Saturday, June 20, 2009

Grand Rapids, MI

I got in late last night. My flight was delayed 3 hours due to rain & lightning in MIchigan. There was some serious turbulence too. However, I made it safe & sound. I wasn't with the boys the past few days due to a family matter. They we're coming from Telluride, CO yesterday... but never made it. Had they stuck with commercial travel they would've never made it in time to play the gig today. Luckily, we know people; Kenny Chesney sent his private jet to pick them up & fly them from Denver to Grand Rapids this morning. What a great guy!
Since United Airlines was in possession of their luggage, we had to stop by a department store & buy clothes for everyone. We eventually settled on matching, black Dickies work clothes - not unlike a mechanic's uniform. We rocked that in the heat today. Even though there was two other acts after us, they shut the show down for the day. Due to the abundance of rain over the past 4 days in Michigan, the damn busted open in Lansing & the river flooded & filled the parking lot with 3+ feet of water. We were lucky to get out of there unscathed.
Looking forward to Fathers' Day tomorrow. We have some fun family stuff looming. I could use some sleep...