Handsome Dick Manitoba 2026 California Tour Kickoff

Craig Behrhorst joins me on this update from the Handsome Dick Manitoba Tour

I'm lazy so I let AI do the show notes:

An introduction from Oakland sets the stage for a lively discussion about the latest tour. The host shares that this is the earliest podcast recording to date, reflecting on the busy schedule of six or seven shows. A recap of the first show at the Stork Club in Oakland reveals a mix of excitement and nerves, especially with multiple events happening that night. The audience's positive reception eases the tension, although the host admits to a brief meltdown at the start. The first night of the tour is deemed a success.

Chapters:
00:00:04 - Introduction from San Francisco
00:00:58 - Tour Announcement
00:02:04 - Arrival Story
00:03:30 - Performance Anxiety
00:04:11 - Audience Reception
00:06:06 - Personal Struggles
00:08:35 - Tour Reflection
00:09:32 - Invitation to Fans
00:10:19 - Closing Remarks

 

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00:00:05
From San Francisco, California, this is the Rock and Roll Geek Show. This is the story of my rock and roll butler. Welcome to the Rock and Roll Geek Show.

00:00:22
My name is Michael Butler. Thanks a lot for joining me. I really appreciate it.

00:00:25
Today is Sunday, October 4th, 2026 and it is the earliest time I've ever done a podcast. I think it's 11.35 in the morning.

00:00:38
Too early to drink beer so I'm drinking a fine water. I'm here with Craig, guitar player from Manitoba and the Butler's House. What are you drinking, Craig?

00:00:47
I'm having coffee. There you go. We're hardcore.

00:00:50
I'll wait to drink beer after sundown. I drank a little too much last night. It was the first show of our big Manitoba tour.

00:00:59
We're doing like six or seven shows, something like that. Mmm. Oh, that's good water.

00:01:07
First one was last night in Oakland, California at a place called the Stork Club. We got there. We went to load in yesterday. It's in a really good part of Oakland and there was this guy walking down the street

00:01:24
yelling at the air, cursing, wanting to fight anybody that got in his way. We had the guitars in the back. I had Undisclosed Raquel in the car.

00:01:36
This guy was running back and forth, wanting to fight anybody. We're the ... Let's just say we were a little bit out of place.

00:01:45
We didn't fit in with the rest of the crowd. There was another big dude saying, come on, come on, let's go, let's go around the corner and fight. The guy's going, I'll beat your ass, motherfucker, I'll kill you, but he wouldn't follow the guy around the corner. We're waiting for the smoke to clear before we go get our gear out of the car and walk

00:02:03
into the club. We made it in alive. Fairly normal behavior for that area, except it was a little bit elevated because it was crazy from the heat.

00:02:16
It's abnormally ... It's unseasonably hot here in Oakland. Yesterday was a high of 93, and it gets 93 in Oakland, everybody just like, oh my God.

00:02:25
They're going crazy. I think that had something to do with it. These two guys, man, one guy was short, but just stocky, built like a brick, man. He had his shirt off, he was pacing