San Luis Obispo county line, the home stretch.
After being on the road for six long, exciting, tedious, adventurous, close-quartered, smelly, rocking, hot, cold, quiet, loud, extremely loud, mustached, bored, stimulated, back-breaking, fattening, drunken, chaotic, friend-making, stuff-losing, equipment-breaking weeks, the drive home never seemed so short.
Girlfriends, Mexican food, the ocean, Firestone beer, our own beds, friends, family, the perfect weather, there were so many things they were looking forward to.
The post-tour depression syndrome, or P.T.D.S. as it’s known in the industry, typically only lasts for about a week. After two or three weeks they’ll all be comfortably adjusted back into our regular lives and monotonous schedules.
And wondering why they ever came back.


September 10th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Welcome back!!!!!
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Professional musicians have regular lives?