{"id":2209,"date":"2013-08-25T17:06:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T22:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2013-08-25T17:07:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T22:07:04","slug":"tuf-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=2209","title":{"rendered":"TuF Enough"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer dwindles down.\u00a0 Can it already be the end of August?\u00a0 I feel like I hardly enjoyed this summer enough.\u00a0 This week was out of the norm for us.<\/p>\n

Tuesday afternoon, I had to drive down to Southern Indiana to handle some business for my sister.\u00a0 The drive wasn\u2019t too bad.\u00a0 I only hit a couple of slow spots.\u00a0 I decided to take my friend, Kay, up on her offer to stay with them.\u00a0 Since my plans had some space in it, it would give me an opportunity to catch up with her.<\/p>\n

I made it to her house by 7:00 (CST) and found them already settling in.\u00a0 Her husband, Don, had to work the next day so he and Elvis, their dog, toddled off to bed.\u00a0 Kay and I moved from the back porch to the front porch.\u00a0 The full moon was blazing away out there and it was almost like daylight.\u00a0 We sat out front until talked until midnight.\u00a0 Then we finally called it quits and went to bed.<\/p>\n

The next morning, my door was open a little bit.\u00a0 Apparently, Elvis came to check in on me before I got up.\u00a0 Kay and I went to breakfast at Budroe\u2019s Bus Stop in Henryville and then back to the house to wander around.\u00a0 The entire time, we talked up a storm.\u00a0 My jaws hurt from so much exercise.\u00a0 It\u2019s really good to catch up Kay.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been friends since the 7th<\/sup> grade.\u00a0 Somehow when we get together, it\u2019s like we haven\u2019t really been apart very long.\u00a0 Nice to have friends like that.<\/p>\n

I took care of business and headed on back home.\u00a0 I always stop at the cemetery to visit my Mom and Dad.\u00a0 I missed a rain shower by minutes, apparently.\u00a0 My paternal grandparents are in the same cemetery along with a great uncle and a great aunt.\u00a0 Can\u2019t come through without saying I miss you.<\/p>\n

Again, the drive wasn\u2019t too bad.\u00a0 Traffic was moving and only a few crazies out.\u00a0 The close calls were few and far between.\u00a0 I rolled into the house about 8:30.\u00a0 Then it was time to go into work the next morning.\u00a0 Too bad.\u00a0 Friday was proving to be a particularly trying day.\u00a0 But once again, I survived to enjoy a weekend.<\/p>\n

Saturday was Little Bear Rib Fest.\u00a0 You know the best part of that?\u00a0 Trampled Under Foot was in town!\u00a0 Yeah!\u00a0 Rich ended up with a sinus headache and probably coming down with an allergy attack.\u00a0 He stayed home to make sure Sascha wasn\u2019t lonely.\u00a0 I drug Rick out with me.\u00a0 We got to the venue, parked in the mall lot, and walked down to the sounds of blues in the air.\u00a0 Our first mission was to scope out a good place to sit.\u00a0 We got about three rows from the front and just a little right of center.<\/p>\n

Then we wandered off to get some BBQ.\u00a0 This event was bigger than the one in our town.\u00a0 There were about 6 booths set up from area BBQ restaurants.\u00a0 That gave you a pretty good selection.\u00a0 I scoped out the beer tent hoping for some good brews.\u00a0 However, I was disappointed to find out it was all Miller products.\u00a0 Well, water would do to wash down the BBQ. What happened to the Revolution from the McHenry event?\u00a0 Someone should tell them that they were missing out.<\/p>\n

The first band up was called Red, White, and Blues.\u00a0 It was a pretty loose and dressed down group.\u00a0 The sound wasn\u2019t bad, but they weren\u2019t as good as I had hoped.\u00a0 Then came 7:00.\u00a0 Indigenous took the stage.\u00a0 The name has been around for a while.\u00a0 Mato Nanji, the leader, is a Nakota Indian from South Dakota.\u00a0 The original band started out with Mato, his brother and sister, and a cousin.\u00a0 Over the years, it\u2019s come down to Mato and a couple of other guys.\u00a0 I\u2019ve enjoyed the music produced by Indigenous.\u00a0 I think their current lineup is missing some of the quality and strength from earlier on stage presence.\u00a0 I still enjoyed watching Mato play the guitar.\u00a0 He is a Jimi Hendrix style player and can do it well.<\/p>\n

