Saturday 16th March

Austin - Day 2

We all woke early (a little nervous maybe), and went to breakfast at Denny’s. John picked up the cheque, which was great of him. It’s just dawned on me that Eric is leaving the tour tomorrow to head back to LA. I think that I speak for all of us when I say that we’ll really miss him. He, out of all our American friends, is the one we are closest to. He’s like another member of the band.

We rest all day and leave for sound-check at 6.00pm. The club we are playing is called the District Bar & Grill. It’s on 6th Street in Austin, which is where all the main places are to play. We eat at the bar and John then disappeared for a bit. When he came back, he tells me that he’s just been to the club where ‘Ash’ are playing tonight. He went on to say that the band who are supporting Ash were sound-checking and looked/sounded good. "Chick on guitar, guy playing a Flying V and a drummer with a mohawk". "John", I say, "that is Ash!"

Our show was full of energy. There were a few tech problems, but I think everyone enjoyed themselves. The guys from Red Eye liked it a lot, which I was most pleased about. St Patrick’s day tomorrow!

Ant