As we hear stories upon stories of the road, we can only think about the difference between those sold out venue shows where you were treated at the 5 star hotel by drop dead gorgeous 24 hour room service girls, and the local dive bars with 15 people staring at the weird guy on the mic. The show in Nashville, Tennessee where 12 people came , you made 40 dollars and slept on the porch of a house; the show in Virginia Beach, your feet were in the sand after the show with a girl you wanted to bring home to your mother, but you live over a thousand miles away.
These are tour story specifics. Some are crazy moments, some are normal occurrences. These “tour story specifics” go deep in the minds of our selected artists, tour managers, photographers in this particular article, and we invite 8 warriors (K Flay is a warrior-ette) of the road to tell us about the worst places they have ever stayed.
Grieves
(Rhymesayers Recording Artist) Once i did a tour in a 1980’s 31 foot chevy allegro RV. It was stocked full of juice boxes and tuna. We showered with water jugs that we would fill up with warm water at gas stations and there were 2 mice that lived in the walls. Type and I lived out of that thing for two months on tour until it broke down in Chattanooga, TN where we were forced to find a hotel for a week—The Cherokee Inn. The Cherokke had just recently re-opened it’s doors after being shut down for “prostitution.”Tthe walls were molded through and the beds gave us the worst rashes ever.. RAP IS GLAMOROUS!!
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Pat Maine!
guys stop riding the boys you know whats…theyre great and all…but poetically K FLAY takes the cake, KYLE rapps explores colorado,
and Jackie Chain is on some dirt south grimy grimy.
notice how everyone is from all over.
PIG PEN, PAT MAINE, DUSK ONE, YZE, AND DUMB LUCK = the epitomy of Starving Artists! Forcing their way into your eardrums…. Stay awake… these cats aren’t to be slept on
Much respect for All these cats…They are Reppin Utah well. and i and proud to have they showing the country that Utah does have a very respectable Hip Hop Scene for real. keep doing y’all thing and i will keep reppin y’all shout out to CSE My fam and B.S.O. Ent. If you guys haven’t seen a show from their tour i suggest you do so asap….you will not be disappointed.
Yo mad respect to PAT MAINE and PIGPEN!!! Much love while you’re rockin’ mics and keepin’ them heads noddin’ across the country’… We’ve been missing you at the Poetry and Spoken Word nights here in SLC, but we’ll keep the stage nice and warm for y’all when you get back. Keep the words coming fellas. Sickest MC’s in SLC…. Respect
One Love,
Mr Tui
iron like a lion in zion. big ups to the boys reppin’ slc. thanks for the music and thanks for takin’ it to the streets
Some of the dopest MC’s and the realest people in the land of Zion. Pushin and Callin all those Hip Hop Dreamers.
you doots are killin it! on urb and erything! love that \Old Hands\ track! check it if you havent yet people. http://www.rockthedub.com/2010/08/mc-pig-pen-pat-maine-old-hands.html
That’s some character building sh*t right there. If any of you Hip Hop soldiers need a place to crash in Seattle, hit up the AYCE crew. We support real Hip Hop.
Thats my boy!!!
Mad props to Pat, Pig, and the rest of the Alive & Well crew for surviving through them sketchy tour experiences and never letting it bring em’ down. Straight up the realest cats ever. Keep it up homies!
Since it refreshed the article to a different one after I posted, I want to make it clear that I can only vouch for Dusk, Dumblock, Yze, Pat Maine and MC Pigpen.
One listen to anyone of them fives songs and you know the sign in the window is true, real talk.
Pig and Pat always have the best tour stories. Even the grimy stories are entertaining.
Biggie ups to PIG PEN, PAT MAINE, DUSK ONE, YZE, AND DUMB LUCK as seen above!!! Look forward to their future and collabos with some of the best out there~
My boys Pat Maine and PigPen are straight focused. whatyallknowboutsaltlake?!?!? 801…….
I remember working with PAT MAINE a few years back and I knew this guy was going to be one to get out and do what he really wanted to do! Now he’s traveling all over the country but man I gotta say I lived in Bozeman for a time and for real, not a place I would want to go back and visit. Anyways keep it up PAT MAINE you are good at what you do my friend!
Pig and Pat are gentlemen and scholars. Good article, more like this.
alcohol blankets make every poor situation seem brighter. glad PAT MAINE and PIGPEN lived to see another day :)
dope article , good that you picked PAT MAINE and PIGPEN too cause they are EVERYWHERE, true road warriors. Those guys are some of the more inspiring people ive met, on their grindstsones