Ode to Ozark!

We played a show on Wednesday night in a quaint little town called Ozark, Arkansas (pop. 2500)

The people were awesome and the scenery was gorgeous. Long live Ar-Kansas.

Mucho amo,

Clint

Welcome to Hot Springs, Arkansas: Boy Home of Bill Clinton

So once again here I sit a Starbucks... same frappuccino different town.
We are in the giant metroplex of Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Interesting fact... do you know why they call it Hot Springs? Because there are springs and fountains within the city that have water the temperature of lava spraying out of them! How do I know this? Because I stuck my hand in one of these said springs and it burned the top 3 layers of skin right off! (not really but that would be a very interesting blog story )Here's a little real history of Hot Springs (for Wil)...

-It is the boyhood home of Bill Clinton and coincidentally has several houses of burlesque.
-The city takes its name from the natural thermal water that flows from 47 springs on the western slope of Hot Springs Mountain.
-Approximately 800,000 gallons of 143-degree water flows from the springs each day.
-It was also once featured in an episode of Looney Toons where bugs bunny visited Hot Springs. So it's a pretty semi-famous town.

Tonight we play at The Attic here in Hot Springs and tommorrow we are off to Ozark, Arkansas home of the hillbillies, seriously thats their town mascot.
"Life on the road, don't get no better than this!"

Mucho amo,
Clint

Chasen Video Diary #2 (Daystar TV)

Chasen Road Diary #2
Soundcheck TV Show taping at Daystar in Bedford, TX.

Chasen Road Diary Numero Uno

Here is our first week out on the road.

On stage @ ACL!

On stage at Austin City Limits... a dream come true!

AUSTIN!

I am officially in Austin, Texas home of Chuy's Tex-mex (where Pres. Bush's daughters tried to drink under age), Season 16 of the Real World, Austin City Limits, Sandra Bullock, and Austin Powers!
So just to catch you up... here's todays events in chronological order.
Evan violated my safety bubble this morning so I broke his toe with a coffee pot full of cold water.. (the details are a little sketchy but it's really a long story)
Billy Earnhardt (Aaron) made a special appearance at Chuy's Tex-mex tonight. He shared with us many interesting facts... including how fast polar bears named Butch can move, which is actually 5 naughts in nautical terms or if filled properly with tex-mex food they can reach up to 10 naughts! That's amazing that a polar bear can reach those speeds, especially since Texas is like 212 degrees at all times!

We played at a humongoid church in Austin called Great Hills Baptist Church.
It was amazing!
Rock on Great Hills Baptist Church!
Everyone at GHB has been incredibly nice so far. They set us up a sick green room with the works! (even a cool green rug that looks like it could be from Pier 1 or possibly even The Pottery Barn... wow that's sweet huh?)
Oh yeah, and we had like 200 or so kids sing Happy Birthday to Jack-jack over the phone in the middle of the show tonight! That was so cool for a dad to give his awesome son on his first birthday.

As you can see we are having a blast here in the captial city of the Lonestar State.
Life is great on the open road!

Mucho amo,
Clint

The Other Side of Rock and Roll

Thank God for free wireless internet! Who would have though that Starbucks in Alabama would charge $10 a day for internet... so rock on Panera Bread you make boredom a little less boring!

Alabama is a strange place....

Mucho amo,
Clint

"700 miles in Ron Burgundy"

Tonight we are at the infamous "Nick" in B-mingham for a kickin' show which we are all stoked about! Show starts at around 10ish which means it ends around 1ish... sounds like an average night... except for the fact that we have to be in Dallas by 11am the next morning! That's 700 miles in Ron Burgundy over a span of a few hours. (Ron is our van) Good thing we have Veronica (Veronica is our GPS system because we are all directionally retarded)

Our manager JD is making the overnight drive so we can be semi-awake for the show the next morning. Oh the glamorous life of rock and roll.

Oh yeah and JD screams in his sleep... whats up with that?!

Mucho amo,

Clint

Jack's First Cons!

My son Jack got his very first pair of Cons! (thanx Mike)

Talk about making a daddy proud! And what a perfect time to break them out... our first show of the tour.

Tommorrow night is at The Nick in Birmingham, AL. Then a 10 hour drive to Dallas for a Daystar TV show taping at 11 am the next morning.

Life is great.... God is doing amazing things!

Don't miss out!

Mucho amo,

Clint

Burlington, NC.... More than great coats!

Last night we met up with our good friends Overflow in Burlington, NC.
The show was a blast and the sound system was unbelievable. Rock on Burlington!

Next stop is The Nick in Birmingham, Alabama (the murder capital of the US.... seriously)

Mucho amo,
Clint

Wa-Holla-Atcha-Boy

So last night we played the Wahalla Civic Center conveniently located in Wahalla, SC... which in our case could only be located with a trusty GPS system. Luckily we had a said GPS system and found it just fine (thank you Veronica!)

Here is a picture from the show... sort of...

The show was a blast and the crowd was great... even though the roof was falling in on us in the green room and the lamp was on fire in the mirror.

Wahalla You Rock!

Mucho Amo,

Clint

And we're off! (The Tour Map)

Only 3 days left until Chasen departs on a whirlwind adventure across the nation.

First stop is Wahalla, SC.

Stay up to date with our non-interactive official Chasen tour map. Found only on Clint's blog!

By the way, I really need a few pair of clean socks before the tour so feel free to make donations.

Mucho amo,

Clint

Bottle Jumping (The new craze!)

Every so often a hip new trend is conjured up by some celebrity or semi-famous person that catches on like wildfire and eventually transcends into pop culture. I pride myself at staying slightly ahead of the game... so I have made it my hobby to try and predict if you will these coming trends. Sometimes it proves rather difficult to predict the way things will catch on... but every once in a while you stumble upon something that you know can't miss....

What is it that I am talking about exactly?

BOTTLE JUMPING!

You'll see, in a matter of weeks everyone will be doing it!

Many thanks to Evan for making me laugh hysterically!

Mucho Amo,

Clint