if they don't win it's a shame

It's Tuesday now. The final show of this leg of the Overdressed tour was Saturday night, and it was a great show. It was the smallest room we've played a full show in possibly since I joined the band five and a half years ago. And it was really fun. It just felt like there were people everywhere, with a balcony that stretched around both sides of the stage. And it was Illinois, a psuedo-hometown crowd for me. A good way to end it.

The Cubs game was a great experience. Our seats were, literally, the last row of the furthest section out beyond third plate. Here was the view behind us...



Jeff and I freezing our collective toucas off in the wind of the Windy City...



Cliff, Josh and I out front...



And our friend Ryan and I... He came along this past weekend to shoot video and stills of this great tour. He was a blast to be out on the road with and a few of the things I've seen so far have been amazing...



Now that the tour is over, I'm about to dive in nose-deep, (or ankles-deep, depending on how you dive I guess...) into songwriting for a new project. I'm going to do some experimenting with a couple different people to help me with a bigger vision, and I'm looking forward to that. More on that subject as it becomes clear.

For today, though, I'm taking the day off to be with my family. I took the girls to the zoo this morning, where we met up with Todd and his son. Baby alligators are awesome.

Oh, and the Cubs won 13-1. Pretty great game to start with.

Comments

[Chris Hubbs]

"Third Plate"?!?!?!?

I sentence you to a month of Remedial Baseball.

Glad you enjoyed Wrigley... my favorite ballpark ever. Go Cubbies!

[Brody]

Dora The Explorer day huh? Did little Hispanic girls come into the crowd and yell at you?

[Geof F. Morris]

Did somebody make you drink an Old Style?

[Jeff H]

It's amazing how it's 20 degrees colder in the upper deck of Wrigley Field than on the ground isn't it? I nearly froze to death at the one Cubs game I went to and it was in the low 70's at ground level.

Y'all look so manly at the park on Dora the Explorer day.

[wally]

chris, i think andy is way beyond us normal folk in his baseball knowledge. what he was trying to say is that their seats were located in between third base and home plate.

and as for being in the last row, i think it was jeff's subtle way of letting cliff know that's all he can afford on his bass guitarist salary.

[Josh Stockment]

Can't believe the tour is over already

glad it finished out well

[Bret Welstead]

Dude! You chopped off your hair! This is the first I've seen of it.

Have a great time with your family. I'm looking forward to more on the songwriting project you mentioned!

[DougB]

Hey Andy,

I'm wearing my "Ask me about my pedal board" shirt these days; I tell people it's not my pedal board we're referring to, it's yours. Unfortunately, we haven't had an update lately so I can't answer on your behalf - how 'bout some info??

I sat in those seats last year on a sixth grade field trip - must be the christian group seats.

[Ben]

Ryan Booth is in that photograph. I was not expecting that. That man is an excellent photographer, more bands should be clamoring at his door.

[BethL]

The one time I've been to Wrigley we were in the very last row on the very top behind third base, too! It was awesome. Cubbies lost that day, but I got to see the great Nolan Ryan pitch a shut out for Houston (this was 20 years ago BTW).