Our final stop on our seven college in nine days tour of the South. What an incredible trip! Cullowhee, North Carolina where WCU is located is gorgeous. The college is parked between mountains. I was here in 1987 when my brother Kenny graduated from here. It's been built up a lot since then. As one of the students commented, "They were living in tents back then." Puts my age in perspective too. Our show at WCU was wedged between two showings of Dark Knight. Yes, the Batman flick. As Ron said, "we were the intermission." It was the only place they could put us.
Attendance was pretty good and the post show discussion was enlightening as usual. We stayed after and spoke to a few students for over an hour. One student really had a seeking mind towards his own expression as a writer and how his professor had said he crossed the line in terms of being blasphemous. Ron and I share the same sentiment as far as sparing nothing to encourage youth. They are so precious and truly are the future of humanity. The next morning we left Cullowhee at 9am, breakfast at Cracker Barrel at 10am (love that place for breakfast, and had my last grits for a while) and made the 15 hour trek back to Cambridge. We arrived at Ron's place in Lexington at 1:30am on Saturday night. I really wanted to get home to be with my wife, daughter, and dog. It was so nice to sleep at home!
Our tour of the South was a tremendous experience and feel very appreciative to have spent all that time with Ron as he continues to inspire and teach me about life and performing. He is truly an amazing man. Tonight we head to Worcester and perform at Worcester Polytech Institute. Cheers!
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