Jamming with the Peacekeepers We woke up Tuesday morning after the St. Louis gig at the Schwab manor and made our way to the next gig with Tenacious D: Kansas City. The last time The Sights played Kansas City was on our first tour in 2000 when gas was something ridiculously affordable, like 90...
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Mr. Late Plate… Here I am, looking out the window in the catering room backstage at the Brady Theater in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The band Live is playing on the local rock radio station and it brings to mind our old manager– he used to manage Live. I have lost touch with him, but he...
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I Got me a Rock ‘n’ Roll Nurse… We arrived in Memphis at the Hi-Tone early and loaded in. After gorging on an excellent pizza on the house Kyle, Dean, Shades, and I went over to Jack Yarber‘s a few blocks away. Jack is a Memphis institution– the Oblivians, Compulsive Gamblers, Cool Jerks and whatever...
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The Ol’ Switchero… The start of the third leg with Tenacious D has me in a bed by myself, alone in a room. That is highly unusual. What is the norm is bumping into five other dudes in cramped quarters, trying to shut out their potty mouths and overall immaturity (which I am a...
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I was very excited to play Sunday night’s club gig at Union Hall in Brooklyn. The promoter, Lee Greenfeld, is an honest man, and it is always nice to play for honest bookers. The room is tiny, and holds about 100. It was a perfect night after dealing with fools in Philly. We played...
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Hello, we’re The Sights from Detroit and damn proud of it… Surprise, I am in the back of Jerry Sprinter sweating out another entry. Jerry is sailing through New Jersey at the moment, on his way to Brooklyn for tonight’s club show. I feel good for a few reasons–first, I had 8 hours of...
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I am backstage at the Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina waiting to sound check. It’s been awhile since I’ve written, so here we go. Between the first and second legs we had a little over two weeks off. In that time we played two shows in Detroit and Chicago with Reigning Sound and tried to lay...
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After Sasquatch we crawled back to Jerry Sprinter and began the first day of a two-day trek across northern America, on our way to Minneapolis. Shades and I had discussed wanting to see two places we’d been to on tours prior: the Rock Creek Lodge in Clinton, MT and the 10,000 Dollar Saloon. The Rock...
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Rosebud Well, California is behind us as we just entered Oregon for tonight’s gig in Bend with the D. I’d like to revisit a taste of the last few days’ highs. First off, I’d like to give our tour manager Shades props for being strict on the departure time. Getting all the clowns roped...
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