Bluegrass jambouree Tour Blog - Thursday 10th December

Great show yesterday at the Amerika haus in Munich – I know we speak for all the bands in thanking the promoter Philip for his fantastic culinary skills – we all had a beautiful home made thai/asian type meal; beef and carrots in ginger for the carnivorous and tofu with vegetables for the veggies. Best food so far without a doubt the fresh coriander and thai basil rocked! A shot of Jack Daniels for all before the encore ensured a great end to the show! The Wednesday evening after show party literally reached new heights, when a complete stranger scaled the side of the hotel to reach our balcony. He was eventually ejected, though the partied continued with 2 huge bottles of red wine appearing along with 2 plates of Stollen cake, Yum! We also got to see Mike and Megan's brand new baby Luca on skype, ah the wonders of modern technology.

After a late start Thursday morning due to oversleeping from several musicians, (who were not hung over in the slightest) we travelled all day to Darmstadt, where the gig was in a very cool looking cavern-esque bar called the Jagd Hof Keller. The back stage area was tiny, and with a very weird pungent odour. However, the most amusing part about this venue was the motion activated door that lead from the backstage area to literally the middle of the stage – needless to say it was accidentally set off several times to great comic effect during people’s sets! Post show much brie and freshly baked bread was consumed – Hannah and Woody managing to plough through 3 bottles of Cote du Rhone, while Steve and Carl both had just a wee drop of whisky.
Another nice hotel, party not quite as extreme as all the bands are beginning to feel the strain of the weird routine we have got into: early start, long bus journey, sound check, do the show, party, then go to bed late and do it all over again!