The Railbenders are one of Steve favorite bands- they are a local band- and what I like to call "hoo-da-lee-who" (country) music. Now trying to find a gift for your husband-to-be is probably be one of the hardest things to do. I mean Steve has everything- He bought the big TV he wanted, the X-box, the fooseball table, the bar, the mini fridge that holds his beers, the PSP- I mean shit- the guy acts like he is 12 again. SO what better way to give him a gift then to have one of his favorite bands play for him.....
SO back in January, I email the Railbenders. I ask them what they think about coming up to Steamboat Springs, August 8th-the night before our wedding, to play for Steve. They actually emailed back and said they were in! They loved Steamboat Springs and better yet, they loved the Tugboat bar and grill where I was going to have them play! So now that they are in and they have August 8th locked down in their calendar, I have to act fast to get the Tugboat on the idea.
I called the Tugboat and they give me some other number of a guy that book their bands. The guy, Jeules, actually called me back, told me he knew the Railbenders and have heard their music and they are in. This is easier than I thought it was going to be. A few weeks go by and I want to make sure that this guy has contacted the Railbenders manager, Ken. Ken says that no one has and that they would like to get the ball rolling on this. So now I start freaking out a little bit. I have called this Jeules guy and he has not called me back. SO I google his name. (thank god for google....I mean the internet knows EVERYTHING, Right?!) I read an article about how bad this guy is as far as booking bands and that he has been fired from most jobs!! WHAT?! Shit balls!
So I called Tugboat back and ask them for a new number, they give me Chad. Ok Chad- you better come through! I call him like 3 times and nothing. So what do I do? I goole his name! Chad + Steamboat gives me his last name so I google that. The google gods tell me that he is located in California- so I get his email address. (Again, why can we not find Bin Laden? surely Google knows where he is...) I email him- people are better with email. I know I am. He emails me back saying that he is waiting for the Tugboat's budget in order to book anything and he has no idea when that will be. Well it is March now and I have no idea what to do. I call Ken up. He tells me that I still have a soft hold on August 8th but that we need to figure out something soon. SO I go to Steamboat Springs. If I go INTO the Tugboat- someone HAS to talk to me about this.
I get Audio Steve from work on board with this as well. Audio Steve is the "audio steve" from Sugar Ray. yes THE Sugar Ray. He knows Mark Mcgrath....oh and if you live in Sterling Heights (which most of you do b/c we just addressed the wedding invitations) check them out at the Freedom Hill Amphitheater on July 20th.....Sugar Ray that is....ANYWAY- Audio Steve is telling me all the stuff that Ken is telling me I need (Like a PA....what the hell is a PA? I have a SHIT TON of Producer Assistants that I can give you!) SO Audio Steve is now excited telling me that HE will be the audio guy for the show. Awesome!
SO we go to Steamboat- My mom, sisters and I pile in the car (leave Steve behind) and go on ahead. We made other appointments up there- cake, photographer, you know....wedding stuff. We get there and go right to the Tugboat. There is a huge sign on there. "CLOSED FOR MUD SEASON." HOLY SHIT!! Now what am I supposed to do?! I look in the windows- I see someone in there, but it won't matter. Nothing will work now. Its over. I look over and my mom is banging on the windows, "Andrea, someone is in there!" Oh crap- mom is so going to get me in trouble. So I decide to call the Tugboat since they are programmed into my phone at this point. This guy answers, I tell him the situation and that I have a letter for the owner and all I need is someone to give it to him. WOW- he was a complete ass! He finally comes over to the window after hanging up on me- and says, "You know, I DO have work to do!" grabs the letter out of my hands and slams the window! WHAT?! So that was it.....no big present for Steve. I was so sad- I had no idea what to do.
I emailed Ken when we got back to tell him the news. He emailed back and told me how sorry he was that the Tugboat was as bad as it was. But he has an idea.....Why not have all of us go to Elways June 11th where they are already playing and give Steve the present that way. They will dedicate songs and it will be a huge surprise! Great idea- evite went out!
