Albany, Troy and ABBA

I'm writing from a coffee shop in Troy called Flavor Café and someone is playing Joni Mitchell songs right now. I like Troy; small and friendly and it's filled with art galleries, coffee shops and small independent shops.

I'm trying to fix my tour schedule because the shows just keep on coming! 21 upcoming shows are not too bad.

A lot of stuff has happened since I last wrote you and I don't quite know where to start I've met new crazy and wonderful people here in Albany and Troy. Our hero Nick drove us to the train station last Sunday and we said our farewells agreeing on our return March 9. We had such a great time in Clinton, really..

Anyway so we arrived in Albany late Sunday without a clue on where we we're going to sleep for the night. We found the Yellow Pages and started calling around but all hotels we're expensive and my cell-phone units were running out. For my last units I called Alina and she helped find a cheap Econo Lodge outside of Albany. It smelled of urine and vomit but we were so happy to find a bed because we'd been running around Albany in the cold for hours.

Next day I phoned Ralph who owns the Bayou Café here in Albany where we are going to play tomorrow. Ralph helped us find a good price for a good hotel room so it worked out well. We probably went from the worst Hotel to one the best. Ralph is an amazing and funny guy who I am very glad to have met! When we showed up he screamed to his staff: "Hey Guys! These two are from Sweden. This guy has been emailing me for a year trying to get a show here and now he just shows up! That kills me!" He got me a show, though…

We've also been hanging out with Ralph's business partner John who has been showing us the Albany Nightlife. He wants to hire us to play 3 ABBA songs for a friend of his! That's funny stuff. He was pissed off at me for not knowing the song Fernando. He just couldn't believe it.

Ok I guess that's enough for an update, feel free to comment – fun to read!

Latte, broken fingernails, aching backs, one dollar buses, disgusting hotel food, ABBA, Russian, fat Tuesday, hangovers, doggy bags……………………………………………

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