Eric Schermerhorn Part 2

[@charlesmichael190]

Loved it. Funny anecdotes, and I always humbly appreciate the shoutouts. I'm keeping the projects I'm collaborating on you guys with a secret because I want to promote only a few current projects at a time. Anything public is public already. As for your memories, they're yours not mine, so I'm glad you're sharing them now! The van and equipment got stolen on December 7, 1996, outside of Park West in Clifton Park, NY - just the next day after TMBG had performed there. A show scheduled for the 7th at 328 Performance Hall in Nashville, TN was cancelled for this reason - but starting from December 8, the shows went on. That's when TMBG toured Atlanta, GA and Asheville, NC on the 8th and 9th. They had 2 days off on the 10th and 11th, and then they played consecutive dates in Boston, MA; Granville, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; and Poughkeepsie, NY. After the December 15 date in Poughkeepsie, they took 12 days off for Christmas. Somewhere in between there (I think it was probably the 10th and 11th, but I should check the weather reports for that whole week) would have been when TMBG flew on a plane in a snowstorm. Oh, and they had a December 11 date scheduled for Toad's Place in New Haven, CT, but that was cancelled for some reason. Must've been the 10th. I bet they got the "winter of discontent" phrase from The Beatles Anthology. It aired in November 1995 (so did Alien Autopsy, as a rerun, which they referenced in the banter in the Tramps show on December 31, 1995) and they've been known to make references to shows or movies they've seen. (If you've seen Gigantic: A Tale Of Two Johns, at one point they call themselves "the shitty Beatles" - which is taken straight out of Wayne's World!) Being Beatles fans since their youth, the Johns probably saw this - whether watching it on TV on ABC (A-Beatles-C) or watching the 1996 VHS release - and so in the 8th installment, they probably heard George Harrison compare the January 1969 sessions that resulted in Let It Be "the winter of discontent". Just my theory. I'm looking forward to hearing the next part. Thank you Brian and Eric!

[@briandohertyondrums]

Thank you Charles! Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the thoughtful feedback.