Hit the Road, Zach

The next day I was headed out of Mission on to Wyoming.

Teresa had recommended that I make a small detour through the Badlands to experience some highly scenic scenes. I didn’t really need to, since I saw some nice views just on the highway out of Mission:

But despite these other nice views,

though they were [...]

I arrived in KC to drum once more for Majstory. We were playing a big Serbian festival (”Serb fest”), where groups from Joliet, Omaha, and Kansas City all gathered together and celebrated, Serbian style.
People ate and choirs from all three cities sang.

We were set up in the corner.

Then, we were ready to start. [...]

St. Louis! Home of one of my alma maters! (I have several alma maters. It’s one of those confusing family situations. I also have a dura mater and a pia mater, but those are just in my head.) This particular mater is of course Washington University, a very excellent school and [...]

The next day saw me scenically driving.

To what city was I scenically driving? Why, New Orleans.

New Orleans! A historic city in the development of American music. Also a prominent target for hurricanes. I arrived as they were recovering from Gustav, but things seemed to be pretty well in hand. [...]

Guess where I went next?
“Um, Atlanta?” you guess.
Correct! Great guess!
“Um, it’s in the title?” you point out.
Still, a great guess. Yes, I went to Atlanta. Guess how many musicians responded to my ads?
“How about two?” you guess again.
Looks like you need answers to be in the title to guess correctly. (Ooh, [...]

Before we commence with the text-only Knoxville section, I would like to describe a happening peep I chanced to rendezvous with en the route to Knoxville — Jeremiah Nave, owner of East Coast Mobile Recording. He has the coolest truck I have ever seen in my life:

Movie Preview Man: It looked like an ordinary [...]