Prelude to Colorado

Nate's playing John's guitar at Kristen's house, in January 2003.



Yes, that's a Turckface.


...and one of my own?



Soft-focus with Turck in the background.

 

Dressed Up and Drinking

With Joe, Nov/Dec '02.

Apparently I was there after work at Sears, based on the attire.



Turck, me, Loretta, and Joe at the cabin. Panorama mode on my old camera.

 

Cabin Fever - November/December 2002

You might call this the first post in the picture chronology of the post-Destini era. Here, it's me with Loretta and Abe at Anna & Loretta's place. November 2002.



Everclear tshirt and a Rolling Rock.



This should make Thom happy. He wanted me in cowboy gear. Unfortunately, I don't have any shots of me herding cattle.




Anna at her place.

 

Fall 2002

Destini and I with my little cousin Kaylei.


 

Recent Posts

I have some more current pictures to upload, but I didn't want to interrupt the continuity too much. I have just a few more I'd like to post, mostly from the end of 2002 and beginning of 2003. There's a gap in the photographic record after that, with rare exceptions, until 2004/2005 when I came back to school and then eventually got my own camera.

I went to Ithaca with Turck and Joe this weekend. I had a lot of fun, and there are a few pretty nice pictures to upload as well.

Robert Plant in Cleveland, September 2, 2002

We were roughly 20 rows back for this concert. I had purchased tickets on Ticketmaster, but Des and I were approached by someone we took to be a scalper outside the venue. He claimed her appearance induced him to part with the tickets at face value. In any event, we had a fairly cheap upgrade.

I had no zoom on my camera. Nevertheless, I'm fairly confident this was taken during Four Sticks.


Promoting the Dreamland album, Robert also sampled some of the rest of his back catalogue. We were treated to renditions of In the Mood, Tall Cool One, and Calling to You.

 

More from Allegany, May '02

Ben and I share a tender moment...








 

05/19/02

With KP, Ben, and Abe. Packing up on Sunday afternoon.



 

Camping in Allegany, May 2002

Loretta's birthday.

We rented a cabin in Allegany for the weekend. Destini baked a cake.



I was growing my hair out and trying out the bandana look.



Loretta imitating Brett's composed appearance...




KP giving a 'bonus that?' Almost.

Brett in the Studio

Brett seems a little tense.

If Turck makes Turckfaces, and Brett makes this face... 

November 2001

Yeah, that's right. Disco still sucks. And I couldn't grow a mustache.



I always thought she looked like she just woke up on Christmas morning in this picture. She's wearing my windpants and the Beatles shirt she bought me in England. Strawberry Fields forever.

 

2001.02.04 Everclear at The Warehouse in Toronto

I had seen the band with Abe three days earlier in Rochester.

Here's Art Alexakis with the Jimmy Page-esque Gibson doubleneck, used for Unemployed Boyfriend from Songs from an American Movie Part One: Learning How to Smile.



...and with Craig Montoya in the background -

 

2001.07.10 Healing Sixes at Revolution in Cleveland Ohio

The band featured Jason Bonham at the time. Turck and I drove out to see them. They put on a good show for all of about 20 people. The date did not appear on the band's website, but was on Pollstar. The band was definitely solid. Bonham was not exactly at his best. The place was hot and he was complaining a lot about the heat and seemed to just want to turn around and go home. He was drinking a beer with one hand and drumming with the other at various times.

I saw him on VH1's Supergroup and it seems that he's been sober for a while now, which I think is probably for the best in his situation. His dad used to drink a lot on the road because he disliked being away from his family. Jason said he used to drink for that reason as well.

Anyway, the Sixes played some Zep covers. When the Levee Breaks was great, and No Quarter and Sick Again were also done well. The keyboard portion of No Quarter was done on guitar with an effects pedal.

Their original music was good too, and I bought an advance copy of Enormosound that I still listen to regularly.

http://www.zoso.net/fbo_archives/2001/October/msg00626.html

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/healing-sixes/2001/revolution-cleveland-oh-bd8014e.html



The flash obliterated my nose on this picture, but this is me with the lead singer, Doug Henthorn (who went on to sing on Joe Bonamassa's cover of Zeppelin's Tea For One on Joe's 2006 You & Me album).

 

Robert Plant in Toronto, June 3, 2001

Two days after my parents got married (again), I went to Toronto for my third Robert Plant show in 10 days. Turck dropped by before we left to give something to me, but I can't remember what it was.




Here's Robert belting it out. We were five rows back for this show. Destini's mom bought tickets.


And here's the man enjoying a glass of port.
 

2001.05.27-28

Paul and Tia after the Plant show in Philadelphia -



Outside Destini's house in Jamestown