Hello everyone. Welcome back to the Lowtalker blog and thanks for checking it out. We're still making our way across Canada with Bane, Strike Anywhere and Touché Amoré. There's no shortage of "kindness" amongst these bands and the people riding along with them. Like I mentioned in the last update, we're extremely grateful to be a part of this based on the bands we get to play with alone. The fact that everyone is so nice makes it all the better.
Being this is our first tour, we're all falling into our roles and pieces that make up the touring machine. Allow me to introduce you to each member of the band and what they do offstage to keep this all rolling:
Stu Ross - The only Canadian born member of Lowtalker and the eldest. He holds 1/3 of "Wisdom Dad" title and does a hell of a lot musically and visually for the band. He's done the artwork for our EP (People Worry About Everything available on FC Records) as well as all of our merch designs. On top of art and taking care of other necessary grunt work, Stu fronts the band as a singer, guitar player, song writer and even plays the rippin' solos that I can't handle.
Matt Keil - Another 1/3 of the "Wisdom Dad" duties are carried out by Matt. This is the day to day stuff you never think about when you watch a band. How did they get on the show? Where are they going to sleep tonight? Who is going to book shows home when the tour ends? What do I do if there's in-climate weather? Wisdom Dad decides and carries out all this. He is able to do business math with his gigantic brain. Matt also plays bass and sings. All of the lyrics are written by him and Stu as well.
Branden Morgan - Both Branden and Matt grew up in Wisconsin which explains why they wake up holding hands every morning. I dare you to find a drummer who is better prepared, better practiced and has better abs than B-Ball Morgan. The final 1/3 Wisdom Dad decisions and responsibilities are given to him and executed with ultimate discipline and prowess.
Casey Hjelmberg - I contribute a guitar riff here and there and write blogs sometimes but most of the time I just try to stay out of way. If for any reason I had to take the reigns temporarily, this whole thing would explode like The Death Star after Luke fired the impossible shot from his X-Wing. To my credit I did come up with the bands name, Lowtalker which is indeed taken from Seinfeld.
Well that's a little summary of the four of us. Thanks to Kent who rode with us in America and to Tony for being our dude right now. I wish I had stories to tell of wild times and crazy people but this trip has been pretty smooth so far. Next blog will be the origins of Lowtalker including alternative names and what seemed to be the endless quest for a singer.
Peace
Casey
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