Monday, June 22, 2015

Notes from the Road: American Lions' Pat Moran

American Lions in Virginia Beach. Photo: American Lions Facebook

Tour Blog

New Brunswick's American Lions recently left for a tour with their friends in Semiotics. The tour will take the two New Jersey bands from New York to Virginia to Georgia to Kentucky with stops in between as they circle back to their New Brunswick home base.

American Lions drummer Pat Moran asked if I'd be willing to share some of his thoughts as he sweats his way down the coast with his buddies, and I was more than happy to oblige. Here's his first dispatch from the road, and it looks like Pat has found his first week pretty inspiring.

American Lions and Semiotics should be in Somerset, KY today. Have a great show, guys; and keep spreading that New Jersey good will.

American Lions / Semiotics on Tour, Part 1

by Pat Moran

Driving down the coast in 103-degree weather with The Sidekicks' Awkward Breeds in the tape deck. It’s enough inspiration for me to start jotting down some of the goings-on of the past week we’ve had. I’m Pat. I play drums in a band called American Lions and we are currently on a 2-week tour with our fellow New Brunswick friends, Semiotics.

Between van-battery problems in Virginia Wal-Marts, booking a last minute show with a day's notice, and just generally being the smelliest and sweatiest I’ve ever been in my entire life, the first week has been nothing but interesting. The best part has been meeting all of these creative and artistic people along the way. You can’t help but want to throw some of them in the back of the van and take them back to our little New Jersey scene where they would thrive.

If I could have people take away any sort of thought from reading this, it’d be to appreciate the musicians and talent around you in New Jersey. I feel like we sometimes forget to give everyone enough credit for what they’re doing. Whether you’ve been involved in music for a month or for 7 years, you are still a part of something bigger than yourself, and you deserve credit, at the very least, for having the guts to give it a try.

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