Posted on: July 18th, 2009 Montzart

Last night, we played in Greifenburg to a crowd of enthusiastic fans, which included some interpretive dancing from 1 elderly woman who was well seasoned in the art of excessiveness. In other words, she was hammered. After the show, I sampled some of the local food from a restaurant that offered these menu items as options; wiener schnitzel and for the more astute clientele, wiener schnitzel. I opted for the latter. After post gig offerings of fried, I made my way to my hotel room up a narrow, dark and foreboding alley which eventually emptied into the half lit structure which was to be my place of rest until the morning.
Morning did come but, before that long awaited event occurred, there was another event which took place in the night. Sleeping ever so peacefully, as rockers do at the end of gig days such as these, where earlier I found myself, along with Jens, walking up an intense asphalt road which mocked us with its ability to stretch on and upwards under a hot sky as we dragged our luggage for over a mile into town from the train station, and lethargically to our room.
And so, there I was, sleeping like a baby, when I was awakened by what I will forever refer to as The Storm of the Century. Howling winds, rain, hail, thunder and enough lightning to light up my room every 5 seconds for an hour, which was convenient since the storm knocked out all of the electricity to the entire town. Laying in the bed of this old hotel where German soldiers once occupied, with each flash of lightning,  I expected to see a WW2 German soldier at the foot of my bed aiming a rifle at my spooked, scratch that, terrified head. 4 hours later, eggs.
After breakfast, Jens and I embarked on our last train ride together on this tour. 1 more show, Graz. An outdoor festival threatened by rain, we shall see.
Austria to Austin, the tour is complete, Mozart to Montzart where there is much HEAT

12 Responses to “Montzart”

1. Kris Says:
   July 18th, 2009 at 7:49 pm

   Hilarious pic ! David genuinely looks as if he was seeing a camera for the first time…

2. Tommy Campis Says:
   July 19th, 2009 at 10:38 am

   the whole group showing the “powdered” side of their personnality………..you GO girls!!!

3. Pat Says:
   July 19th, 2009 at 11:05 am

   This is BEYOND retro! The band’s new look? I’m diggin’ the hair! But easy on the powder, guys!

4. mewzikbiznis Says:
   July 19th, 2009 at 11:32 am

   it’s hard to clean coffee off a laptop dammit.

5. Jeff Says:
   July 19th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

   Ha! The new wigged out look! You should now be the sole importer of Monte’s Water. Hope the European tour was a good time for all. I just saw that I missed the ustream last night. Crap!

6. Merredith Says:
   July 19th, 2009 at 10:18 pm

   Sounds like you had one spooky night my brother. Glad I wasn’t there for the storm of the century!
   Merf

7. Christa Says:
   July 20th, 2009 at 2:46 am

   Wow! What an original and authentic photo… truly! You actually look like the real deal, oddly enough. Great Montzart story… very captivating! You have skill in placing the reader right there with you. You could be a novel writer along with the song writing and everything else you do so splendidly and superbly well.

8. Sharda Says:
   July 20th, 2009 at 7:05 am

   Why Monty, I hardly knew ya - what a great shot!

9. Morgen in San Antonio Says:
   July 21st, 2009 at 9:42 pm

   no, no guys it was “Go for broke” not “baroque”

10. hillman Says:
    July 23rd, 2009 at 5:40 pm

    Oh please tell me your not in this picture Monte!!!

11. Billy D Says:
    July 29th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    Great photo…love the story!

12. Vance Absher Says:
    August 3rd, 2009 at 7:01 pm

    Monte,

    In perusing your tour schedule I couldn’t help but notice that you’re booked everywhere except where you SHOULD be.

    When are you coming to NASHVILLE???

    I’m amazed that so many of the heavyweights around here had never heard of a player of your calibre… but a few of them have now…;)