Wavvy Hands

Didn’t drive anywhere today really.

Today was our show at the Root Bar in Asheville. It’s a cool little dive bar at the east end of town, quite a ways from downtown and everything else we’ve been exploring the last two days. We played to a small crowd of relatively enthusiastic people though. Everyone that gave any shits about the music came and told us what they thought of it, good and bad, which is awesome. That doesn’t always happen. If anything else, the people in the south are honest. One guy liked us enough that he tipped us in frozen steaks. Hopefully they make it back to the Mitten in our cooler!

Andrew tried his hand at some more busking downtown today without much luck. I explored the Blue Ridge Parkway a bit and took a look at their visitor center, where I learned quite a bit about the parkway and it’s history.

Tomorrow we head north to Johnson City, TN to play with a fellow Michigan artist named Mike Vial. Should be fun. It’s at the Acoustic Coffeehouse in Johnson City. 8pm. It’s a free show, but we always love some donations for gas!

Only 4 more days until we’re back home among friends and loved ones.
It’s been a fun journey, but we’re starting to miss home. 

- Corey. 

Drove from Greensboro, NC to Asheville, NC today.
A grand total of 1019 miles traveled thus far.

(Photo: Moog Synthesizer Headquarters - Asheville, NC)

Today we left a cold, rainy Greensboro and the nice people that allowed us to stay at their house last night to get some much needed sleep (Thanks Colin & the gang!) and drove to Asheville on our day off, as our next show isn’t until tomorrow night at the Root Bar here in Asheville.

We explored downtown and all that it has to offer, and I must say, Asheville is the type of place I would move to if I ever left Michigan. It’s a tremendous town.

Andrew did some street busking after we saw many a street performer around our own walk through the many shops and cafes. He made a few bucks and seeing as we were out of quarters, I moved my car to avoid a ticket and explored the UNC-Asheville campus area where we are still sitting as I type this. Their library is open until 1am and we have nothing better to do!

The temperature is steadily rising, creating a dense fog and being we’re not from around here, I think it’s best we just stay put for the evening.

We’re just hanging out here on our day off. 
We play The Root Bar in East Asheville tomorrow night. Come see us if you’re in the area. 

Drove from Oxford, OH to Greensboro, NC
857 total miles traveled.

Today was a long one.
We left the show in Oxford around 11:30 last night and headed for Greensboro. The drive took a while die to several stops at rest areas for some attempted sleep along the way.

We rolled into Greensboro at about 3:30pm after some intense mountain highway driving and some thick fog at higher altitudes. It’s not “warm” here today by any means, but 36 is much better than the 3 degrees we left behind in Mount Pleasant.

Tonight’s show was interesting. The opening acts Marissa Kay and Old Rusty Mandolin were both pretty great, but the crowd was mostly their family and close friends. Surprisingly they all really enjoyed our set and we seemed to get into much better moods once we hit the stage after being exhausted all day.

A man named Robert was in attendance. A wise, well spoken southern gentleman who said he writes for the New Yorker and was writing a new article that would involve a bit about the show. So, we might be in the New Yorker soon? Crazy.

Anyway. Staying at Nadia’s friend Colin’s house tonight. Watching “Chain Reaction” with Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman currently. Much needed sleep and a shower will be great before an early departure for Asheville in the AM.

Head over to http://wavvyhands.bandcamp.com and download our EP. It’s a name your own price download.

Any little bit helps fill the gas tank on our journey. (Or pay those damn tolls!)

If you DO pay for the download (it’s okay if you don’t), we will send you a bonus exclusive track called “Stethoscope” that we finished this past week and debuted at Rubbles on Thursday.

Share this with your friends too!

Our tour kicks off this Thursday at Rubble’s. We’re playing some cool towns and sharing the stage with some cool people:
Jan. 19 @ Rubble’s Bar - Mt. Pleasant, MI w/ Life Size Ghost, Ugly Broads
Jan. 21 @ Kofenya Coffee - Oxford, OH w/ Seajay (Bloomill)
Jan. 22 @ Green Bean - Greensboro, NC w/ Old Rusty Mandolin
Jan. 23 @ House Show - Greensboro, NC
Jan. 24 @ The Root Bar - Asheville, NC
Jan. 25 @ The Acoustic Coffeehouse - Johnson City, TN w/ Mike Vial
Jan. 26 @ The Rudyard Kipling - Louisville, KY w/ Huh Robots & The Lost River Cavemen
Jan. 27 @ TBA - South Bend, IN w/ Ratboy & Nathan K. (probably dorm show)
Jan. 28 @ Woobie’s - Flint, MI w/ Weatherbox, Elliot Street Lunatic, Good Weather for Airstrikes, Tiger! Tiger! and more

Come see us.

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Our EP “A Million Eyes” is also now available for download on our Bandcamp page.
It’s a “name your own price” set up for the digital version. If you pay ANYTHING for the EP, we will email you a brand new track called “Stethoscope” that we just finished last night and have not yet even played live. We’ll be playing it on Thursday night and throughout the tour, but you can get an exclusive sneak peak by paying even just $1 for our EP on our Bandcamp.

Support local music!
Support our crazy ideas for touring a lot in 2012! 

Well, we formed as a band in August, played our first show 3 weeks later on August 25th and have played 20 shows total thus far. It’s been a whirlwind of ups and downs for sure, but mostly it’s been “ups.”

As some of you may already know, Nadia will no longer be playing with us. The show this Saturday will be her last. For now, anyway. We won’t rule out her playing every now and then, but she will no longer be a full member of the band due to multiple circumstances, most notably a personal decision to cut back as she also works a full time job, so personal time was basically non-existent between the job and Wavvy Hands for her. 

We’ve been blessed by having our friend Jon Miller fill in for us already on one show and he will fill in when he can. Andrew and I may be playing some shows as a two-piece as well until we find a permanent replacement. A few more friends of Wavvy Hands have offered their services on an interim basis whenever they can, and we’re happy to accept.

Our debut EP “A Million Eyes” is finally finished and will be getting duplicated next week. You can preview it on our music page or on Facebook right now and pre-order it on our Bandcamp page. Every pre-order/purchase of the EP will help us with our extensive touring schedule for 2012, which kicks off next weekend with a mini-tour of Chicago, Milwaukee and Lansing. Andrew and I both have never been to Milwaukee or the state of Wisconsin in general, so it will be a fun adventure.

Speaking of touring, we’re making 9 stops in 10 days January 19-28 in Michigan (Mt. Pleasant, Ann Arbor, Flint), Ohio (Oxford), North Carolina (Greensboro & Asheville), Tennessee (Johnson City), Kentucky (Louisville) and Indiana (South Bend). Full details are on our “shows” page. 

There are a lot of big plans in the works for 2012, including our 2nd EP, which will be coming out in April, more touring, some shows with some big national acts (like the one on February 21st at the Pike Room with Slow Club and Air Waves) and some festivals as well. We’ll be hitting new cities in addition to returning to towns that have already been so gracious to us like Marquette, Saginaw, Grand Rapids, Houghton, South Bend, Lansing and of course our hometown of Mt. Pleasant. 

To those who have already came out to a show, we really appreciate it. Keep showing your faces and we’ll keep making music for your ears. Tell your friends about us too. Word of mouth will always be the strongest form of promotion. To those who haven’t yet seen us play: what are you waiting for? Come see us at one of our shows soon, or at least check out our tunes.

Cheers. Have a safe and happy new year!
Corey
Wavvy Hands