The Kicks first slam dunk opening slot tour was with Los Lonely Boys.
(And no, we never did find out how far heaven was.)
Like I mentioned earlier this week, most of our touring back then was two or three shows per weekend and then a long drive back to Nashville. But this tour was something like fifteen shows in twenty days. Super exciting and different.
We had a really great manager at the time who sat in on our rehearsals leading up to the tour and that’s when we really started clicking with what it meant to put a show together. So by the time we hit the road our thirty minute opening set was pretty dialed in. Set list, transitions, talking points, rocking.
For the last song there was a down section in the middle where our lead singer would say a little something to the audience. It was a lull in the song for him to say something short or something long, fun, meaningful, funny, whatever came to mind.
It turns out that planning that lull but not planning what he would say was an a pretty enticing invitation for the spirit, the magic fairy dust, the special extra thing to show up. That moment was the best moment of every show on that tour.
The important thing to see here is that the magic fairy dust happened BECAUSE we had a plan, not because the dialogue was unplanned.
Unscripted dialogue within the context of a well planned show.
The well planned show is the invitation for the magic fairy dust to come make the unscripted parts sparkle.
You can find a tour recap video here. And also some vocal warmups.
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