Day 7 - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Yesterday we drove from Iowa City to Minneapolis.


We had lunch/dinner at a Mongolian Grill just outside of Minneapolis. When our "grill-master", Tom, heard that we were in a touring band he wanted our autographs. Of course, we obliged and gave the man our signatures.

Tom, our "grill-master" at BD's Mongolian Grill, Minneapolis.

After one week of traveling with the piano it had begun to get out of tune. We got a local piano tuner to meet us at the venue about an hour before the gig and he fixed it up for us.

Piano tuner's evil eye.

Last night we played at a dance venue called the "Four Seasons Dance Studio." It was a comfy but crowded place with a great ambiance; it had lot of couches, dim lighting, and cool art on the walls. We were playing for a blues dance, so we took a lot of our tunes down tempo and played more saucey, slow dance songs. I'm sure there were a lot of factors, but between having a tuned piano, having a room and acoustics where we could hear each other, and getting into a groove after seven days of playing together, we sounded really good. It's definitely been our best show yet (I'm sure I'll say that again though).

The alleyway just outside the venue looked European.

We be jammin'.