Today kicks off the first day of tour with Split Chain—I’ll be tagging along through May 2nd, documenting the ride as we make our way down the East Coast.

Caught a train to Hoboken to meet up with the guys and load into the van with our driver, Josh—a Canadian from Windsor who honestly could moonlight as a stand-up comic with how funny he is. Once we hit the road, I spent most of the ride with my back on the dash, filming and chatting about music and whatever else came up, usually random tangents.

We looked into booking a cabin for after the show, but quickly realized it didn’t have a bathroom—which, with seven people, was a no-go.

Eventually made it to Preserving Underground in Pittsburgh. Such an amazing spot—really felt like a true community hub, with all kinds of people, young and old, coming together. After the show, we packed up, hit a Walmart for food, and drove on to Ohio to crash so tomorrow’s haul to LDB Fest won’t be as brutal.

Writing this from the van en route to a Days Inn somewhere in Columbus, Ohio—it's 1:28AM, but there's a Waffle House across the street, so I’m not complaining. I brought about 40 rolls of film for the trip, but for these end-of-day posts, I’ll be sharing snapshots from my little Contax digicam.

Just woke up at 6:40AM and found out the Waffle House is to go orders only (horrible).

I was planning to sit there and work on this post, but looks like Waffle House will have to wait for another day.