Road diary - Summer 2000

Page 3 of 3 Entry No. 10 - August 13, 2000 We know something you don't know about Hoven, they are all... ... ...well,never mind. Last night turned out an orgie in alcohol, nudity and shoeshine. Hoven's gig today was nice though, even if they smelled quite bad (alcohol,shoeshine and a hot tent is not the best combination...). Our gig though - Garmarna that is - lacked the hillarious spirit on display during the Hoven set, much due to the lack of alcohol, nudity and shoeshine last night. /Rickard, Garmarna ...........Thank you Rickard for that indepth report on folkbands on the road.(Yeah right....like THEY weren't at the party last night!!)Please don't ask about the shoeshine, it would be too hard to explain....But if you have to ask somebody; ask Pelle! We're all in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and we've just enjoyed two days at the Eindhoven Folk Festival. It's a new festival that deserves much attention in the future. The show at The Milky Way in Amsterdam went well, and we've had a lot of fun on this our first visit to The Netherlands. Tomorrow we part ways with Kjell-Erik, Janne and Emma who are off to do a Triakel show in France, while The Hovens are up for a two day drive to Sweden. Hope to see ya'll in Malmö next week!! Take care / The Hovens Entry No. 11 - August 20, 2000 We did it !! We made it through the last two shows of the summer, and then barely survived Jens wedding yesterday. The show in Malmö went well, although it was a close call. While the others did a quick soundcheck one hour before showtime, Kjell-Erik was still stuck in Copenhagen trying to get to Malmö after arriving from France. For some reason all the trains were cancelled, so he ended up taking a cab from Denmark to Sweden ! Not such a big deal since you can use the new bridge from Copenhagen directly to Malmö, and Kjell drove in behind stage 20 minutes before showtime! A lot of people turned up so the show was a lot of fun.The day after the band travelled back to Copenhagen to play the last show for the summer, (we'll be back on the road in two weeks, but who counts September as a summer months?), at Loppen in Christiania. It turned out to be a sweaty show before about 100 dedicated fans, and it was a suitable ending to two and a half months of hard work for the band. Actually the suitable ending came yesterday with the great party that Jens and Saras wedding was, and we will all enjoy a nice rest before facing the challenges of this fall. More touring, and even more exciting; start working on the new album! This will conclude the tour reports for the summer of 2000, (sorry about the last days of problems with this page. Server problems beyond our control...), but the regular news reports will continue as before. Thank you everybody, audience, co-workers, agents, promoters, Pelle and fellow musicians for a great summer !!! See you soon. / Hoven Droven   << Start < Prev 1 2 3 Next > End >>