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NOTES FROM THE ROAD:



ANDREA AND NICOLLE DROVE ALL THE WAY UP FROM BALTIMORE FOR THE SHOW!

SOUNDMAN EXTRODINAIRE: BRAD

BRETT AND CAROL CAME UP FROM BALTIMORE TOO!

CHAMELEON CROWD

MORE CHAMELEON CROWD

THE LANCASTER CREW!

DAN AND DANI! (I played at their wedding last year)

THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE MARTIN

06/26/09

Just wanted to blurb about how great of a time I had last night opening for Martin. He was a super sweet, personable guy and complimentary. Of course his set was incredible! One of the funny parts of the night is when I showed up for sound check with all my effects and such...and then there he is...just one guitar, one mic and one amazing voice!! And, he sounded like a true one man band. It was great just to be able to watch him. My only sadness was that he didn't give me any sort of shout out as the opening act...but I suspect that he may have forgotten my name...oh well. It was still a great time and he graciously agreed to do a pic with me.

I had a blast doing my set. It was just so frickin' great to be on a big stage with a big sound system, lights and an incredible crowd at The Chameleon. I was also doing some twists on my set like jammin' out the end of SOME MORE with some loop action (I'm finally learning how to use the damn thing) and enjoyed the preceding morph of 99 RED BALLOONS into it. Also great to play BRITTANY again...even though it was the "slower" song of the evening.

Here's the set list:
3 AGAIN
ITTY BITTY
99 RED BALLOONS/SOME MORE
BRITTANY
CHOOSING MATTER/SIR DUKE
MOUNTAIN

These sort of shows are the sublime for me: the chance to not be a bar singer providing white noise and covers and instead really get to shine and do my own thing. I'm grateful for the opportunity.

Special thanks to all my friends from Baltimore and MD who came up: Jean, Brett and Carol, Andrea and Nicolle and the Lancaster crew: Sue, Jimmy and Dan, Mike, Colette, MJ, Becky and Jess, Nate, Craig and Kumiko, Smiller, Mat-tthhewwwww, Sue and Jamie, and Dan and Dani.

Thanks for reading.
Damion

w/Ryan and Matt @ Brew and Bean-Tallahassee, FL



w/Brandy and crew @ Drunken Monkey-Orlando, FL




w/Silver,Martika,Martine,Curtis,Cara & Liz @ Drunken Monkey-Orlando, FL




Drunken Monkey again



w/Justine and Stacy @ Drunken Monkey-Orlando, FL

w/The Town Ground Crew-Newport Richey, FL

PONTIFICATION AND EDIBLES

If we enlist in the bliss of auspicious opportunity and season it with stalwart dalliance...then goddam it, something good's bound to eventually happen - I always say (ok, so I don't always say that, but it seems apropos for the end of this tour). I always hear famous bands say something like (again please forgive my busted quotations key on my keyboard...) yeah, by the time we got into the 2nd or 3rd week of the tour it seems like (musically) things started really coming together. Or, I heard someone say the other night, we are playing these songs better now than when we first wrote and recorded them because we've had time to rehearse and perform them live more.

Well, I adamantly concur. We all know that I'm at the bottom rung of the touring ladder...there are no contracts, few guarantees...I'm lucky that if when I show up at the venue they still know I'm coming...much less have my posters up. But even with us peons in the chain, these truths are universal across the board. When you're on the road performing to new faces and personalities every night you just hope that if nothing else you will be able to reach one or two people who will respond to your music favorably....not just in the way where the artist's self-gratuitousness is getting its rocks off, but preferably in a manner where the methodology is organically providing something inherently good for the listener and performer both...perhaps creating an audio-spiritual synergy, if you will. You can't please everyone, but at this point in my life if I can please one Ill take it!

Friday night at Java Monkey in Orlando, FL was a delicious event. Not only was I intoxicated all night from the aromas of Chef John's kitchen, but I had loved ones and their loved ones show for the show. Thanks so much to Brandy (who I met at a show in D.C. who came out and brought her crew), Curtis, Cara, Elizabeth, Silver, Martine, Martika, Stacy and Justine. It was a fun show for me and I was pretty proud of my performance.

