Lonnie Walker Tour Blog

Wilmington, Charlotte, Richmond, Philly, Brooklyn, Baltimore

2010-02-20T19:45:00.001-08:00

I forgot my camera this time around, so all of these pictures came from my phone. I'll be sure to bring it along for our tour in March.

Justin driving us to Wilmington for a show at the Soapbox.

In Charlotte we stayed at our good friend Scott's house.

before the show at the Danger Danger in Philly, Jeff took us to a brewery for some beer and a few slices of pizza.

We stayed in Fishtown in Philly.

This is the town hall in philly, we're following that car to get delicious cheese steaks from Jim's steaks.

Justin had an idea for a photo-op in this chandelier store. Jeff Blinder was kind enough to help us out.

In Brooklyn we played at a really cool venue called Union Pool. This is a photo of our friends Motel Motel sound checking.

Here is Brian chatting it up with Gerrit from Future Islands. At the Good Son in Baltimore, Gerrit was performing his solo material; Moss of Aura.

This is the view from the couch I woke up on in Baltimore. We spent the night at Gerrit, William, and Dan's house.

New York City with Future Islands and day off in Manhattan

2009-10-08T19:21:00.000-07:00

We followed Future Island's van into NYC

Gerrit Welmers and Sam Herring

The first show we played was in Brooklyn at The Market Hotel

Nick and Brian running the merch table

Darlings performing in Market Hotels large performance space.

Darlings continued

All eyes are watching the restroom

Lonnie Walker Future Islands merch

Justin Flythe at Market Hotel

The refreshment stand

Our friends Lallie, Ashley, and Cindy put us up in their
apartment for a few days.

Acting silly on the roof.

Manhattan

We went to the Natural History Museum.

Central Park

Hangin out on a rock in Central Park

New Jersey across the river

the morning after the Danger Danger Gallery

Charlotte NC, Asheville NC, Greenville NC, Baltimore MD with Future Islands and Javelin

2009-08-17T21:37:00.000-07:00

William and Brian setting up the P.A. for the night at the Yau Haus in Charlotte NC.

A mini family reunion in Charlotte.

Outside the bobo gallery in Asheville NC

Brian had forgotten to take out his contacts the previous night and was
stricken with a terrible case of terminator eye.

Our good friend from Greenville, Shawn Anderson, stopped by for the
show.

Gerrit Welmers from Future Islands

Javelin setting up their boom box speakers. For the show the boom
boxes are synced through an FM radio transmitter transmitting sound
from their keyboards.

Sam enjoying himself at Enoch's backyard bbq.

Dan Deacon came down for a special show with us and
he came out for the bbq fun

The Nicholas Cage in Baltimore MD.

An interesting camera obscura inside the nicholas cage.

William Cashion (right) of Future Islands

Art Department

Athens GA and Mountains on the way to Knoxville

2009-06-24T22:13:00.001-07:00

Michael Stipe of R.E.M. was hanging out at the venue we played at in Athens, GA and I happened to remember we had just bought a cassette tape of their album "Murmur". After mustering the courage to talk to him I got him to sign it and gave him a complimentary t-shirt. Immediately after signing he said "I spelled my name wrong." which was true.

The route to Knoxville was a welcomed break from the interstate and we were able to stop and enjoy some countryside.

Interesting light should never be wasted.

We couldn't pass up an opportunity for a good band portrait.

ever been to Gatlinburg, TN? We hadn't and we were shocked.

*more photos from Brian to come for this post*

Richmond VA & Greensboro NC

2009-06-24T20:36:00.001-07:00

The day after our show we stopped by Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA.

this is the view of Belle Isle from Hollywood Cemetery

Lonnie Walker and Jefferson Davis.

It was a hot day to be roaming around Richmond.

Green Bean Coffee House in Greensboro NC. Our first show with House of Fools.

A shot of the new Lonnie Walker shirts.

some fun outside of the local 506 in chapel hill.

Mclean VA, Baltimore MD, Philly PA

2009-06-17T09:37:00.000-07:00

First stop was McLean VA for a house party.

After the show we headed to Baltimore MD to stay with our friends from Future Islands. This is Raymond drinking coffee with Sam Herring.

From Baltimore we headed to Philadelphia for a show at a venue called "The Fire"

This is Travis Fowler. Hes our merchandise man. Its our first time out with a merch guy and we love having Travis around.

Photo credit : Amy Scheidegger

This was a cool letterpress shop in Philly.

This is Amy. Shes a good friend of ours from Greenville and was nice enough to let us stay at her apartment and eat her eggo waffles.

This show was the first one in the string of shows we're doing with Motel Motel. This is Eric from Motel Motel being locked into our undervan.

one of the Erics of motel motel.

Mickey, Jeremy, and Eric (Tim-O not pictured)

Amy Scheidegger's land lord was sprucing up the building in an effort to entice potential new tenants.

introduction

2009-06-16T23:09:00.000-07:00

This blog was an idea I've had floating around for a while as a way of keeping art and photography a part of my life and the rest of the members of Lonnie Walker I graduated Art School with. My hope is that this blog will be filled with photos Brian, Justin, and I have made during our travels with Lonnie Walker. It is not meant to be an information blog, instructional blog, opinion blog, or fashion blog. It is a blog about photographs and what its like to be with your friends, in a van, in a bunch of different cities.

-Eric