Wednesday was fast approaching and I told Steve that we got tickets to a Rockies game (which we did but thats a whole different story) so not to make plans. That day, I went to work- everyone was in and were trying to get off work in time for the big event. They get there at 5- we arrive at 5:30. I get home, (told Steve to dress kind of nice since we will go to a nice dinner beforehand) grab Steve and get in my car. We are driving there- I get a text from mom. "The band is already playing!" My heart races and in my head I keep thinking of all the emails that I sent back and forth-I KNOW they were supposed to go on at 7!! SHIT! she texts back- "Nevermind- just a sound check!" WHY would she do that to me?!? "Who was that?" Steve asks.....quick think of something....fast. "Oh my mom just text asking if we wanted to get dinner, but then texted back saying nevermind- you have the game." Good one.
I got Steve a card telling him that I got "some people" to join us in Steamboat the day before our wedding and that tonight is a "skinny down" version of it. We are getting close to Elway's. Cars. Everywhere. Crap. Traffic. Why now?! So I am panicking and Steve has no idea why. We are getting closer, I tell him to open his card. He is trying to figure out my riddle- keeps reading it out loud over and over. "Dre, I don't get this, what people? what are you talking about? whats going on?" Now he is starting to get mad as I pull up to Elways. As soon as we turn the corner, there is the tent outside and people everywhere. He says, "What is going on? Dre- talk to me! Is that your mom?!" He gets out of the car and sees a sign. "Railbenders! Tonight!" He is starting to figure this out....
We walk up and there is a table full of our friends, his parents- my mom....he looks at me and says, "What?!" They all point at a different table further away. There is his friends, Tony, Pink, Josh, Caleb....he is shocked! It worked! We walk over there. He looks at me and says, "Are we going to just leave for the Rockies game?!" I tell him the whole story and he is so excited.
I needed to talk to Jim Dalton- lead singer- to make sure that we Ken told him about the songs I wanted him to play and the shout out to Steve. So they walk in and channel 4 interviews them.....I forgot how hot Jim is. Delicious! Anyway- I make Meghan go up there with me- who doesn't love a Meghan Hott? We go up there and Meghan starts talking- and then I jump in blabing about who knows what. Man that hat makes him even hotter. He even has a toothpick in his mouth like a pure bad ass. He is truly dreamy...."Oh yeah, Andrea Price Right?" Holy shit. He knows my name. What am I? 12? Why am I struck by his manly appearance and that country twang voice of his. (Steve- your still the man for me) "Yeah that's me! Cool I just wanted to make sure you talked to Ken. Thanks so much for doing this Steve really loves you guys. And I KNOW you know him. He is the guy that always buys you whiskey at every show he goes to." "Oh yeah....that guy. The whiskey guy! We know him! We love Steve! Yeah, we are all set and you guys are on our set list so no worries." Man I love the Railbenders. They are now MY favorite band. NKOTB- take a seat!
So I go back to the table where my mom is- she is a couple drinks in and feeling it. Man she is so damn cute. "Go get Steve- Tell him that they are here!" Good idea. I go get Steve. I go back up to Jim with Steve. "Steve....." Jim says. Now Steve probably thinks that he remembers him from way back when....They start talking and Steve tells me to go get Josh so I do. Josh and Steve are now talking to Jim. Man Jim is hot.
The show starts and they start with I-70 westbound. Good choice. Probably 10 minutes into the show Steve decides that it is already time for the whiskey so we have my mom go get some. While we are deciding this- Jim starts saying something.... "We want to say congratulations to Steve and Andrea on their engagement- they are getting married August 9th. They are really good people." Steve and I high-five each other (its what we do) and he goes into another song.
