The Dixie Bee-Liners are having a spook-tacular time on the American Revival Tour. Photo Courtesy Casey Henry.

Banjoist Casey Henry, one of the newest additions to The Dixie Bee-liners is offering a behind the scenes rundown of life on the road with the American Revival Tour on the Murphey Method Blog.

In the American Revival Tour travelog, currently covering the activities from Day 4 of the tour, Henry divulges the subtle pleasures one has living the life of a traveling musician. One doesn’t usually correlate having an entire bench seat to yourself in a gear and people infested van as  luxury, but small pleasures are vastly different living life on the road. Casey also hits on some of the low points of a gigging musicians day including a fruitless search for a Starbucks after a long night and an early wake-up call.

“When we loaded the van I noticed that some of the other band members had cups and bags from Brueggers Bagels. The hotel didn’t have a complimentary breakfast, so I figured we’d stop at Starbucks or something. But Robin said they had actually gone to Brueggers. When we were all in the van I said, “You know what was really cool? When you told me and Rachel that you were going to Brueggers and we all went together and it was a great band bonding experience!” Jeremy was duly apologetic, but I won’t let him forget it…

Rachel had decided to ride with Clay Hess (guitar player with Sierra Hull) and his wife Samantha, who were driving their own car, so I had the whole rear seat of the van to myself. I took advantage of that by sleeping for most of the trip. I did wake up for our coffee stop in Richmond. We got off the interstate, heading toward a Starbucks, but every single attempt we made to find the store was thwarted. In driving fruitlessly around Virginia’s capitol we wasted more than half an hour, never found out Starbucks, and ended up patronizing a more local establishment.” Casey Henry

Casey will be blogging as much as possible during the American Revival Tour so check in daily to make sure you don’t miss anything.

The American Revival Tour with The Dixie Bee-liners, Sierra Hull and Uncle Earl is fully underway now. The tour, scheduled to run through the 22nd of this month has already made stops in North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia. Tonight the tour hits the famed Birchmere in Alexandria, VA.

Casey Henry’s American Revival Tour Blog Entries

• American Revival Tour Day 1
• American Revival Tour Day 2
• American Revival Tour Day 3
• American Revival Tour Day 4

American Revival tour mate Sierra Hull is also blogging about the tour over at sierrahull.blogspot.com.

American Revival Tour Dates

• Nov. 2 7:30 PM — The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
• Nov. 4 8:00 PM — Newberry Opera House, Newberry, SC
• Nov. 5 7:30 PM — City of Morganton Municipal Auditorium, Morganton, NC
• Nov. 6 8:00 PM — The Carolina Theatre, Greensboro, NC
• Nov. 8 8:00 PM — The Orange Peel Social Aid and Pleasure Club, Asheville, NC
• Nov. 9 7:30 PM — Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
• Nov. 11 7:30 PM — Manship Theatre, Baton Rouge, LA
• Nov. 12 8:30 PM — Dosey Doe Coffee House, The Woodlands, TX
• Nov. 14 8:00 PM — Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR
• Nov. 15 7:00 PM — Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts, Springfield, MO
• Nov. 17 7:30 PM — Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
• Nov. 18 8:00 PM — The Square Room, Knoxville, TN
• Nov. 20 8:00 PM — McAninch Arts Center at College of Du Page – Mainstage, Glen Ellyn, IL
• Nov. 21 8:00 PM — Parrish Auditorium, Hamilton, OH
• Nov. 22 7:00 PM — Byham Theater, Pittsburgh, PA