Saturday was the ultimate show of the tour and took place at Town Ground in Newport Richey, FL. There was an intense amount of dubiousness heavy in the air when I first arrived to load in - nobody was there, my posters weren't up, they had just been through an ownership change and nobody seemed to know if there was music that night, etc....It grumped me out a little at first. But eventually my old man ways were washed away by the persistent amicability of Jackie, the barista girl, and the good crowd that eventually showed. There wasn't a big crowd by any means, but the guys that were there were really fantastic to me and I had such a great time! George and his family came in and so did Donna and Renee. Special shout outs to my skater buddies who were hangin in the back at the beginning of the show. My set last night was something like this:

ITTY BITTY
3 AGAIN
GET UP GET OVER
SMALL MUSEUM
BE YOUR MAN
DO THE MATH
WRAP YOU UP
TREASURE
CARRY ME
CHOOSING MATTER

ENCORE: BEAUTIFUL BETHANY BARISTA GIRL

Well now on to the real important stuff - eating!....I've been trying my best to eat well on this tour, although after shoveling down Mama G's scrumptious ravioli on Wednesday night I've been fighting heavy food urges. So to celebrate the end of the tour, I will be indulging in a feast of edibles that perhaps aren't so good for you, but taste mighty damn fine!! Then, it's back to the gym when I get home on Wednesday....

Thank you all so much for staying tuned in during TOUR DE SOUTH ALA 2009. Special thanks to Webmaster Horn for keeping the site updated (check him out a WWW.HORNOGRAPHICS.COM) and to everyone who came to the shows.

Love,
Damion

w/Christine and Ryan @ Mama G's-Clayton,GA





w/Michele Gaglio and crew @ Mama G's-Clayton, GA





w/Fletcher, Nebula, and Christine @ Mama G's-Clayton, GA


VERY VERY VERY VERY FUN!

Wednesday night at Mama G's in Clayton, GA was a blast!! Clayton (also where Deliverance was filmed) was filled to the rim with cool people, not to mention cool Italian food, at Mama G's. Papa G, Mama G, Mickey G, and the rest were a great bunch! I got to see my old roommate, Christine, and her husband Ryan and their two boys. We got to play catch up and talk about the old days in Fredericksburg, VA. It's beautiful country down that way and everyone treated me so nicely. It was a 50/50 set of originals and covers and I was super happy that they were open to the original material. Michele Gaglio, who was the ring master, was extremely gregarious and gracious. Thanks, Michele. I ended the show on TREASURE and since a bunch of folks brought their hand-drums down we did it as a drum ensemble and it worked out pretty well considering they'd never heard the song! Then afterwards the drumming continued on for a while.

Today I had a long journey for about seven hours from Clayton to Tallahassee. I was having to do a little slap face to stay awake but I made it and hit a pretty cool Cuban restaurant down here...fried plantains-yum yum!! This is my first time in Florida's capital and I like the vibe here. Ryan, one of the owners, agreed to let me play here at Brew and Bean Coffee last minute after my show in Savannah fell through and he too has been extremely cool. I was playing to all college students who I must admit were extremely responsive and appreciative despite being in the middle of studying. I was a bit surprised but grateful.

I've had tons of song ideas while on the road, but none of them completed. When I get home I'll begin the transcription process from my tape recorder. One song I'm thinking about is a Heckler Song. My friend Curtis Earth suggested it -for some reason last month brought all of the assholes out of hibernation, and some of them to my gigs...so we figured having a prepared song response to such animus would be a good survival tactic.

Now after a very long day I'm very wound up but hoping to settle in soon. I really want to thank all of you who've been reading and staying in touch from the road. Friday I'm in Orlando and Saturday Newport Richey.

Damion

w/sarah @ Java Monkey-Decatur, GA




w/jim,melissa,kathleen @ Java Monkey-Decatur, GA

Hey Gang, just a quick update from the road. I'm outside Atlanta at a Panera (one day I'm going to write a book about knowing the hot-spots to frequent in order to use the internet, cheap food, pottie, etc..). Last night I performed at the Java Monkey in Decatur. Even though it was an under-attended and apathetic crowd who sat miles away from the music, I was fortunate to have Melissa, Kathleen, Jim and Sarah come down and hang out. They really helped save the night and it was great to briefly catch up with Melissa and Sarah. I knew Melissa from when she used to live in PA and I grew up with Sarah and her brother, John in Ashland, VA.