Throughout the night Jim keeps shouting out, "This one is for Steve" and they played Whiskey Rain, Drinking Buddies, Piss up a rope....all the songs that Steve loves. It was SUCH an awesome night. Steve got drunk, Mom got drunk, I got drunk, Jim and crew got drunk. They played for 4 hours straight.
All in all....it was MUCH better than the rockies game.
SO back in January, I email the Railbenders. I ask them what they think about coming up to Steamboat Springs, August 8th-the night before our wedding, to play for Steve. They actually emailed back and said they were in! They loved Steamboat Springs and better yet, they loved the Tugboat bar and grill where I was going to have them play! So now that they are in and they have August 8th locked down in their calendar, I have to act fast to get the Tugboat on the idea.
I called the Tugboat and they give me some other number of a guy that book their bands. The guy, Jeules, actually called me back, told me he knew the Railbenders and have heard their music and they are in. This is easier than I thought it was going to be. A few weeks go by and I want to make sure that this guy has contacted the Railbenders manager, Ken. Ken says that no one has and that they would like to get the ball rolling on this. So now I start freaking out a little bit. I have called this Jeules guy and he has not called me back. SO I google his name. (thank god for google....I mean the internet knows EVERYTHING, Right?!) I read an article about how bad this guy is as far as booking bands and that he has been fired from most jobs!! WHAT?! Shit balls!
So I called Tugboat back and ask them for a new number, they give me Chad. Ok Chad- you better come through! I call him like 3 times and nothing. So what do I do? I goole his name! Chad + Steamboat gives me his last name so I google that. The google gods tell me that he is located in California- so I get his email address. (Again, why can we not find Bin Laden? surely Google knows where he is...) I email him- people are better with email. I know I am. He emails me back saying that he is waiting for the Tugboat's budget in order to book anything and he has no idea when that will be. Well it is March now and I have no idea what to do. I call Ken up. He tells me that I still have a soft hold on August 8th but that we need to figure out something soon. SO I go to Steamboat Springs. If I go INTO the Tugboat- someone HAS to talk to me about this.
I get Audio Steve from work on board with this as well. Audio Steve is the "audio steve" from Sugar Ray. yes THE Sugar Ray. He knows Mark Mcgrath....oh and if you live in Sterling Heights (which most of you do b/c we just addressed the wedding invitations) check them out at the Freedom Hill Amphitheater on July 20th.....Sugar Ray that is....ANYWAY- Audio Steve is telling me all the stuff that Ken is telling me I need (Like a PA....what the hell is a PA? I have a SHIT TON of Producer Assistants that I can give you!) SO Audio Steve is now excited telling me that HE will be the audio guy for the show. Awesome!
SO we go to Steamboat- My mom, sisters and I pile in the car (leave Steve behind) and go on ahead. We made other appointments up there- cake, photographer, you know....wedding stuff. We get there and go right to the Tugboat. There is a huge sign on there. "CLOSED FOR MUD SEASON." HOLY SHIT!! Now what am I supposed to do?! I look in the windows- I see someone in there, but it won't matter. Nothing will work now. Its over. I look over and my mom is banging on the windows, "Andrea, someone is in there!" Oh crap- mom is so going to get me in trouble. So I decide to call the Tugboat since they are programmed into my phone at this point. This guy answers, I tell him the situation and that I have a letter for the owner and all I need is someone to give it to him. WOW- he was a complete ass! He finally comes over to the window after hanging up on me- and says, "You know, I DO have work to do!" grabs the letter out of my hands and slams the window! WHAT?! So that was it.....no big present for Steve. I was so sad- I had no idea what to do.
I emailed Ken when we got back to tell him the news. He emailed back and told me how sorry he was that the Tugboat was as bad as it was. But he has an idea.....Why not have all of us go to Elways June 11th where they are already playing and give Steve the present that way. They will dedicate songs and it will be a huge surprise! Great idea- evite went out!