Then came TuF.\u00a0 That\u2019s Trampled Under Foot.\u00a0 The Schnebelen Family Band, if you will.\u00a0 We first saw TuF last year at the Cincy Blues Fest.\u00a0 Since then, they have become my favorite blues band.\u00a0 Danielle can sing so beautifully and has one of the strongest voices I have ever heard.\u00a0 Nick is an award winning guitar player.\u00a0 Kris is a rock drummer who carries the blues to a strong beat.\u00a0 What can I say?\u00a0 It is my favorite blues band!<\/p>\n

Rick hadn\u2019t heard them live before.\u00a0 He is forced to listen to them around the house since I blast their music out while I\u2019m working.\u00a0 He has a new appreciate for the band.\u00a0 Of course, it does hurt that Danielle is easy on the eyes in her short dress and heels.\u00a0 They played many of my favorites and then came the encore.\u00a0 Since the band takes their name from their days as a Led Zeppelin cover band, it is fitting to pay tribute to the name and sing a Led song.\u00a0 They did \u201cRock and Roll.\u201d<\/p>\n

We gathered up our stuff and headed to the both to have them sign my copy of \u201cBadlands.\u201d\u00a0 I convinced Rich to pitch into their Kickstarter to help produce the album.\u00a0 We went down to the listening party in Kansas City back in June.\u00a0 It meant we got to hang out at their home base, The Trouser Mouse, and listen to the tracks with a select group of people.\u00a0 It was kind of cool.\u00a0 Reminded me of my days in Louisville with the band I used to follow there.<\/p>\n

Danielle, Nick, and Kris signed the cover.\u00a0 With no more reason to hang around, Rick and I headed home.\u00a0 It was a pretty cool evening.\u00a0 Sitting out under the stars on a clear and warm evening was great.\u00a0 Listening to TuF and Indigenous were priceless.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, and we worked on the front door this week.\u00a0 The weather has taken its toll on the door.\u00a0 It was faded and beat up.\u00a0 Then we found out we had bees nesting in the cracks under the door.\u00a0 This meant that Rich had cut and take apart the siding and wet wood.\u00a0 He finally got it all cleaned out and the bees exterminated.\u00a0 Then he put in the filler pieces and gaps.\u00a0 A new face was put over all of the hard work and he sealed up any gaps.\u00a0 Now it looked great.<\/p>\n

I sanded down the door and stained it a nice Pecan finish.\u00a0 After that dried, I applied the urethane to protect all the hard work.\u00a0 It really glowed like new again.\u00a0 All it took was a little elbow grease and some great products.\u00a0 Now my door is a thing of beauty again.\u00a0 It\u2019ll look better with a front porch, I think.\u00a0 But that\u2019s coming down the road sometime.<\/p>\n

Back in the spring, I had some petunias starting to come up in the cracks of the patio stones.\u00a0 I hadn\u2019t planted them, so it was a surprise to see what was happening.\u00a0 I left them all to come up.\u00a0 It turned out to be plants from last summer\u2019s petunias that I had put into the deck boxes.\u00a0 With some leftovers, I had filled in a couple of bowls that I placed on the edge of the patio.\u00a0 Somehow, seeds or sprouts got out of the bowls and got into the cracks of the patio.\u00a0 It was a great surprise and they have added a little something out there.<\/p>\n

I guess my summer hasn\u2019t been too bad.\u00a0 We still have Labor Day weekend and then one more vacation.\u00a0 Rich and I are taking off for the Smoky Mountains.\u00a0 A little hiking, sightseeing, and trying to catch up with friends in the area.<\/p>\n

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\"Rich<\/a>
Rich doing repairs under the front door.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"My<\/a>
My refinished and refurbished front door. Thanks, Rich.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Last<\/a>
Last year’s petunias coming up in the patio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rick<\/a>
Rick with the weight of Sascha’s world on his chest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Indigenous<\/a>
Indigenous on stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mateo<\/a>
Mateo Ninji from Indigenous rocking out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"TuF<\/a>
TuF belting out the blues.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"TuF<\/a>
TuF in the limelight on stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Danielle<\/a>
Danielle singing “It’s Man’s World.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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