And today, on this most glorious of days, we are home!
And we are EXHAUSTED! This tour was a good run and a half: 51+ shows (7 Switchfoot shows prior to the Eisly run), 35,000 miles, and enough coffee consumption to fill a sleepy rhino!!!

What a wonderfully splendid spring tour! Sonsy and true~!
We hereby want to wholeheartedly thank Eisley and Vedera for making the two monther a time of peace and joy... replete with convivial mirth: nonconventional and charming to the last. The kind of mirth that makes one want to rally and catch a 15 pound rainbow rather than a mere 1 ounce minnow. Forsooth.
And now: a character breakdown... which is always more fun than lame blanket statements, right? Word up.

Vedera:

Bryan: an old world gentleman to the last; a real Willie Nelson! YES!
Kristin: so sweet and genuine a woman that even oak trees feel lacking in their verisimilitude; a real Bjork!
Corey: wise beyond his years... like a wizard; a real Gandalf the White in his youth! Lightning bolts blazing off his soundboard!
Jason: quiet, but caring and always up for small installments of heartfelt goodness; a real Jason Bourne!
Drew: what can I say about Drew??? Drew KICKS ASS like Chuck Norris on Christmas! And I mean Christmas, dammit! Rosey children!

Eisely

Boyd: "Pops" be-ith his name. And sagacity be-ith his game... especially if one wishes to discuss music circa the last 50 frickin' years. I love Boyd because he loves the Carpenters... and I love the Carpenters... so there you go. Boyd is like Jimmy Stuart. All heart. American heart. Golden like eternal forever and ever. Ice cream and Chevrolet.
Chauntelle: She is one for real, human conversation... in the way that an alpine lake is one for refreshing summer swims complete with boats and neon green snorkels! Good times, I tell you what! She is a real Katharine Hepburn, standing in 30's garb smack dab in the middle of a verdant field dappled with amiable sunlight! Word.
Weston: Holy crap. Seal the gates! Seal the gates! A JUICY T-Rex is a'coming through... and he's a goshdern blackbelt full up to his jucky Asics with wit and jocular panache! Weston is really Chris Tucker pissed off; in a good way, of course. Minus Jackie Chan, but still with broken boards, splinters, and greased muscles.
Stacey: Stacey is simply Paula Abdul... HA! JUST KICKING! She is most certainly NOT Paula Abdul. Stacey is Billy Corgan... HA! JUST KICKING! She is most certainly NOT BilCo. So, then, just who IS Stacey, anyhoo....???? Well, to us, Stacey is supremely and entirely Paul McCartney. Except, of course, she is a woman, and not in her sixties, which makes a real difference if one really ponders it. She is "Mother Nature's Daughter" instead of son. Boomshackalacka.
Garron: I hope your name has two "r"s. Garron is Sean Connery at his sexiest... with a bass and a Marxophone thingy so that he can play "Combinations" with audible flare... and then John and Mark can spend extra time packing up that dang Marxophone every frickin' night... wasting precious load out time! But, back to Garron: James Bond, a real-live Dragon, Highlander, father of Indiana Jones, etc. He is the real deal. Open your wallets, folks, and bless him with your hard earned cash... simply because he is Scottish and a bad ass. Think heart of a lion.
Sheri: Sheri's name is my mother's name, back in Buckhorn, California. It's a name you don't hear too often. Did Boyd hearken back to the early fifties name grab-bag when he christened neonatal Sheri? Methinks so... and it is just such aforementioned historical gumption (ie being true to your roots) that gives us Sheri today, in all of her lazer-quick wittiness.
Hence: she is Bill Cosby! And Bill Cosby hereby wins an award right the heck now for texting more than anybody (way, WAY more than anybody) during the duration of this tour.
Kayla: Kayla is the President of the United States. And I still owe her two dollars. Her favourite food is steak. Being a denizen of Texas just might have something to do with this. Kayla is smart. Smart like an eaglet in the lofty ether...
Kristi: Kristi is Mount Rushmore.
Israel: Israel is The Black Hills.
Zane: Zane is the gold nuggets in that region, hidden and valuable
Madison: Madison is South Dakota... she contains whole fields of wheat, corn, and buffalo!
John: John is a proficient, rapacious reader of novels!
Mark: Mark LOVES Talk Talk and the 77's more than he loves breathing air. HA! I love you Mark. Golden Drakk.

I think that concludes my crappy yet amusing look at spring tour '08.
Officially: Eisley's COMBINATIONS tour!
Thank you, Duprees, for letting us be apart of such a lovely, sublime tour.

Cheers eternal, ya'll!

JohnnyRoger
The Myriad!

Currently listening :
Seventh Tree (Deluxe Edition)
By Goldfrapp
Release date: 2008-02-26