Cavo – TOUR TIPS (Part 3)

In this Tour Tips segment, bassist Pookee Jones, of the rock band, Cavo, gives you his tips for being on tour. You can check out the feature, after the break.

Pookee Jones – Words of Wisdom
Part Tres

1. Always know what your bus looks like, especially if you’re the new drummer! Accidentally mistaking our bus for Evanescence, (huge difference) jumping on and making it to the back lounge and then realizing it’s not the right bus only to have Amy Lee’s head pop out of a bunk and ask can I help you is not a good thing. But muttering CAVO….wrong bus and running off only makes you look like a crazy person Andy! Always know what your bus looks like!

2. When you have late bus calls never assume you will be sober enough that you won’t get motion sick when bus roll time happens. Just ask Patty-Patty-Puke-Puke and yes, unfortunately, myself, PukeeJones!

3. Corn-hole….I know what you are thinking and in fact, the name took us by surprise as well. Who would have thought 8 bags filled with 1pound of corn, two boards 26 feet apart with a hole in them could occupy so much of your time. Longest tournament lasted 3 days! Try this game once and you will be addicted. Long live Team CAVO!

4. Someone change the hospitality list halfway through the tour please….how many bags of plain and tortilla chip and salsa are enough….10-15 cause we got it and trust me it’s enough. Funny how everything else gets eaten and only chips and salsa remains. And who the hell put plain chips on this list anyway……

5. If you are a bar owner and you want to give the band a gift in the form of something other than money, don’t give them alcohol that you use for your well drinks….we’re not dumb, we would rather you give us $10 then a bottle of tequila that cost $9.99. No matter how smooth you say it is, it’s still $9.99 and it’s still on the bus unopened!

6. When touring, try to remember time zones, being late or missing a meet-n-greet isn’t a good thing.

7. Whenever you get the chance to do laundry….do it! You can only turn your underwear inside out once!! And to think you all made fun of the over packer huh, yeah well he packed 28 pairs of underwear, 40 pairs of socks, 30 t-shirts, 20 tank tops, 5 pairs of shorts, 7 pairs of jeans and 4 pairs of shoes and Pookee isn’t sharing!!

8. Never, never, never bite the hand that feeds you or, in this case, the tour manager that hands out per diem. Getting your weeks per diem in 5’s and 1’s sucks! You could look at it through rose colored glasses and say ‘now I just look like I’m a baller’ but everyone knows better and you just look like a buster!!

9. If the tour stops off on a festival date avoid suspect catering at all cost. Summer time heat and porta-potties do not mix with food poisoning!! This is where the iPhone taxi cab app comes in handy. You may think it’s crazy but have you seen who’s used the porta-john before you and are you really willing to face the biological warfare going on in those things? I say you spend a little cash and go for a short cab ride to a QuickTrip, Flying J or Pilot? These stations are everywhere these days and the cab drivers will even wait for you. And hell, while you’re there pick up something nice for yourself, you deserve it after what you’ve just been through. I got a TEXAN hat, some chewy sprees, and a fountain drink!

10. Lastly, touring is amazing, you get to play of those people that love and believe in what it is that you do!! So many beautiful people and places!! So take a second to be grateful to be doing what you are doing. We appreciate you all and we will see you all very soon!!

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