New Song - untitled as of yet

So here is a song I wrote last night in Winter Park, CO. It is definitely the sappiest song I've written in... a long time, but its going to be a rocker with the full band. I just sang it for the barista at the coffee shop in Cheyenne, WY and she gave me a free piece of carrot cake for it.

When you going down to Idaho?
Give me a call when you first know
I can come down, I can come down for you.

Where you going next in this big land?
I think it might fit my plans,
I can come down, I can come down for you.

Drive all night, drive all day
Drive too far, cuz I can't stay away.

I'll drive two weeks, I'll drive two months,
Drive from work, from dawn till dusk for you.

When you coming through my hometown,
I think we can get around.
If you came down, then I'd come around for you.

I'd pick you up, take you out,
paint the town, get lit up with you.

Leave the car, call a cab,
or walk 2 miles, hand in hand with you.

When you get back from Mexico?
Give me holler when you're home.
I can come down, I can come down for you.

We'll drive all night, we'll drive all day
we'll drive as long as we are still awake.

We'll find a floor, we'll find a couch,
We'll find a place, I have no doubts with you.

When you going back to Idaho,
Give me a call when you first know,
I can come down, I can come down for you.

What I've Been Up To on the Road...

So I know that I still have a few more posts to finish up from the Europe Trip, but I thought that you might like to see what I've been up to on my month-long Spring Tour out west. I am currently in Los Angeles, and heading up to San Francisco today, but here are some pictures from where I've been so far...The first stop was Chicago, and I got to share a show with some good friends of mine, Flame Shark. We did a radio spot at WNUR before the show, and the picture above shows Justin Jahnke of FS and myself preparing to infiltrate the Chicago radio waves.

Driving through Kansas I decided it was time for a clean-up, so I shaved off most of my facial hair and got a haircut in Emporia, KS. It was the longest haircut of my life, the old guy used only scissors, but he did a bad-ass job.

Palo Duro Canyon outside of Amarillo, TX. I stopped for a bit of hiking on my way through, as my brother and I had enjoyed this canyon last summer on tour. I believe that it is the 2nd largest canyon in the U.S. after the Grand Canyon.

I spent a weekend playing shows in New Mexico: at a roadhouse in Madrid and then a house concert in Placitas. DeeDee (pictured above) and her mom were kind enough to put me up for the weekend as couchsurfing hosts, and they threw one hell of a house concert/party on Saturday night. Here is DeeDee modeling a Mexican wrestling mask AND a John Statz t-shirt. Yes, we both ended up with masks (see my Facebook profile picture).

The house concert in Placitas, NM. I really had a good time and met tons of fun people. Thanks DeeDee and Michelle!