Day 4 on the road

So far the road has been totally awesome! We have already had a lot of fun and met a lot of really cool people in North Dakota. Last night we did our first gig in Minot, North Dakota at a venue called the Pangea House, which was this really cool little laid back venue that actually resembled more of a house than a concert venue. There was a pretty decent turn out, I would say a fluctuating twenty - thirty people. Before us, there was a duo of local poets that went by The True Soul Brothers, who had a very lyrical, smooth, laid back style of poetry which was awesome, and not only that, they as individuals, aside from their poetry, were totally awesome people. I (Cody) can not speak for Deann, but I learned my first valuable lesson on the road that night, not only from the amazing people we met, but also for the actual venue itsefl.
I had made up in my head the entire day and especially on the way to the venue, this dramatic assumption of the venue being a big, concrete floored, large elevated stage, big scary place that would definately not dig on poetry and blah blah blah. But when we got there, is was this cool little joint, and the poeple running the gig where way awesome and down with poetry, and there were other local poets performing, and it was completley 100% opposite of what I had assumed it to be. So, my first big valuable lesson on the road... NO ASSUMPTIONS!
We have our next gig tonight at The Bagel Stop, a small little bagel/coffee shop in Minot, North Dakota. More posts coming soon!

-Cody Winger