Despite the trend of this tour continuing to be fairly low key, I really had a great time performing last night. I think, musically speaking, I did my best performance yet....also just shook things up a bit more with some experimentation. I did a funky, slowed down version of 3 Again, and even performed Sandwich Man at the behest of Melissa. She also wanted to hear Beside Me and Reckoning, but I sadly hadn't played those songs very much in a while and so I didn't feel prepared enough to whip them out on the fly. I told her, that I think she, her friend John, and my Mom, were the only ones who liked those songs so that's sort of why I had semi-retired them. It was flattering she wanted to hear them, though. I had fun playing some of my new tunes for her since it had been a couple of years since her move to GA.

Heading on up to the Mountains here in a few minutes to play at Mama G's. I'm looking forward to it and seeing my old friends, Christine and Ryan, and meeting the very sweet and accomodating Michele Gaglio.

Thanks for reading and looking at the pics,

Damion

w/Morgan @ Acoustic Cafe-Johnson City, TN



w/Lynne-owner of Quotations Coffee-Brevard, NC




w/Caroline in Weaverville, NC

I SAW A TURTLE...

...and I don't think he was too impressed with yours truly. Somewhere near Lynchburg the other day I pulled off at a rest stop. I saw a rather mature turtle wanting to cross the road, so I slowed down and beeped. When I came back five minutes later, he had already crossed the road and was making his away alongside the parapet. I stopped to give him a friendly human warning to be careful and he/she looked at me as if to say "Shut up, I know what the hell I'm doing!" So I mosied onward, sort of humbled and humored by Sir/Madam turtle's indignancy.

Sunday I did the cruise to Johnson City, TN through Boone, NC up through the Tennessee Blue Ridge and its illustrious lakes. I performed for a polite crowd at Acoustic Coffee House. The show was actually broadcast as an internet radio show which I didn't realize was happening til I got there for set up. Isaac and Morgan were especially gracious. Isaac loved the talk box action on GET UP GET OVER.

Monday morning I went down to Weaverville to meet my buddy, Caroline. Caroline is quite the hiker and so she took me on a brief jaunt up part of a mountain. It was a beautiful day surrounded by the sanguine greenery of Mother Earth. Couldn't stay long 'cause the show at Quotations in Brevard was at 4pm. This was my 3rd show at Quotations - a great coffee shop in downtown owned and operated by Lynne Montague. Lynne has always been great to me. When touring, some of the most difficult dates to fill are Mondays. Lynne has always been gracious about letting me perform there on Mondays. It honestly wasn't my best performance...it was one of those days where I felt like I had two left feet, and two left hands for that matter. Still, I pulled off a few good moments and sold some cds. Thanks to everyone who was there!

Set List this afternoon:
-BE YOUR MAN
-SMALL MUSEUM
-GET UP GET OVER
-BEAUTIFUL BETHANY BARISTA GIRL
-MOUNTAIN
-TREASURE
-3 AGAIN
-DO THE MATH
-ITTY BITTY
-97
-CHOOSING MATTER
-BESSIE
-CARRY ME

I don't play CARRY ME much in my set, so it was kind of fun just to throw it in for a change. Although it was probably the Hit (imagine quotations around Hit because my quotations key is broken) from my first CD I became burnt out on it for a few years.

One of the cool things about traveling through a lot of these small southern towns is just seeing remnants of the old south still around (meaning bbq joints, old general stores, the nature, sweet tea, etc) and a lot of the more new age/revived downtowns featuring a real eclectic mix of folks-hippies, new agers, rich folks, transplanted professionals, etc that bring new ideas and enhanced old ideas. It's been very cool trekking off the beaten path a lot on this tour. When I left Brevard, it was still early so I got to take some backroads down thru NC, SC and into GA, where I am now.

