Well America, Here we come

I am going to keep this Diary as uncensored as I can.  I may sound like a dickhead or a bitch sometimes in this diary, but I mean well and I haven't been writing in my journal lately so at least I can read this when I'm an old man and laugh.  Don't judge me, here I go...

The Boas are going on an actual tour this summer, I can barely believe it.  I've had some version of the live band since 2008 and I could rarely even book a show on a weekend in Long Beach let alone imagine myself on a tour.  Past couple months lately I kind of thought I was pretty much dead in music.  I could never really figure out why I couldn't get much going for me or the band,  people would like my recordings and I made sure we were always on time for gigs, I don't know... I just could not get an email reply from any of the decent venues around where I lived.  The only place that I felt appreciated us is a wine bar called 4th Street Vine.  But we played there like 50 fucking times and eventually you look in the mirror and think "what am I doing wrong?"  It's easier to blame others, so i blamed whoever was on drums...  It's just been a long hard time trying to get the Boas on the Road.  Some gigs were just soul crushingly bad, but for some reason i just kept playing.

All i will say is I love the Lemon Twigs and they are very special to me.  I loved them before but now they live inside of my heart.  What I'm saying is they gave me a fuckin chance! and I gotta to deliver all ive got on the stage.  They are True Friends. Anyways, I respect them.  Not only are they amazing musically, they are also so very kind.  Just 2 cool Bros in every way.

I'm nervous.  Nervous as hell.  I'm booking 30 hours at a rehearsal studio in Arizona to get the band tighter than it's ever been.  I've bought a Mini van (Honda Odyssey 2007)  I bought a new amp, My mind has become a sharp laser scanning every possible thing i could need for a tour.  In the end I just don't wanna sound like shit or have something break.  I'm checking and double checking everything in my mind.  I even bought a portable tv for the van.  It's a long journey from Mesa to Cleveland.

Anyways im tired and i think im gonna go lay down now.  I'll probably delete all this sappy shit at one point.  It's embarrassing. 

Joe