Came back just over a week ago and have been resting and spending time with Yrsa and Humle.
Tour has been great. Was the longest one for me so far, and I must say I am still quite exhausted. But happy. And that´s the main thing.
I want to thank everyone who has helped me out with shows, accomodation, food, conversation, seightseeing, coffee and clapping their hands after me playing my songs.
As always it has been a pleasure and I feel very fortunate and humble being able to do what I do.
The last couple of weeks of the tour I was really lazy with the blog. I guess it had a lot to do with me being tired. Sorry about that.
Here´s a little recap of what happened the last five days in Germany.
Needless to say Spain was an amazing experience to me. I would like to thank Jose Luis and Pep for setting everything up. Thanks Manel for the little gift going to Barcelona. Thanks Pilar for the olive oil. Yrsa loves it! Of course also thanks to Theo, Elena and James for hooking me up with thge best accomodation ever. I am gonna seriously start training table tennos and continue whipping your ass Theo. Believe it! And thanks to all the lovely spanish people coming out to the shows!
After a long long trip from Barcelona to Berlin I pretty much spend the whole day on the sofa doing nothing. Eating chips and watching tv. Getting really tired by now.
Up to Kiel the next day by train. British soccer fans everywhere. Fulham are gonna get their asses kicked. Brits don´t know that yet though and act as though the war was just over.
Meet up with Johannes who´s just come in from England aswell and play two tired and jetlagged sets.
In Berlin my favorite little family comes and picks me up at the station. We get in the old Audi and head off to lovely little Hans Wurst for a lunch. I have a tofu burger with fries and Joas has a whole barrel full of fun and tries to charm a swedish couple at the next table. Of course with great success!
Over to Björn´s place for some well needed sleep and then I go pick up dear friend Conrad in Neuköln for some good old swedish rock action at NBI where friends of ours were playing on the evening. Funny how you can be on tour for five weeks and still choose to go to a live show on your day off!
Halle the next day. Rain is pouring down the whole day. Meet up with my friend Andi who´s come in from Hannover and have a nice walk and a coffee and talk about stuff. Go to a nice little vegan imbiss and I stuff my face with two excellent tofu burgers.
Show in the evening is strange. Friends from Leipzig and Hannover come over and we have a good time. Then the party takes over and the live sets really get quite ruined by rowdy people. I play three songs and decide to do an acoustic set in an adjoining room. Works out well and I play a few really silly covers. Evening ends with a group of us having a nice little drink at a bar close by. Quiet. Nice. Calm. Social. Everything the show lacked!
Long trip to Aachen. But sun is shining and we see a funny sausage sign. Mood is good.
Arrive in good time and I have a little walk around town. My father is from outside of Aachen and I have never been there. Seems nice although I would have liked to have some more time to spend. Soundcheck is nice and fast and we head up to Waltraut´s flat for some nice food.
The whole evening is amazing. We play two great sets and everyone is great. Mark and Anne come over from Duisburg and we hang out after the show telling funny stories from the past.
Early start the next day to arrive on time at the festival outside of Kassel.
Sets are short and stressed but we meet up with some friends and everything is great. Decide to go to Hamburg already the same day and spend a long time in the car. Dear friend Sabine drives in her old volvo from the festival and we meet up in Hamburg for some food. Johannes goes to bed, but I am reluctant to end the evening. It´s the second to last one of the tour and I want to suck every bit of juice out of this whole experience. The juice ends up being beer. But that was totally expected. That along with us ending up on the Reeperbahn.
Great day the day for the last show. We get up early and head out on the town. Sun is shining and we stop for coffee and food here and there. Spend the whole day in Shanze and I fall asleep in a café and wake up just in time for the soundcheck.
A lot of people show up for the show at Astra Stube and we both play excellent sets. Nice last evening and we go to bed tired and happy.
Back to Sweden and Malmö where we spend the last night at Jonas´ and Helenas place. Eat great thai food and have a few drinks and then early to bed to get a head start in the morning.
That´s about it. I don´t really want to write anymore. Makes me sad thinking it is over. I had a great time. Everyine who´s met me on the way will know this.
I´ll see you soon. If you´re german possibly as soon as in late July. More info about that soon.
Now. Movie. Popcorn. Sleep.
Love ! B
Scanned guitar at train station in Paris.
Cheese, bread and beer at a little restaurant in Paris waiting for the night train to Berlin.
Eating falafel with Saara, Joas and Björn in Berlin.
The monster Johannes Mayer.
The monster trying to decide on what sausage to get. Bockwurst looks very cheap to me!
Promoter Niels and Johannes outside Astra Stube. Last night.
At the tax free shop in Puttgarden. Look at the guy in the back with the beer!
And of course I couldn´t help but getting a "few" cases myself.
