Million Dollar Road Trip

1. Lobby Board from Indy 2. The Million Dollar Quartet before...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:23:00 -0500

1. Lobby Board from Indy

2. The Million Dollar Quartet before the halftime performance at the Heat game.

3. The scoreboard at the Heat game.

4. The Heat Stadium filling up.

5. Miami - New Year’s Eve

6. Carl Perkins’ actual Blue Suede Shoes

1. Tasting the Million Dollar Brewski - A beer brewed named...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:49:00 -0500

1. Tasting the Million Dollar Brewski - A beer brewed named after us in Indianapolis

2. With the legendary W.S. “Fluke” Holland, Johnny Cash’s career long drummer as well as the man behind the set on such hits as “Blue Suede Shoes” and “Matchbox.” Fluke has been making appearances with the show every couple of weeks. It’s been an honor to get to know him a little.

3. I mean - it’s a beach. That’s how we spent December.

4. Promo event from Naples.

So it’s been a couple of weeks and we’ve rocked our...

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:56:29 -0500

So it’s been a couple of weeks and we’ve rocked our way through MIlwaukee and on to Charlotte (where we’re currently planted for a few weeks). While we were in beer capital, we hopped in our stretch (no kidding, we’re big time) and made a little stop over at the Milwaukee Admirals hockey game to sing the National Anthem. Here’s the video feed.

Here’s a video from our promo in Buffalo! “Blue...

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:53:39 -0500

Here’s a video from our promo in Buffalo! “Blue Suede Shoes”

Here’s a mid-show photo from Buffalo. Awesome!

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:40:58 -0500

Here’s a mid-show photo from Buffalo. Awesome!

Some photos from our day trip to Niagara Falls. If it looks...

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:30:40 -0500

Some photos from our day trip to Niagara Falls. If it looks cold, that’s because it was. My recommendation, if the forecast promises sleet and cold rain, avoid the Falls. It was still beautiful though, and a great day.

Here’s the video from our TV interview in Buffalo this...

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:14:24 -0500

Here’s the video from our TV interview in Buffalo this morning. There’s a performance of “Down by the Riverside” at the end. Check it out!

The moral here is that the casting process for a broadway tour...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:35:11 -0500

The moral here is that the casting process for a broadway tour is unimaginably rigorous.

Pittsburgh is a surprisingly great city. My visions of gnarly...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:31:16 -0500

Pittsburgh is a surprisingly great city. My visions of gnarly steel workers and factories were fortunately replaced with ones of tree covered hills and cool architecture.

The Benedum in Pittsburgh is famous for a reason - it’s...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:20:00 -0500

The Benedum in Pittsburgh is famous for a reason - it’s one of the prettiest theaters I’ve ever been in.

Here’s a few pictures from our week in Rochester. If...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:07:12 -0500

Here’s a few pictures from our week in Rochester. If you’re looking for a reason why there are only four, well, it’s Rochester. The middle two are from Sticky Lips BBQ. I believe the name says it all. The final one? Simply photographic advice on how to ruin a guitar’s finish in 20 seconds or less.

Some of the cast took a little trip to the house where A...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:08:45 -0400

Some of the cast took a little trip to the house where A Christmas Story was filmed in Cleveland. You’ll shoot your eye out!

Unofficial Toronto video

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:49:56 -0400

Unofficial Toronto video:

Someone in the audience sent this to Twitter

Toronto performance

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:45:13 -0400

Toronto performance:

Here’s a link to a official, albeit brief, video from our Toronto performance.

MDQ played at a promotional event in Toronto last week....

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:48:00 -0400

MDQ played at a promotional event in Toronto last week. Here’s a few photos from the set. The event was a season announcement press conference for one of the major producing entities in Toronto. We surprised the audience after the show was announced by showing up and playing a short set.

The act that followed us… just a guy by the name of Hal Prince. He went on and on about his new show or something…

All the photos come from Broadwayworld.com

Kaimal Mark II Lens, Blanko Film, No Flash, Taken with...

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:25:35 -0400

Kaimal Mark II Lens, Blanko Film, No Flash, Taken with Hipstamatic

A few from our cast outing to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We...

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:12:28 -0400

A few from our cast outing to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We had the incredible opportunity to take some photos with the actual piano that Jerry Lee used at Sun Studios on songs like “Matchbox!” Also - here’s a 1967 Gibson that Ryan Adams covered in Star Wars stickers. Awesome.

Some good old tech week fun.

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:06:35 -0400

Some good old tech week fun.

Catching up

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:49:28 -0400

For everyone who asked…

Here you’ll find regular updates and anecdotes (at least the generally appropriate ones) from the road as I tour the country with the MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET.

For those of you who were wondering what this whole circus is about…

Million Dollar Quartet is a musical, but not like any you’ve seen before. It tells the (based on a) true story of Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the man who discovered them all Sam Phillips. On December 4th, 1956 these legends all met in what was to be the greatest jam session in rock and roll history. This is the story of that night. It’s a rock concert and a play in one. Everybody on stage plays their own instruments. As the pre show announcement says, “There ain’t no fakin’, these boys are really playin’.” The show takes the audience through fired up arrangements of over twenty great hits as the jam session goes on and the tension rises between the characters before ending in an all out rock concert finale.

Wanna buy tickets yet?

I’m thrilled to be the understudying the role of Carl Perkins. Carl was a true pioneer of rock and roll and helped reinvent electric guitar playing as we know it. It’s pretty incredible to have the opportunity to help tell the story of this oft overlooked icon.

I’ll be back soon with some catch up photos and videos from the past two months.

Until then…