Tour Diary - Chula Vista

[Cour]

San Diego (Chula Vista) 06/23/2004

June 23, 2004
San Diego (Chula Vista)

Ok, I would normally wait until there were at least two shows to talk about, but my brain seems to be working again, and there was plenty of action and antics in San Diego last night so it get it’s own report.

We stayed at the W Hotel in San Diego. If you’ve never stayed at a W, I highly recommend it. They’re a little too hip for their own good, but the beds are the best beds you’ll ever sleep in. Every time we stay there I find no reason good enough to get out of bed before 2 in the afternoon. So I didn’t. Had dinner and coffee with a friend, and got back in bed at 9. Now that’s what I call I good day off.

About an hour before the show our promoter called me on the radio to tell me that concessions was selling funnel cakes and churros (I know, I need help...I’m an addict.) So I took orders, and headed out to the food stands. I purchased a few churros, handed some out to our lighting guys who were on their way up to the spotlights, and started to eat one myself. They were cold and stale. I was angry, but my spirits were still high, as I knew there were funnel cakes in my future. I bought 4 funnel cakes...for $32!!!!! That’s absurd. But anyway, I stacked up my cakes and proudly toted them backstage. I dropped one off for our tour manager and headed to the dressing rooms to bring Karen one. We dug in, and upon first bite, we were utterly disappointed. They were disgusting. Soggy and oily and undercooked. I could have cried. I tried a few more bites, refusing to believe that my funnel cake experience had been ruined...but alas, it had. Our two security guards and Mick’s assistant told me I had to bring them back, I didn’t want to, I hate returning things. They asked me how much I paid for them, I told them $32. After they were finished making fun of me, and after their laughter subsided, they insisted I return them. So I stacked the cakes up again and headed back out to concessions where I politely requested a refund. They only gave me a refund for three of them, since the fourth was half eaten. Wicked, cruel world this is. So, in the end, I was out 8 bucks for nothing. Bad funnel cake experience. As you can tell, I’m very shaken by it. Thank you for letting me vent, I feel much better now. OK! On with the show!

There was a very small putting green at the gig, which Mick noticed immediately as they arrived, he went in and got his golf club out of his case and hit a few balls before the show.

And check this out...I remember last night so well that I can even tell you about it in chronological order...Woo hoo!

Crickets roll, the band comes out and Chain starts. About ten seconds in to the song, Stevie looks over at me and makes a motion with her hands like she’s taking a picture. I’m usually very good at reading her show speak, which consists of lip reading and charades, but I had no idea what she was talking about. She was smiling so I knew it wasn’t a dire situation, but she kept doing it...our keyboard tech and I start discussing what she could possibly mean. We came up with a million detailed interpretations. I asked her after the show what she was doing, she said the sunset was really pretty and she wanted someone to take a picture. Are you kidding me? I sat there stressed out for 5 songs about what it is you wanted, and all you wanted was a picture of the frickin’ sunset? Yes. Grrrr.

Stevie had all of her hair up for Sara, and it looked so beautiful. It was especially cool because in the Tusk footage that plays on the screen behind her she has her hair all up in a bun, so it was kind of a “then and now” moment. She also had a new top on for Beautiful Child, a sparkly black three quarter length sleeve. It was lovely.

Speaking of Beautiful Child....About halfway through the song, I see a guy start to climb up on stage on Lindsey’s side. It always takes a minute for it to register that someone is actually climbing on to the stage, but as soon as it clicked I start yelling at our security guard and pointing. I’m yelling and pointing and yelling and pointing, but our security has his head turned in order to hear what someone is saying...by this time the guy has made it on stage and is standing between Lindsey and Stevie, with a hand on each of their shoulders and he’s just singing along to Beautiful Child! Linds and Stevie just went about their business, playing and singing, and then, unfortunately for the stage jumper, our security guard tackled him and escorted him off the stage. After the song was over Stevie giggled and said “whoever he was, I just want you all to know he had a very gentle touch...it was like there was a ghost behind me...for a few seconds there he was almost in the band.” The reason why this guy got to stay on stage for so long is that he actually looked a lot like our monitor engineer, so for a second, everyone just thought there must have been something wrong with the monitors. How funny is that? I asked Stevie about it after the show, and she said the same thing, she thought is was our monitor guy, that there was something wrong with the sound and that she was going to just keep singing until he told her what to do. Oh man, good times.

