Blake Babies 89-90 Tour Diary Excerpts | John P. Strohm

John P. Strohm posted on Twitter yesterday about finding a Blake Babies tour diary he kept from 1989-1990, and which he’s now transcribing.

I’ll keep this post updated with links to John’s Wordpress as he publishes in parts.

A snippet from Part 1 (November - December 1989) :

12/7/89

Athens GA did not disappoint. Tuesday night we played the 40-Watt. We played an hour and two encores. It felt a little lackluster because Juliana is getting a cold. The staff at the 40-Watt are as nice as any club people I’ve met. The sound guy kept offering Juliana various cold remedies including slugs of brandy (which she declined – she never drinks and in fact none of us are drinking at all on this tour). Wednesday we drove to Sparta to a junk store and I bought some shitkickin’ boots and some hats. Freda got these amazing red cowboy boots, which she’s wearing with pride.

Updates:

Part 2 (January 1990) published April 3, 2022

Part 3 (February 1990) published April 4, 2022

Part 4 (February 1990) published April 5, 2022

Part 5 (March 1990) published April 6, 2022 (final part)