A Longish Day
Here I am standing in a hotel carpark in the glorious sunshine and contemplating a most demanding next 24 hours. I’ve just had the most fabulous eight hours sleep but I’m going to need it. After a short rest we drove from Nürnberg to Bensheim which took just under three hours. We had to do a soundcheck before our show tonight, but most of the time between 3 o’clock and 6 o’clock, I’ve been taking it easy
We had an early dinner at six because of the early show at 8 o’clock. It’s impossible to sing if you are too recently full of schnitzel. We’ll be on stage between 8 o’clock and about 9:45 entertaining the kind people of Bensheim, then pack up as quickly as possible and try to get on the road to Cologne.
After a 2 1/2 hour drive to Cologne we’ll attempt to grab 2 or 3 hours of sleep before heading to the TV studio to sing, yes sing on the MOMA breakfast show! The band and the equipment are supposed to arrive at 4 o’clock in the morning. What are they thinking of? (There’s nothing like having make-up put on your nose at 5 o’clock in the morning but it does feel a bit weird doing a show surrounded by clocks, cooks, political events and weathermen.
It’s not at all easy to reach high singing notes having done a full show just six hours before. When I sing the first few words of the song ‘Berlin’, “These sore red eyes” will probably not require method acting!
JW