Apr 18, 2011

After the Northeast gigs in NYC, Philly, Baltimore and DC we worked our way down the East Coast with great shows in Lexington, Asheville and Charlotte. Below is a video of The Yes Way performing “Handless” at the famous Milestone in Charlotte where greats such as Nirvana, Black Flag and The Violent Femmes have all thrashed.

Once deep in the South it was time to work our way West with a stop in New Orleans for The Foburg Festival. The Yes Way opened up for the amazing Sun Hotel (Park the Van Records) at Maison on Friday night. Quite a nice crowd considering Ra Ra Riot and Givers were down the street.

Now, we must admit that New Orleans did get the best of us…

until our detox patron saints Katie and Tommy came to the rescue. Tommy, who is an exceptional muralist decided that our self spray-painted t-shirts needed a little tweaking and the following is the result:

New Orleans is a strange town full of artists who refuse to do the whole “social media” thing. Don’t know if there is longevity in that, but it was refreshing compared to the whorish online activities of most “artists” in NYC.

Words can’t even begin to express how thankful we are to have met such amazing people who brought us back from the frazzled road warriors we had become. And just in time too, as SXSW was just around the corner.