We're on the news!! Sort of... ; )

Tonight was another wonderful night at The Rathskeller... Cool venue, great food, a club owner that has one of Steven Tyler's microphone stand scarfs... What more could a country girl ask for? ; )

In other exciting news today... I logged onto my facebook page today and saw that someone had uploaded a video from the Gloriana show the other night. (While we were playing I saw a guy down in front of the stage with a fairly industrial looking video camera, and now I know why) :)

Robert, I found out after some Facebook investigating, is a recent Army vet who is enrolled at WIU for Broadcast. He put together a news story about the show on campus (Maybe for class, maybe for campus news... That I don't know) But what I do know is that he did an awesome job and that it was really fun to watch, so I decided to share with all of you. :)

Now, it's a Facebook video so I can't just include it in the blog like I can with videos on YouTube, but if you click on this link you should be able to see it. (with any luck...)

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=378309560698&ref=mf

Isn't that cool?!? Good luck Robert! I hope you're able to make many more!

Anyway, as always thank you Dan and the rest of Indianapolis for showing us such a great night!

Until next time...

Peace. Love. Fiddle. And delicious tuna sandwiches at nice German restaurants...

~natalie

LOVE YOU Karen and Pat for always bringing a crowd!!!

From The Bier Garden To the Ballroom

To first address my "AlbanyNatFans" :) We are getting closer on the cd release!!! No specific date YET. But I have done all I can do at this point, and just waiting and waiting... On my first cd I wrote all the songs by myself. So I didn't have to go through anyone elses publishing companies. But I co-wrote all the songs on this one, so I am learning the hard way that the paperwork and legal stuff takes WAY longer than it "should" :) But SOON!!!! I CAN'T WAIT!!!

I feel like I just tornado'd through the Rathskeller tonight!!! I didn't even see Dan, the owner, which makes me sad. We <3 Dan!

James rode with his mom on the way in from Chicago, so Miguel and Chris and I rode in the Suburban. It took us FOREVER. Traffic was horrendous, and it POURED the whole way AND there was an unforeseen detour that added an extra hour to the drive. Ughhh.

So we got there, got set up, and I immediately started curling my hair in the bathroom. I had it about half done when I had to run out and do my sound check. Quite a few people mentioned "Well, that's an interesting hairstyle," not realizing that I had it all on top of my head because I was in the middle of curling it!

We played the show. SO MUCH FUN. It always is there. It was raining so we couldn't be out in the Bier Garden.... But so many people who were there last month came out! And Happy 75th Birthday to Forrest!!! He had to go home because it was past his bedtime. :)

And it is past MY bedtime. Excuse me. Naptime. :) Night!

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie

I <3 The Rathskeller

Dan McMichael, the owner of the Rathskeller, shared his box of concert memoribilia with us that he has been collecting since he was 8-years-old! I was most impressed with the scarf :)


We found some more gems after taking video - an Eric Clapton pic AND this lovely garter worn by Stevie Nicks!
She was singing Landslide, and Dan handed her a rose, and she motioned for him to stay right there... she put her leg up on the monitor, and then took her garter off and handed it to him! SO COOL!


The show was packed and awesome. Our good friend Carl Pike, who grew up in Indy, but lives in Nashville, opened for us. The crowd was so great tonight - bachelorette parties, birthdays, National "Talk Like a Pirate Day" (And there were some amazing pirates and wenches on the dance floor!) Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Montgomery Gentry, and Sugarland were all playing a show in downtown Indy, and we were the afterparty! :) It was so fun! Here's just a few of the awesome people we met tonight! (You can see the beautiful stage behind us in the pictures - it's one of my favorites.)





And here's Carl and his Uncle - who was VERY emphatic on buying a T-shirt!


Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie