Hitchhiker's guide to Charlotte, NC

So, we are in Charlotte, NC. Just had a big breakfast with our dear friends Don, Laurie and Dana Koster - this rock n roll family IS the Charlotte music scene. At least what i have seen so far. Browns and Panthers are playing and our host, who moved to Charlotte from Cleveland, is rooting for both teams..  

We made some miles this week, Boston to Charlotte, North Carolina, thanks to some excellent people. To start where Lucky ended in the previous post, we played a full-band show in Boston. Thank you Nick and Harrison. We were also happy we got to hangout with the Tallahassee boys one last time before before we went to see Boy Without God play an awesome show at The Middle East.

The main character this week has been Anna Fish. We met during a Friendsgiving party and she offered to give us a ride to DC. We spent a night at her mother's house before we went to Dave and Elise's house to celebrate Thanksgiving and play a show at their house. Unfortunately I fell asleep and lost the game of Scrabble. 

Since we can't buy a car and since we haven't met anyone yet who wants to join us on the road trip, me and Robert both got greyhound passes…..everyone is telling us not to go with greyhound but right now we don't have much choice..although we didn't have to use it yet… Lovely Anna Fish decided to come with us to Fredericksburg, VA and sing harmonies. It's been a week with many surprises, for sure. From Fredericksburg we got a ride with our new friends in Friction Farm to Charlotte. So…Boston to Charlotte was quick and intense.
  
Today I am going guitar shopping, we got a guitar for Lucky but I am still looking..hm..thinking about playing a Bob Hund cover next show…have a few new songs in my head…already planning a USA full band tour next year…. been listening to the band Tulsa and the book East of Eden...we made a lot of excellent new friends this week.     


/G

Balcony TV - New York City

Balcony TV - New York

Tour Journal #4: From Bed-Stuy to Winter Hills

From Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, where sirens and loud hiphop echoes throughout the day and the lovely smell of BBQ is all over the place to quiet suburb Winter Hills, Boston.

Last week in NY was really cool, we performed a song for balcony TV on the rooftop of a Manhattan skyscraper in the afternoon, needless to say the view from up their was quite amazing. We played a venue called Bar 4 in Brooklyn with the band Aunt Martha, groovy dudes, lovely music.

Paid a visit to Brooklyn Bowl, a classic american diner place with concerts and bowling.... The Beets with that irresistible couldn't care less attitude and a couple of really good tunes got me hooked, really recommend it.....  Crystal Stilts were even better, the perfect combination of noise and pure rock&roll.... and they played a Gun Club tune.... hauntingly Jeffrey Lee Pierce like.... that's about all it takes to get me in the right mood at a concert or a club.....

So after lots of endless nights in running 'round Brooklyn it feels good to be in a quieter place. Spent the weekend at Nics and Lucys house in Winter Hills, they arranged a living room show with four bands including Case Conrad, saturday we had a little jam session with Nic on the double-bass and as the evening sky grew dark we headed over to a friendsgiving party with a lovable crowd of artists and musicians, great party which ended with Neutral Milk Hotel songs by the bonfire in the backyard....

Tonight we play at the Hallway Gallery (/w Tallahassee + Mister Sister) as a four-piece band with Nic on double-bass and his friend Harrison on drums....  looking forward to it!

/L

Tour Journal #3: 'Bad guys don't eat pizza'

This morning we were walking around Williamsburg and a young boy looked at his mother with a skeptical look: 'But..bad guys don't eat pizza!' The mother answered with a serious voice: 'Well, of course they do. Everybody likes pizza.'

We are still in New York City and the city seems to open up more and more for every day. We are currently living in Brooklyn at our friends guesthouse, Alina and Joe. Yesterday, they invited us to play a show here and so we did. To spice it up, Robert made tapas for everybody. We are discussing that it could be a Case Conrad tour plan, I would drive and Robert cooking inside the truck. Songs and food, they blend well. Maybe it could take us to San Francisco.

Heading for a film festival tonight with live music and open bar. Alyson showed us around Chinatown and the High Line today, I am still flying after that Dim Sum.

/G

First impressions of New York

Sell Sell

/L

Tour Journal #2

New York City, 21.34

So, 50% of Case Conrad has reached New York City. Staying at "old" friends Erica and Josh's apartment in Queens at the moment. Had our first show yesterday at Living Room. Spend the first two days here, hunting for guitars. must have been in almost all decent guitar shops in manhattan and brooklyn. even found places where they don't even have a sign in the window, you just buzz on the door and walk up to the attic where they keep all kinds of really really expensive guitars. . . couldn't afford it, not even close, so we blushed and went back out on the street.. . .a street where i was convinced we would get shot. A classic The Wire scene. Anyway, we experienced that it's hard to find a vintage guitar with character when you don't have any money...but somehow we worked it out so Robbie got a guitar to play one hour before showtime. i'll try to get a picture of it soon so you guys can see it. it's pretty amazing, from 64 i think. . . but during the show i learned that the mic in my guitar is a bit broken so now i want a guitar as well . . . well . . . tomorrow we play another New York show, at Rockwood Music Hall. A venue i played years ago with Helena Arlock. Will be nice to return. If you know anyone in the big city, we go on at 8pm, free entrance. /G

Tour Journal #1

Helsingborg, Sweden,  10.38

Just got back to Sweden after one week in Hamburg. Thank you Sweet Home crew: Anne and Frances - you are in our hearts. Also to Uncle Meat & the Highway Children + The Yossarians for playing and drinking with us. Ah, these British..

Wednesday, me and guitarist Robert Johnson will fly to New York to start a tour that will probably last 4 months. First show at The Living Room on Friday. We will travel coast to coast - New York to San Francisco through the south. If you got friends, venues or anything else you want us to get in touch with - let us know. You can just write us here or at caseconradmusic@gmail.com. And IF we survive, we'll move on down to Mexico in February.

Our first album 'Dew Point' is finally out. . . we are looking for more videos, if anyone got a idea for a song, make a video and we post it here and everywhere.

ta-ta and talk to you soon.
Gustav.