Later that night on the bus, we were watching a recording of the show and we fast forwarded to the stage jumping moment. We played Stevie’s reaction in slow motion when she realized that the guy standing next to her was a total stranger. Hysterical. We kept freeze framing her expression of confusion, and then we would do commentary on what she must have been thinking. “Um, who are you?” But I have to say, the girl didn’t miss a beat!

As the show was ending and Mick was saying his goodnights, I looked over and Lindsey had a green cowboy hat on. He’s such a goof ball. He was running back and forth, trying to leave the stage, but not wanting to leave anyone out of an autograph or a handshake, he finally ran off stage and as Mick was leaving he grabbed a woman’s Buckingham Nicks album to take backstage to be signed. I had to fight the security guards off from kicking her out while she waited for someone to bring it back. When they brought it back out Stevie had signed it, but she seemed really sad that Lindsey hadn’t signed it too. She was very nice and was so appreciative and I knew the band was all still there, so I took it back to LB and gave him a Sharpie. When I brought it out to her, she was so happy, she couldn’t believe I had just gone back there and gotten him to sign it. It was nice to be able to do that for her, she wouldn’t stop thanking me. It was very sweet.

There was a meet and greet after the show and usually management will gather up Mick, John and Lindsey and as soon as all the boys are ready, they’ll go in and get Stevie. (After all, she is the lady of the band, and we all know you never keep a lady waiting.) But last night Lindsey had a few of the members from his Out Of The Cradle band there, and he was busy socializing. When Lindsey is socializing, heaven help the person who has to go pull him away. Well, last night, that person was me. Our tour manager looked at me and said “I’m going to get Stevie, you get LB, we’re ready.” OH NO! How did I get stuck with this? Ugh. I headed in to the dressing room with a firm attitude, I wasn’t going to take no for an answer, I was going in there with a mission, I would go in alone, and I would come out with Lindsey...I would use physical force if I had to. “Excuse me, I’m sorry, Linds, we gotta go. Lindsey, meet and greet, they’re all waiting. Um, Linds, say your goodbyes, we’re late. Lindsey, please.” I tug on his shirt a little, he just smiles and puts his arm around me like I’m there for my health. I call our tour manager on the radio. “I don’t have LB. I repeat, I need at least 2 minutes.” Five times Lindsey says his goodbye to people and looks like he’s leaving, but right as we get him in the doorway he goes back in. He faked me out at least 5 times.

The funniest part? When we finally did get him out in the hallway, John said he needed to grab something out of the dressing room, and as he walked by me, he winked. He didn’t need anything out of the dressing room...just his little joke to point out how long they had waited for Lindsey. God I love this band.

It was a good night. Bad funnel cake and all.

Next stop: Fresno.

CB

[Les]

Hmm, I wonder who was there from the Cradle band?

[tynan88]

I'm guessing they were disussin getting together for the GOS World Tour at the beginnning of next year

Tynan

[GardenStateGirlie]

I'd like to say once again, I love the Cory Buck. Her tour diaries are getting even more hysterical...looove them!

[Violet]

Originally Posted by Cour

She was very nice and was so appreciative and I knew the band was all still there, so I took it back to LB and gave him a Sharpie.

At least she didn't sign it herself!
I love these diaries. It's been said before, but Cory rocks!

Carol

[MirrorInTheSky]

Originally Posted by Violet

At least she didn't sign it herself!
I love these diaries. It's been said before, but Cory rocks!

Carol

I was fortunate enough to meet Cory at the Houston concert. Very cool chick, and she has some awesome tatoos on her back!

[dontlookdown]

nice fantasy.
have you thought about writing romance novels?

[dissention]

Lord, I hope that those concert tapes get leaked sometime in the future.

[amber]

Originally Posted by MirrorInTheSky

I was fortunate enough to meet Cory at the Houston concert. Very cool chick, and she has some awesome tatoos on her back!

If anyone else meets Cory, ask her how she got that job. I'm so jealous, cause she lives in San Fran, and I live in Oakland, so since she lives close it makes it seem more like I could have a job like that. Like "ooo, i'm sooo close to getting that job! All I have to do is drive over the Bay Bridge and I'll have it!"