BEL AIR'S TOUR DE SOUTH!!!

Hey All,

Just a reminder about Bel Air's Tour de South 2009. We'll be heading out on the road for a week starting November 15th! We've got some great shows lined up and we couldn't be more excited about it. So, if you live in any of the cities listed below, we'd love to see you! If not, please feel free to pass on the information to any friends who do. We're grateful.


BEL AIR - SOUTHERN TOUR 2009

Nov. 15th at The M Room - Philadelphia, PA

Nov. 16th at The Juggling Gypsy - Wilmington, NC

Nov. 17th at The Garage - Winston Salem, NC

Nov. 18th at The Bobo Gallery - Asheville, NC

Nov. 19th at 8th and Rail - Auburn, AL

Nov. 20th at Hang Fire - Savannah, GA

Nov. 21st at Slims - Raleigh, NC


Follow us on twitter (www.twitter.com/belairband) if you want to keep up with all the hot gossip from the road in real time.

We'll be back in NYC and playing at Union Pool on December 4th. Fresh off the tour, we should be in good shape. Or, completely busted. We shall see.

xoxoxo,
Allie, Jeff, Wyatt, Turner & Eric
www.belairtheband.com

TOUR NONSENSE

Things to do in the van:

- listen to pre-made mixes
- play Garage Band trivia game
- geek out on music
- video tape each other
- play 20 questions
- play Seinfeld trivia (Allie and Eric)
- eat gorp
- get lost
- back seat drive (Jeff)
- glare at each other
- listen to Pandora
- come up with set lists
- read Twilight (Allie)
- read yellowed Penguin classics (Turner)
- smoke (Jeff and Turner)

HELLO AGAIN!

Sorry about the lack of posts lately. Everyone needs a blogcation, right?

Despite the blog slacking, we have a lot going on. We're gearing up for the CMJ Music Marathon 2009! Our showcase is on Wednesday, October 21st at the Alphabet Lounge (Avenue C and E. 7th Street) at 10pm. Here's the schedule for the night:

7pm - Heath Street
8pm - Jones Street Station
9pm - Blair
10pm - Bel Air

Notice anything about this list? Two "street" bands and then Blair and Bel Air. The CMJ schedulers have an interesting sense of humor. When Wyatt was in Masculine Feminine he played a CMJ showcase with Junior Senior and Mommy and Daddy.

The weird thing about this bill is that it actually makes sense. Heath Street is folkie singer/songwriter kind of stuff, Jones Street Station (who didn't get to play at last year's ill-fated pig roast) are great country rock featuring our friend Jon Hull on harmonica. Blair's songs are really interesting - influenced by Neil Young and alt-country but not in an obvious way. Then us. You know what we sound like: kind of an amalgamation of all of the above.

Besides CMJ, we (read: Wyatt) have been working on our brand new OFFICIAL WEBSITE!!! It's your new one stop place for all things Bel Air. It has photos, a store, our twitter feed, news and MORE. Check it out! We're excited about it.



We've also been working on our fall tour-de-south. It's coming together. Here are the dates:

15-Nov-09 The M Room Philladelphia, PA
16-Nov-09 Juggling Gypsy Wilmington, NC
17-Nov-09 The Garage Winston Salem, NC
18-Nov-09 The Bobo Gallery Asheville, NC
19-Nov-09 8th and Rail Auburn, AL
20-Nov-09 Hang Fire Savannah, GA
21-Nov-09 Slims Raleigh, NC

I've started chronicling the process of booking/planning/doing a tour in my Eight Million Stories column. You can read the first installment here. The next one will be posted next week (Oct. 16th).

Thanks for reading this long-winded post. I guess I'm trying to make up for lost time!

XOXOXO