GOT 20: Rider Writer or: How I Got Ahold of a Ten Foot Robotic Sasquatch and a Fleet of Drones…
Moving in the right direction, it’s the phrase of this new tour. Things have been coming together in our live performance arena…and folks seem to be diggin’ it immensely. The new stage show includes an extra large, ten foot tall Squatcher “Squatch-bot” that runs around the entire stage area, raising all kinds of Hell for our act. His eyes glow a bright red, and that’s all the audience can see as the show’s about to start…total darkness is broken by the glow of his eyes, nearly ten feet above the drum riser, then the lights come up as we all go to work. The stage set is made up to look like a boreal forest. There’s a bit of pyro, and laser show, as the Squatch-bot runs around like a lunatic…good times…
Things have been going so well, we got to add a few special conditions to our rider for the tour…
1: Waffle House delivery available, anytime, on demand. (I’m told that they might be developing a “mobile Waffle House” solution for this)
2: Someone is assigned the task of hosing down that stinky caveman dude, regularly…Not us.
3: Night vision goggles to be provided to band members at every hotel.
4: As much beer as we desire, upon request.
5: Free time to go Squatching…when desired.
6: ATVs to be provided for provision 5(squatching) activities.
7: Pizza (any type desired) provided upon request.
8: Proper BBQ facilities to be made available to the band at every stop on tour.
9: A licensed, maintained, and properly permitted, fleet of 20 drones available for band member use.
10: Gin Gins Spicy Apple Chewy Ginger Candy available backstage for all band members.
Funny eh?…
It gets better….
So Strymon approached me with a proposal to build a series of pedals to be designed in consultation with….me? Weird, but super cool.
Here’s the first three:
From left to right-
The “Squatch Phase” multi-stage phaser.
The “Dagger Driver”, a super hot dirtbox.
The “Multi-Track Enviro”, a dual function ambiance pedal. A doubler pedal that’s capable of multiple voices, and a reverb pedal that’s great at providing nature-based ambient spaces.
What a trip…
✠ Don Dagger ✠
Moving in the right direction, it’s the phrase of this new tour. Things have been coming together in our live performance arena…and folks seem to be diggin’ it immensely. The new stage show includes an extra large, ten foot tall Squatcher “Squatch-bot” that runs around the entire stage area, raising all kinds of Hell for our act. His eyes glow a bright red, and that’s all the audience can see as the show’s about to start…total darkness is broken by the glow of his eyes, nearly ten feet above the drum riser, then the lights come up as we all go to work. The stage set is made up to look like a boreal forest. There’s a bit of pyro, and laser show, as the Squatch-bot runs around like a lunatic…good times…
Things have been going so well, we got to add a few special conditions to our rider for the tour…
1: Waffle House delivery available, anytime, on demand. (I’m told that they might be developing a “mobile Waffle House” solution for this)
2: Someone is assigned the task of hosing down that stinky caveman dude, regularly…Not us.
3: Night vision goggles to be provided to band members at every hotel.
4: As much beer as we desire, upon request.
5: Free time to go Squatching…when desired.
6: ATVs to be provided for provision 5(squatching) activities.
7: Pizza (any type desired) provided upon request.
8: Proper BBQ facilities to be made available to the band at every stop on tour.
9: A licensed, maintained, and properly permitted, fleet of 20 drones available for band member use.
10: Gin Gins Spicy Apple Chewy Ginger Candy available backstage for all band members.
Funny eh?…
It gets better….
So Strymon approached me with a proposal to build a series of pedals to be designed in consultation with….me? Weird, but super cool.
Here’s the first three:
From left to right-
The “Squatch Phase” multi-stage phaser.
The “Dagger Driver”, a super hot dirtbox.
The “Multi-Track Enviro”, a dual function ambiance pedal. A doubler pedal that’s capable of multiple voices, and a reverb pedal that’s great at providing nature-based ambient spaces.
What a trip…
✠ Don Dagger ✠
