Mat Kearney From The Road: House Of Blues, Chicago
October 19th, 2009Tour Blog Day 4: Salt Lake City
May 13th, 2009
Tour Blog Day 1: Hollywood, CA
May 11th, 2009Hey Everyone!
We are finally here. The day has arrived. Yes, you guessed right… the tour has begun!
Flashback: it’s day one of the tour and everyone’s nerves were running high. This was the first show Mat’s played in a year and half… and there was a new band and a brand new album that had only been rehearsed for a few weeks. The air was thick and you could feel the energy all over the venue.
Mat and the band were running on a limited amount of sleep, having been in Miami just the day before. They flew out of Miami at 6:00 A.M., and arrived in L.A. at 10 A.M., got on the bus and headed straight for the venue. There was a lot of last minute preparation that had to be done before the show. Getting all the gear loaded in, the instruments tuned, buying extension cords, etc… Soundcheck was from 4 to 5 and the band wasn’t even ready until 4:55. So they had 5 minutes to soundcheck, which of course wasn’t nearly enough.
The venue was awesome, and the people friendly, but the show only went “okay” from Mat’s perspective. Being the dedicated perfectionist that he is about his art this “okay” show was disappointing to him and he hoped to give his fans more. But nobody in the crowd seemed to notice…
All in all there was a lot learned and everyone’s looking forward to the next show in Anaheim, CA at The Grove. See you there!
- Jonny K
A little message from Mat Kearney’s good friend Darth…
May 10th, 2009Rehearsing For The Tour
May 8th, 2009Welcome to Mat Kearney’s Black & White tour blog 2009!
May 7th, 2009Hello Everyone!
Welcome to Mat Kearney’s black & white tour blog 2009! I will be Mat’s eyes and ears over the next month or so while he embarks on one of the biggest and most exciting tours of his life. He wants to keep YOU, the fans, connected with him and what he’s doing throughout the tour, and I’ll be with him following him every step of the way! Keep on the look out for updates through Mat’s Twitter page, Facebook, and uploading new photos and videos everyday right here to this blog.
Let me take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Jonny K. I’ll be writing from my perspective most of the time, unless Mat is writing directly to you in which case he will sign the blog “-Mat Kearny”, so that you know it’s from him.
Also, be sure and check back often for new content. Mat and I will be looking for your feedback throughout the whole process! Let us know about the video content(want you want to see more of/what you want to see less of, etc…), all the way down to the littlest of details, like what font we’re using in the videos.
I’m in Atlanta right now having a mini work vacation, so I’ve been holed up in a hotel in the middle of Duluth, GA building elements for the blog videos for the past couple of days. Mat and I are very excited to share his experience on tour with you and can’t wait to show everybody what we’ve been working on. Looking forward to seeing everybody out on the road!
-Jonny K
