wyoming and brian reagan

After finishing a show a few years ago at a place called Cumberland's in Charleston, SC,  3 friends and I packed up into a conversion van that was given to me when my father passed away,  a green Ford Econoline. We had booked a few shows in and around Buffalo Wyoming, and had gotten ourselves lodging at a ski resort on top of a mountain in exchange for our musical abilities.

Since all lodging, food, transportation, recreation, etc., would be taken care of upon arrival, we decided it best to drive the 41 hours straight through, swapping shifts as we went. We all knew this would be tough, but I don't think any of us knew how much so. It sucked for me because I am not a very  good "trusting you with my life" type passenger under the best circumstances. Trusting sleep deprived musicians....... who on a great day may or may not be my top picks for being aware, prepared and reactive, did not set up the best scenario for sleep when my two hour window of opportunity would eventually arrive.

One of the highlights of riding the long hours in the van, was being introduced to the comedy of Brian Reagan. Click on his name to take you to a youtube link of an animation someone did to one of his stand up routines. It starts out a little slow, but as it rolls along I was cracking up. Maybe because this is exactly the way I personally felt as a kid when playing little league baseball.

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