Unfortunately we just toured the East and West coasts so we didn't run into any rednecks.
Unfortunately we just toured the East and West coasts so we didn't run into any rednecks.
I enjoyed the two years I was with Clannad. I enjoyed touring. We toured a lot in Europe.
I toured Ontario in the winter of '48, in a touring company of The Drunkard, in which I played the bartender.
I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.
I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet.
We toured that record for a year, which turned out to be the culmination of ten years of being constantly on the road. We were sick to death of touring.
When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting for somebody or something. The whole day is a drag.
One of the great bands we opened up for was Priest back in '89. That was really great because at that time we had never met them, never toured with them before. They were a big influence on Slayer, so to open up for them was really cool.
It's been over 15 years since I toured... over 12 years since I did any recording under my own name. I never really intended to take that long of a hiatus.
It was very interesting, and we went to Germany and we toured Germany like we were a German band in 1985.
That's when we decided to stop in '66. Everyone thought we toured for years, you know, but we didn't. I joined in '62, and we'd finished touring in '66 to go into the studio where we could hear each other... and create any fantasy that came out of anybody's brain.
I was producing demos for a band that was called Physical Ed. Out of production of demos I went and did a few jam sessions with then in Northern California clubs, but I never actually toured with them.
I listen to Billy Joel. He is fabulous. I saw him with Elton John when they toured together, it was so great.
I've toured the U.S. every single year and I've put a record out every single year whether it was on a major label or not; that doesn't make any difference to me.
Even in my really bad, drugged-out days, I didn't go away. I still toured, still did interviews. I never gave up the fight. That's why I'm who I am today, because I didn't leave. And I think I made the right choice.
When we toured... I was hungry to take out people like Jeff Beck in front of us; Fleetwood Mac, just before they hit; Heart, just before they hit.
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