Wednesday was fast approaching and I told Steve that we got tickets to a Rockies game (which we did but thats a whole different story) so not to make plans. That day, I went to work- everyone was in and were trying to get off work in time for the big event. They get there at 5- we arrive at 5:30. I get home, (told Steve to dress kind of nice since we will go to a nice dinner beforehand) grab Steve and get in my car. We are driving there- I get a text from mom. "The band is already playing!" My heart races and in my head I keep thinking of all the emails that I sent back and forth-I KNOW they were supposed to go on at 7!! SHIT! she texts back- "Nevermind- just a sound check!" WHY would she do that to me?!? "Who was that?" Steve asks.....quick think of something....fast. "Oh my mom just text asking if we wanted to get dinner, but then texted back saying nevermind- you have the game." Good one.
I got Steve a card telling him that I got "some people" to join us in Steamboat the day before our wedding and that tonight is a "skinny down" version of it. We are getting close to Elway's. Cars. Everywhere. Crap. Traffic. Why now?! So I am panicking and Steve has no idea why. We are getting closer, I tell him to open his card. He is trying to figure out my riddle- keeps reading it out loud over and over. "Dre, I don't get this, what people? what are you talking about? whats going on?" Now he is starting to get mad as I pull up to Elways. As soon as we turn the corner, there is the tent outside and people everywhere. He says, "What is going on? Dre- talk to me! Is that your mom?!" He gets out of the car and sees a sign. "Railbenders! Tonight!" He is starting to figure this out....
We walk up and there is a table full of our friends, his parents- my mom....he looks at me and says, "What?!" They all point at a different table further away. There is his friends, Tony, Pink, Josh, Caleb....he is shocked! It worked! We walk over there. He looks at me and says, "Are we going to just leave for the Rockies game?!" I tell him the whole story and he is so excited.
I needed to talk to Jim Dalton- lead singer- to make sure that we Ken told him about the songs I wanted him to play and the shout out to Steve. So they walk in and channel 4 interviews them.....I forgot how hot Jim is. Delicious! Anyway- I make Meghan go up there with me- who doesn't love a Meghan Hott? We go up there and Meghan starts talking- and then I jump in blabing about who knows what. Man that hat makes him even hotter. He even has a toothpick in his mouth like a pure bad ass. He is truly dreamy...."Oh yeah, Andrea Price Right?" Holy shit. He knows my name. What am I? 12? Why am I struck by his manly appearance and that country twang voice of his. (Steve- your still the man for me) "Yeah that's me! Cool I just wanted to make sure you talked to Ken. Thanks so much for doing this Steve really loves you guys. And I KNOW you know him. He is the guy that always buys you whiskey at every show he goes to." "Oh yeah....that guy. The whiskey guy! We know him! We love Steve! Yeah, we are all set and you guys are on our set list so no worries." Man I love the Railbenders. They are now MY favorite band. NKOTB- take a seat!
So I go back to the table where my mom is- she is a couple drinks in and feeling it. Man she is so damn cute. "Go get Steve- Tell him that they are here!" Good idea. I go get Steve. I go back up to Jim with Steve. "Steve....." Jim says. Now Steve probably thinks that he remembers him from way back when....They start talking and Steve tells me to go get Josh so I do. Josh and Steve are now talking to Jim. Man Jim is hot.
The show starts and they start with I-70 westbound. Good choice. Probably 10 minutes into the show Steve decides that it is already time for the whiskey so we have my mom go get some. While we are deciding this- Jim starts saying something.... "We want to say congratulations to Steve and Andrea on their engagement- they are getting married August 9th. They are really good people." Steve and I high-five each other (its what we do) and he goes into another song.
Throughout the night Jim keeps shouting out, "This one is for Steve" and they played Whiskey Rain, Drinking Buddies, Piss up a rope....all the songs that Steve loves. It was SUCH an awesome night. Steve got drunk, Mom got drunk, I got drunk, Jim and crew got drunk. They played for 4 hours straight.
All in all....it was MUCH better than the rockies game.
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