How far can you go on 3 gallons of gas?

When we initially created our new website, the entire band sat down and we had a heart to heart about journaling (is that a word?) on our website. We all agreed that we would keep the journal up to date and give all of you something to read on both our site and on our MySpace blog. Tony even agreed to learn the English language just so he could write a journal entry! Well, here we are, over two months removed from our last entry. So let me get you caught up on some stories and news.

Just recently, we finally have started to look like a real band. We are now driving around in a full sized red conversion van with a trailer hooked up to the back. No more minivans for us! And yes, this is our 4th or 5th van. We have started to lose count. And yes, this van and trailer is putting us into debt a bit, so when Josh asks you to buy him a drink at the bar...help a brother out! And say prayers that this new van and trailer getup isn't going to have to suffer under the same curse our other vans have.

Funny story to tell. We recently played at Rookies down in Rochester. Josh and myself were driving the van (our old minivan) down there and all of a sudden Josh says "I'm not able to accelerate." A certain four-letter word soon followed when he looked at the gas gauge and realized we were out of gas. Luckily, Tony was following us and was able to drive up to the next town and get us 3 gallons of gas. At the time, we were 26 miles away from Rookies. So we would need to get 8.66 miles per gallon to just barely make it there. No problem right? Josh urged us to get gas as the gas gauge plummeted just 4 miles from the venue. I insisted that we continue on and try to make it. Well...of course...we ran out of gas again...this time right at the top of our exit where we were able to see Rookies! Apparently, our minivan wasn't encouraged enough by Josh and I cheering it on the last quarter mile as the engine sputtered. We are now big supporters of filling up before our gas gauge gets dangerously low.

Lastly (since this is getting long), we wanted to thank all of you for your tremendous support over the last couple of months. We have had some amazing crowds at our shows and we just went through our first 1,000 CD's and had to order more to sell. We feel like our show just keeps getting better - we have three new originals we have added in the last two months and many new covers to keep things fresh. Keep spreading the word about Summit Ave to your friends, co-workers, MySpace friends, etc...and we'll keep talking you up like usual too!

And don't worry...that blog entry from Tony will be coming soon!