Updated Journal

Seems like the tour is going well so far! Here's Eric entries from the last couple of days- check out the bands he's mentioned!

Saturaday, April 3rd
Today we played at the big festival called Garorock that we were looking forward to for months. We were the first band on the main stage and from the get go, the crowd was very responsive. By the time we were done playing there were well over a thousand people. We played for 45 minutes. After we were done we took advantage and checked out a lot of the other bands at the festival. One of the bands was called Danakil who we had heard a lot about. They seem to be one of the most popular reggae bands here in France. They played an hour or so after us and killed it! It was really cool to see the crowd sing the lyrics to there songs. We met them afterwards and they had heard about us already so that was very cool. We will see them again at the last show in Lille on April 13th. Then the biggest act of the day was Alpha Blondy, who originally is from the Ivory Coast, Africa, but sings mostly in French and is a huge international reggae superstar. His
set was incredible and I was fortunate to meet him afterwards and give him a Bright Side of Life CD. He was very nice and thankful.



Sunday, April 4th
We played in Limoges tonight and the vibes were good. Broussai, the band we've been touring with is on point every night. Although we have to ask them what the subject matter is on each song, you can really feel it just through the music. The two singers are very melodic. It has been very nice talking to them and sharing stories and learning about each others culture. After the show tonight we talked about doing a couple songs together for the remaining two shows so we'll see what happens. They all have mentioned to me how cool it is to be sharing the stage with us because they haven't really seen a style like ours before. Most of the France reggae groups out here are strictly roots reggae, so for them to see us do our thing is very new to them. Despite the language barrier, it's been so easy to connect with them. I encourage people to check out Broussai. I like the songs Le Cours de l'Histoire and Jackpot the most. Check em out!!