Hello again!

Well, we're back from Germany in one piece and happy with a nice tour!
Janne Rajala proved to be a very good bass player and great singer...he probably knew some of the songs better than I did in the beginning :-)
We met a lot of new friends and a lot of old ones too and I would very much like to thank all the hardcore fans who came to several shows!
I think Miri probably enjoyed this tour the most 'cos he was having some weiswein schorle both before and after the gigs ...chatted to all the young girls (not many around our gigs he,he) and generally was smiling all the time!

Here's a small diary of the tour...

Winterbach was the first gig and probably the wildest and biggest crowd who took us completly by suprise! We we're a bit like cows out in the fields for the first time during spring :-) Great venue and atmosphere! I was so taken by the response of the crowd that i forgot to ask for more level on my monitors and ended up straining my voice a bit.
Munich, I was warned that Germany was playing football in an impotrant game and there for the crowd was quite small but they loved it anyway and so did we. Strange venue since the stage was in the middle of the room !? Horst Langer from ENGL came to meet me and we checked and talked amps for a long time.He is the man behind the sound! It was really nice to meet after a long time.
Bad Saulgau, a small Pubish venue nicely packed with a good crowd and we jammed more than earlier. I had a few drinks after the show...

Herford. We've played here before and the stage is very good sounding but I was having problems with my voice again. Very good catering! But too much food :-)
Frankfurt. This was a hectic day because I was playing at the ENGL stand at the Music Fair during the day and then hurrying up to soundcheck,dinner etc. Benny Törnroos+crew came from Finland to film for the upcoming TV documentary. We had a nice Thai dinner before the show VERY HOT! Janne was on fire!
I think we played a very good gig and the visiting Finns showed Germany how to drink beer!
Hamburg. This is my favourite city to play and the gig was really one of the best I've done in a long time. Superb crowd, superb sound... Benny was still around to film and I think they got some nice stuff here.
Schwerin. Very nice venue but problems with the PA and I was really pushing it with the vocals... close to loosing my voice completly. Thank God for Harry who brought some ginger which I eat and drank for 2-4 days to survive! Can't fault the crowd 'cos they loved it!
Uslar. back to the railwaystation :-) A very good venue with nice lights and PA / Stage. I was a bit tired but enjoyed playing a lot.
Unna, what a nice suprise! It was the promoter Franks birthday and his venue was superb! A good crowd and many new fans! We'll be back here for sure! I really enjoed this one.
Reinheim. When I walked in I thought ...oh no! We had a shitty sound check and though it would be a bad gig BUT never say never! A nice gig came out of nowhere and gone were all the bad vibes! Miri and Janne managed to drink themselves quite drunk with the bartender (who was female of course!) a lot of laughs and a good time at the end.
Wetter. We spent a day off here first and then the gig the next day. Actually we stayd in the next small town which was about as dead as a town can get during easterfriday... thank God Bernd Aufferman came to visit us and brought a sixpack + some vine! He told us interesting stories about his touring days in 69' in a submarine ???
The actual gig in Wetter was very nice and again I must thank the hardcore fans who follow us a round! Also met Christian Tolle who wrote a nice article about me in Guitar & Bass magazine. I might buy his guitar...if he sells it !?
Bad Ennbach. A town in the middle of ? With a great club? Yes sir! What a nice way to end the tour! Friends around, a good stage ...what more do you need? I though we were suberb :-)

Miri, Janne, Ralf Neumann, Hypertensions Irene and Christian, Rosie, Mattis...
Thanks my friends for making this tour possible!

We got some more festival dates in germany Coming up so stay tuned and check in every now and then.

Ben

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