Jessie Farrell Band on Stage at GM Place. Photo by: Lisa Bettany
Well, I’ve been on tour for a week now, but it feels like it has been a lot longer. It really is a different world, with a very unique routine, but I love it! The bus becomes your bedroom and lounge, catering becomes your kitchen with a private cook, the dressing room becomes your closet and shower room, and the track around the arena becomes my equivalent to Vancouver’s sea wall, where everyone gets a little exercise before show time. The only catch is, I share all these spaces with the rest of the Farrell band! Lucky we all get along..:) The only space that is truly mine is my bunk. I’ve made it my own by adding a little pink travel pillow my best friend gave me, a stack of novels and a reading light (I love to read), and an ipod loaded with all my favorite chick flicks and music!
Mica, Toby Keith's background singer, and I!
Today we are in Edmonton at Rexall Place. We played a great show in Lethbridge last night to a sold out crowd, and I have a feeling tonight will be much the same. Farrell and I have gotten into a routine of claiming a little girl time after each show. Days on the road are always a bit long. By the time 1AM comes around, and we finally make it back to our bus, we are both ready for a little down time. We head to the back lounge of the bus, which is now officially girls lounge, we pour ourselves a glass of wine, set up my computer to play one of our favorite girly movies, and open a box of Farrell’s chocolates she has received from one of her generous fans..:) Farrell and I make up half of the female population on this tour along with Aaron Pritchett’s tour manager Carmen and Toby Keith’s amazing background vocalist Mica. We can’t help but stick together..:) Though all the musicians on this tour are pretty great! We had a day off in Calgary a couple days ago, and a chance to hang out with the Toby and Aaron band off the job. We headed down to Ranchman’s for some drinks and a little socializing. It was great to get to know the guys a bit better, and make some new friends.
Right now I’m set up in the back lounge with a cup of tea, nerding out on my computer, and listening to a live interview with Jessie Farrell on 103.9 CISN FM. It sounds like their wrapping things up on air, which is my cue to make my way back to the arena for sound-check. Off to work I go…I love my job!
Kylee xo
