After a week or so on the road I begin to have a particularly strange feeling that I recognize everyone. The more often I have it, the more I begin to think that this is just a function of the…

We headed up to winter playground country in Austria and to the club Alte Muhle in Scharnitz, a small ski village high in the Alps. It’s just a few kilometers from Mittenwald,Germany, a major center of violin making from the 1800’s on. No…

By Anne

Of course touring is incredibly glamorous: The accolades, the fans storming the clubs, the heaps of money that the big record companies are throwing at us … oh, sorry, I was just snoozing in the car on the way…

Posted by Marie

Before heading out of Kematin, Austria, for the next gig, we visited the village center. There we found the barn full of prize winning cows (right in the center of town) and a few other interesting things.

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Posted by John

Upon arrival in Europe, Paul informed us that we had another show near Innsbruck in Kematen. On May 1^st, we made out first trek to Austria on a gorgeous day. Seemingly half of the drive in Austria was…

By Andy

With limited internet access, limited time and a limited number of computers, exactly one, there has been a backlog of blogging to do. Next stop on the Rough Shop “When the Schinken Hits The Fan’ Tour was Voehringen, Germany, and the…

By Anne

Well now, you know a day is going to be good when the first thing you get to do is ride an oversized wiener. We were up and at ‘em early today as we had to hoof it on…

By Anne

We were so sad to leave the Hotel Sternen that we kept forgetting things and had to keep going back. First, someone hung on to a room key, so we had to drop that off. Then, someone left a coat…