UK tour photos!

Hello friends-
File this in the better late than never category. I learned a few things while touring the UK. Blood Pudding is nothing that a Hoosier needs to partake in, Crumpets are everything that this man needs when he can't find a biscuit, The Clash played their first gig at The Boardwalk in Sheffield and Americans have no business driving in England! Now on with the photos!


Angel of the North -just outside of Newcastle Upon Tyne


Statues -where The Tyne meets the North Sea


Scottish border -We hit a snow storm in Scotland that was no fun to drive through. did i mention that Americans should not be allowed to drive in the UK? I can't describe how cold we were standing there taking this photo. The wind was relentless. It felt like we were being mugged by a gang of snowmen.


More fun in the snow!


It was a great gig in Glasgow!


Freezing my ass off at Stonhenge.


My best buddy Todd with a shameless product endorsement.


I can't remember where this was taken but i think it was outside of Sheffield.


This is the photo that ended a long friendship. Todd was cussing and complaining about driving in the fog and on the opposite side of the road when he would rather be taking photos. I was leaning out the window when i took this not so great photo. He hasn't talked to me since.


The Cluny in Newcastle is about as good a gig as a fella could ask for. These are some of the nicest folks and they genuinely love music. What more could you want?


Avebury Ring -This is older than Stonehenge and well worth the drive.


London -We knew it was going to be a good gig when we walked in and saw the Freddy Fender backdrop. This was the rowdiest gig and there were a lot of people singing along to "The Peoples Day." Good times!


London Swan


Todd in a London subway -I joke about my buddy Todd because he's a good sport but he's also a wonderful photographer. Please go visit his photography page by CLICKING HERE and tell him that I said that he's an asshole!


Protester in London -Although we agreed with most everything that this lady was saying, she was by far the most annoying person I've come across in a while. We walked up to her to say hello and she never shut up for the next hour. Literally! I marched in protest to the war before it started with a half a million people in Prague, a few hundred thousand in Vienna and with 18 people in Indianapolis but that lady stole one hour of my life that I'll never get back. Preaching to the converted or anyone else might be fun on the pulpit but it's a little tiring in the audience.






My new best friend in London


I'm a long way from Wanamaker.


Chicken coop outside of Gloucester.


Rainbows along the roadside.


The Musician in West Leicester.


I did some shows with Sam Baker on this trip. Sam is a great songwriter and a beautiful man. I strongly urge you to do yourself a favor and listen to sams music by by CLICKING HERE. I recommend "Odessa." It has a long intro before it gets to the song so be patient. (recommended if you like Townes Van Zandt, Leonard cohen, Tom Waits etc.)

I apologize to the people and the towns that I don't have photos for. We had very little down time on this trip and the photography suffered because of it. I'll try to make up for it on the next tour.
Thanks for giving a damn!
-Otis

Wednesday, March 21, 2007


boiled peanuts and bottle rockets




i was fortunate enough to be invited to tour with the bottle rockets last fall. we did a stretch of dates in the northeastern united states at the end of last year and then a couple weeks in february through the southeast. here are some somewhat random photos of my travels.


this is a boiled peanut stand somewhere in south carolina. i survived on
nothing but boiled peanuts for nine days in a row and i returned a better man
because of it.




chicken reflection -yeehaw junction, florida





bait shop outside of athens, georgia





lincoln memorial -washington, dc





bleachers in arlington cemetery -arlington, va





store wall detail -somewhere in rural georgia




these last three photos were all taken by my buddy todd fox. please click on this link to see more of his photos. he is featured in the current issue of black and white fine art photography magazine. needless to say i'm very happy for him.




me onstage with the bottle rockets in macon, georgia.





hanging backstage with mark and brian of the bottle rockets in charlottesville, va.





onstage in lake worth, florida.



thanks to all of you who came out to the shows and thanks to the bottle rockets for inviting me to tour with them. i have quite a few photos from these dates so i may post a part two photo blog if there is enough interest.

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Monday, October 16, 2006


billy bragg tour

in early spring of this year a friend of ours in austin, texas (laura thomas) asked if i'd be interested in playing at a homeless shelter in austin during south by southwest. we said yes. she asked us to pick between two days and we said that it didn't matter to us. she said that she needed us to decide so....we flipped a coin and chose friday. she then informed us that we would be playing at the homeless shelter with billy bragg! billy and i ended up having a great conversation and he enjoyed my set so much that he asked me if i'd be interested in doing some shows with him. i was more than happy to take him up on his offer.

me and billy at caritas soup kitchen in austin, texas.

billy at the alladin theater in portland, oregon.

i didn't have much spare time to take photographs but i did manage to take a few. here are some random images.

salmon ladder in seattle, washington.

fishermen in fog seattle, washington.

i have no idea what this game is called or how to play it but i really enjoyed watching the old men sit around playing it. two men would play while a dozen or so would stand around cheering and laughing (most likely trash talking). i watched for two hours or so. san francisco, california.

i'm not sure whose grave this is but i found it to be interesting. hollywood, california.

grant, mushi, billy, vaughn and andy. billy is blessed with some wonderful folks around him. there was no shortage of laughs back stage!

if you have any photos of the shows please feel free to post them here.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006


deep in the heart of texas

war mother.

he said that his name is jack marvin and that he is lee marvins cousin. i don't know if it's true but i do know that he was the most cantanquerous person i've met in quite a while. he served in three wars and didn't like to talk about it. he spends most of his time sitting on a park bench in san antonio whistling at girls passing by.

this might be the smartest bird i've ever seen. it was waiting for cars to pull of the highway and park in the lot across the street from the alamo. after the people left it would swoop down and eat dead insects off the grill of the car. pretty damn bright for a bird!

derrick frazier was executed two days after this photo was taken.

self portrait in a funhouse mirror.

carls corner truck stop.

these last few photos are of the residents and sights of luchenbach, texas.