Spain Tour Story

The Spanish tour started in Barcelona where we were picked up at the airport by The Hellbilly Club who were going to support us on the tour. We hung out in Barcelona that day and then we went to see the Stray Cats that night. Slim Jim Phantom WAS the show in my opinion-he was just excellent.

The next day we played a big outdoor festival in Blanes which is about one hour north of Barcelona on the coast.The crowd there was great and I saw a lot of old friends from previous trips to Spain(Brioles-Broncats-etc.).

Then it was on to Madrid- (we did a total of 4200 kilometers on this trip!)We played at a place called GRUTA 77- it was a good club and just about every punk band you can think of has played there.The crowd was great and again lots of cool people to talk to after the show.

Long drive the next day to Pravia which is in the north of Spain- a real strange place called Titos -it was an old disco club- It was a Monday night so we didn't know what to expect for a crowd but it turned out to be one of the best gigs on the tour.Thanks to the Ann Alley Rock n Roll Club!
Back in the van...this time to Caceres- at the center of this town was a huge castle built in the year 1000- before the show we walked around up there- it was 12 midnight- the moon was out and bats were flying around and rats were running around....it was real psychobilly ha! ha!
The show was very small and the club (Belle Epoque) was small but we had a good time thanks to some very enthusiastic people there.

More travel in the van which included the three of us and Santi,David and Rafa from the Hellbilly Club and the sound engineer/tour manager Gere from Producciones macarras, plus two double basses guitars drums amps and suitcases!!!

So of course it was bound to happen, on the way to the next gig in Ubeda, we blew a tire on the highway, no problem got it fixed and back in action.The next club was La Teteria- it looked like the old Cavern Club that the Beatles used to play in....but smaller :) We didn't even think we could fit on the stage.That night we really had a good show and fans there were real cool.
Traveling around Spain, we drove through some forest fires! You could see the flames for miles. The landscape looked a lot like northern Arizona or California.
Last gig was at a place called Badulake in Formentera del Segura -this club was a brand new place decorated to look like an American bar--The show was ok but I was “out to lunch” on the stage, after the show we didn’t talk to the fans because we had one hour to take a shower and pack the van as we had to be at the airport in Barcelona by 9am.
We had a real good time and all the fans were real good and very happy to hear all the Quakes songs. Special thanks to the Hellbilly Club for letting us use their gear and to Gere for setting it all up.
See you next time!

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