Kaleb Sanders documents his first full-band tour, starting with chaotic packing and heading to Miami for the second show. He worries about his guitar's tuning in humidity and spots twenty 9-foot gators on an airboat ride. The vlog captures the pressure of playing live for the first time and the camaraderie of the road crew.
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And that's why this, this road trip is so exciting to me, because it feels like the first day of this shit actually happening. Brother man, how you feeling, dude? That was, that was awesome. I didn't make the gains. You're the best dumbass we have. This is fucking awesome. We haven't even left yet. All right, got— oh, son of a bitch. Son of a bitch. They're never going to leave. Tour's over. Yeah, anybody look at, look at this, dude. We just— we can't even pack up right Yeah, when we were supposed to leave, like an hour ago.
Dress us up if you can't take us out.
Hey Marty, you're supposed to be late, I think. You put this whole thing together, but you tore this whole thing apart. I know, on one knob. I'm just kidding. Oh, nice on that one. Just hyping your boy though. Hyping. I need— so it just needs to go all the way down.
Be set for like grinding it out, you know what I mean? And just going where the fans are.
Every step of the way we find we find out why. Yeah. I don't know why yet, but every step of the way we find out why we need more space. Maybe. Want some deer jerky? Absolutely. Just got 10 pounds of it. So you just got that? Cody, he shot it while he was down in Georgia. Damn. When did he— when did that come in? Or is this yours? It's not mine. Oh, it just— I guess today. It's tasty. I've been eating it today. Dude, it's really good. You've been eating it all day? No. This way. Uh, after I came and you guys were packing up after like Miles and them. Oh, you must have brought it down when after rehearsals, or maybe it was, I don't know, because I was trying to identify whether or not this is what made Cody sick. No, I think I know what made him sick. What? The girls told me that he ate a shit ton of candy, drank a shit ton of soda, and then a shit ton of candy for like 2 days. I really hope that's the case. No, they were like, why would that make you throw up that much? I feel like this is like the first day of my actual life. Yeah, it is.
It starts right now.
This is crazy.
Right on.
And you didn't even put it in drive yet.
Not even yet. No, I want to make sure we got everybody.
We got everything. Oh, he was— he's like, I think I'm loopy. He's like, I'm loopy. He's like, all right, one more loopy story and then we're done.
All right, there we go. Game on.
Game on, dude. I really hope, um, I really hope my guitar's in tune, dude. It was so hot, like the cold, like we just came from straight cold and then we got here and it's hot and humid, so my guitar is probably like Like every— we'll see. I'll pull it out. It'll be a good time. It'll be a good time. It'll be a good time trying to figure this out. Dude, I love a good tiki bar. My hometown's got Oxford Downs. We have a tiki bar. We're going to hit that full band later. That should be fun. Day 1 under the belt, and then nobody wants to hear it. Miami, now it's time for Miami. Miami, we out here in Miami. Dude, I hope I have a voice tomorrow. Fuck! Ban me from talking. I'm banned. Favorite songs ever! I got the throat spray. And I'm also not pregnant that I'm aware of. There's naked people in there. Yeah, Calvin Johnson from Detroit. Off to school! ¡Qué loco!
You got a quinoa?
Let's do it. Yeah, dude, we're about to head to downtown Miami and go sing some original music. Second show of the first tour ever. It's kind of sick. It's pretty cool, dude. I'm excited. We, uh, we had a good time. Yeah, with, with the people that showed up, we had a good time. Yeah, we made it. We made, um We built relationships. Yeah, this time to this time. Yeah, show up, set up shop. Yeah, doesn't matter if you don't get a single customer. Totally. Do what you say. Yeah, say what you mean. Yeah, that's why I love your, your whole strategy about getting in touch with people. And it doesn't— because to me it doesn't matter how many people show up. If I can have one interaction Yeah, like we just did. Yeah, that means the world to me.
So you appreciate that. I mean, yeah, and like, you think they're not going to be telling everyone, you know, what an incredible night they had, and they're going to see everything grow, and they're going to like—
and we had fun with it. Like, they're actually like, they're such a good time.
Yeah, man, that's what I love when you finally just broke it down, like, hey, let's just hang out, you know, and we got to talk about all the crazy stuff coming down. Like, there's a part where like the show, it just kind of melted away, and we just got to hang out as like human beings.
Yeah.
And that was like really, really, really cool. That's—
dude, you just came in clutch. I love that for you. I'm tired, buddy. It is 50% as hot as it was in Miami. Yes, 50%, which is a big deal.
Take Miami, cut that number in half.
It was 80 there and sunny, and we went on an airboat ride and saw 20 gators. Easily 20.
Massively, from like here to the thing.
Yeah, dude, they were like 9 feet long, all of them. You want hot cocoa? I do want a hot cocoa. Oh, you're the man. Hot cocoa? Hot cocoa. Am I gonna burn the shit out of my mouth? Oh, scalding hot, but it's the best thing ever. Nice. We're trying to figure out if you can blow O's with just your breath and cold air. I don't think so. It's too loose, man. You got to have more.
You got to tighten it up and get some steam milk or something.
I don't care if there's 10 or 10,000. We just do it. We just do it. We're going to do it the same. Yeah, right. Over right here, right now. Ain't figured it out, but I'm sitting here sipping, trying to get closer. Shot after shot after well whiskey shot. I'm down to try everything that they got. So how long till heartaches drown? Maybe I'll know a couple beers from now. Um, you know It really feels, it really feels cool. It's really motivating to get up there for the first time. Kinda, you know, like the first few songs I was like, "Okay, I'm a little uneasy, I'm not gonna remember the words." And then as I started getting more comfortable, I was like, "Oh man." I was like, "I need to spend some stage time. Like, I'm motivated now. Like, I'm ready to hit the road." 'Cause I know that I'll learn a little bit of something, get a little bit more comfortable every time. Yeah, it's just so cool that I get to mark that off, that I get to check that off the box. Like, that's something that I thought I'd never do, or I'd never be able to do. It's been a huge weekend. It has been, you know. And like we said, it doesn't matter if we're playing for 3 people or 3,000, we're gonna put on the same show. Damn right, we're gonna do our best. Word. So then we're gonna get some rest, dude. We've been singing a lot. Yeah, and we've been driving a lot, bro. We got, we got, wait, what, 35 hours under our belt? At least. Yeah, it's nap time. Not until I get home though. Knuckles, dude, peace out.