My neighbor, Melissa, commented that I'm all about the food and I think shes right...I am an unsophisticated foodie. On this tour I'm trying to watch my boyish figure so I'm trying to go to Subway and eat salads.....not where I really want to be eating (bbq, fried chicken and the myriad of pastries I keep running into). Alas, I shall wait til next Sunday when the tour is done to indulge in my lustful food fancies.

Thanks for reading and to those of you who've been staying in touch while Im out on the road!

Damion

SOUTHBOUND



w/Heather and Meghan @ Good Cherry-Forest, VA




Ahh Sisters! @ Good Cherry-Forest, VA



Baristas Extrodinaire, John and Jen @ Good Cherry, Forest, VA



First CD Purchase of Tour!



w/Joyce-owner of Diversity Den, Concord, NC



Jeanie and Roshita @ Diversity Den, Concord, NC


As I whipped around the D.C. beltway over to 66 and hooked around to 29 S. bound on Friday, I realized that I was not feeling musically or emotionally prepared for this tour…even more than usual - I hadn’t rehearsed as much as I wanted and my mindset was not focused on being away for two weeks. Still, when I arrived at my first show in Forest, VA, I was really grateful for the opportunity to play there and the good people I met.

It was a slow night by most standards, yet some good folks stayed around and heard a set. I didn’t get to meet all of them, but the sisters and Heather, Meghan and Pam were all super cool, as well as Baristas John and Jen. (John made a killer chocolate milk and Jen hooked me up with some super duper goodies). Heather was my first CD purchase of the tour (please see posted pics). Her favorite songs were Be Your Man and 3 Again. Meghan said she loved Itty Bitty.

As some of you know, I make most of my living playing at bars and private events where the format is 80% covers, with a few originals mixed in. The reason for such being is that this pays the bills. The coffee shop gigs and tours give me the chance to play shows where I feature most of my own songs, yet the compensation is usually considerably less. The reason I make mention of this is to preface the mental and emotional adjustment I go through in my head. I love, love, love the chance that I get to perform my originals and that there are folks willing to listen. Still, ironically, it takes a bit to fall back into a groove of playing a full set of my own stuff. I always joke with the crowds about how uncomfortable it is having people actually listening to me because I'm so used to getting tuned out at bars. I usually in turn receive a smart-ass (but well intended) comment from an audience member that helps lighten things up and bring a laugh.

Saturday I made my way back out to 29 after a brief stop at Best Buy to pick up a usb cord for my camera (I left the other at home). After having lived away from Virginia for so long, it was nice to be reminded of how beautiful it is as I sailed thru Danville over the North Carolina border. It was also nice to see that as I sailed further south some people seemed to be just a little more friendlier….something that I hate to say I find lacking in Baltimore and surrounding parts. Oh, and I also saw a Golden Skillet!! Does anybody remember that? They were around Richmond when I was a kid…brought back some memories.

I arrived in Concord for my show at Diversity Den and started setting up around 6. Joyce, the owner, is a trip! She was there with her friend Jeannie and then later some of her friends from out of town came by and so did Roshita. Unfortunately no one else showed, so the set was brief. I hung out with Roshita, Jeannie and Joyce for a while before I packed up and headed over to the local IHOP where I am presently. I played ITTY BITTY, SMALL MUSEUM, BE YOUR MAN, GET UP GET OVER, 97, WRAP YOU UP, and FREESTYLE/SIR DUKE (not in that order). I've been focusing so much this past year on writing material geared toward Nashville and publishing that I've fallen a bit short in writing new stuff to feature out at my own shows. So I revived an old song I've been enjoying performing again called DON’T SELL OUT OF HER.

Thank you to everyone who sent well wishes along. I hope you will keep checking back for updates. I'm a little dry in wit and banter tonight, but I'll try and make it more exciting as the week progresses.

Thanks for reading,
Damion

UPDATES

I just wanted to let all of you ITUNES fans know that the new re-mix of HOW I LOVE MY MARYLAND is now currently available for download here. We remixed it at the end of 2008 and threw in a new bass line...sounds pretty phat. Hope you can check it out.

Copies are now available at THE RED TREE in Baltimore:

921 W 36th St
Baltimore, MD 21211
(410) 366-3456

Thanks for reading,
Damion

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