holiday inn room 435

a pleasant ride to graz airport, but the day took an abupt change when lufthanza informed us that we were 90 kilos overweight and it would cost 400 euros..or we could would not fly…ursula, was of course, furious…and after heated discussion i finally negotiated 165 euros and paid for it on my amex card so we could get out of there…the airlines have been shaking us down for a while…its crazy to be touring this way…not good.
meanwhile when we finally arrived our driver discovered that we had 13 pieces of luggage to transport and had to hire a van…then on to the autobahn at 100mph…to our hotel, then sound check. this festival is amazing with many great artists – meredith monk, john scofield, living colour, charles mingus big band, jack dejohnette,……tonite we conclude the festival sharing the bill with 4 Hero….showtime: our show is fantastic tonite…sound is superb…and wonderful audience…who call us back for 2 encores…we are buzzing tonite…after a crazy day it was good to have this performance…afterwards we stayed to listen to marc mac of 4 Hero spin it was a pleasure…and so, a very late night for us…time to sleep…