Jeremy Larson

Coffee in Colorado

Last night we played in fort collins Colorado. It was a really friendly crowd, and they had some pretty amazing coffee. People don't seem to be as obsessed with coffee as I am here, or I suppose most any other place we've been for that matter. I approached the barista after the show and told her that I thought she was talented and she kind of looked at me with a face that said, "I'm not sure what you mean, but please stop talking now." I guess people here don't think of their baristas as being "artists"...

I really wanted to mention something that I noticed a long time ago. Ryan and Dan (sleeping at last) wait at their table after every show and talk to every single person that approaches them. Sometimes they will stay for hours until they've talked to every last person that wanted to meet them.  This is not normal. The rock star thing to do is to run back stage and hide from your fans in order to keep up your mystique. (yes, that's really dumb) I even remember one night recently where there was a guy that drove two hours to see the show, but got caught up in some bad weather. He missed the show. When Ryan heard this, he walk back up to the stage and played a few songs on the piano and gave the guy a little mini-concert. These are some really good people that i am sharing the stage with. I have a lot to learn from them.

Thanks for reading.

Jeremy 

On our way to Denver....

As I mentioned in the previous blog, we were supposed to drive through Salt Lake City on our way to Denver, but there were a snow storm and several roads were closed.  We decided to head back south and drive through Arizona instead, but there was a dust storm in Flagstaff and the highway was closed.  So we stayed the night there, and left this morning for Santa Fe.

 

We drove a few hours and were slowed to a stop about halfway there.  We heard on the radio that the traffic was backed up all the way across state lines.  The culprit: road construction (or in my humble opinion, horrible planning on the part of the DOT).

We spent hours looking for alternate routes and ended up blazing through dirt roads in the desert keep in mind, we are driving a van and pulling a large trailer).  We decided to turn around when we got here:

It kind of looks pretty in the picture, but I think we were very close to death.  We've had a few days off and I'm looking forward to playing in Denver tomorrow night.  Hope to see some of you there.  Thanks for reading! Jeremy

       

Travel Photos

Here are a few photos of the Hoover Dam and along our path through Nevada and Arizona. We are headed to Colorado next and will be playing at the Walnut Room. I'm looking forward to it. 

Thanks for reading, Jeremy          

Albuquerque show pics & some cute kids.

Yesterday we saw some kids playing steel drums at the mall. It was unexpected, but really cool. They were so cute! Here's a video I took of them with my phone...

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There was also some really cool upside art on the ceilings. 

And here are the guys from Sleeping At Last at the Lobo theater. It was a great venue with really kind people! We had a great time. 

Thanks for reading, Jeremy    

New Mexico

View from the van.

         

Tyler, Texas Tour Photos

Christie Dupree. 

Stacy Durpree.

Me.

Sleeping At Last.   

[photos credit: Preston Knight]

And here are a few iPhone photos with Sherri and Christie. They're great people. 

Thanks for reading, Jeremy

Tour Photos [Q Enoteca, Springfield MO]

Here are a few more photos from last night that Elsie took. If anyone out there has photos from this tour, please e-mail them to me (band@jeremylarsonmusic.com). I had a great time last night. Thanks again to everyone who came out. Thanks also to Lyle, for having us.     

Getting ready for another show tonight in OKC. Thanks for reading, Jeremy

A wonderful night!

Last night we played in my hometown of Springfield, Missouri. It was a wonderful show. Thank you to everyone who came out! I will post more photos later today. Right now we are en route to Oklahoma City. Hope to see lots of new faces at tonight's show. Jeremy

(photo by: elsie)

Tulsa show photos:

Last night we played in Tulsa at Ida Red Boutique. This is the first visit to Oklahoma where I actually
thought I could actually live there (but I know I won't). It was in a really cool little artsy district. Here are
some pictures from the show:

tonight we are playing in Springfield at Q Enoteca on commercial street. I'm pretty stoked to show the
Sleeping At Last my hometown, though none of them drink coffee, so it kind of limits my options... 

Thanks for reading, Jeremy      

Live Pics and Audio!

Sometimes it's really overwhelming to me how giving complete strangers can be.  If I'm being honest, I can't think of that many things that I do for the sake of others.  However, I am confronted- almost on a daily basis- with the fact that there are genuine people out there that are doing simple things with a kind heart, that benefit me.  There are people that send me encouraging emails, take pictures at shows, and record audio/video of shows to send to me.  So, let me just say thank you to everyone who has been doing so.  

One of those wonderful people is Mark Kennedy .  He recorded some audio from a show recently and sent me the files.  I should mention a couple of things here: 1. I was doing an acoustic show, and I'm really not much of a guitar player.  2.  Many of the songs that night were by request.  Both "Goodnight" and "The Sound Of Snow" were kind of impromptu acoustic versions.  So go easy on me....

02 Goodnight

01 The Sound Of Snow

03 Ghost

Thanks Mark!

Another one of these gracious people is Jeffery Ward.  He sent me a DVD full of pictures from a show at Gordon College.  Thanks Jeffery, these are great.

 

That's all I have for now.  Thanks for reading!

Jeremy