THE WORLD ACCORDING TO CORTNEY GEE
THE TOUR OF EUROPE
Yep I have been back for damn there a month and just getting back in the groove about telling what went on. At least I did take the time to rehash some old stories for your reading pleasure. This years LFOR Tour of The Balkans and Afghanistan was quite a bit different than any of the previous ones I had performed on before. Usually I dont work with mutiple headliners this trip offered the trips a heaping offering of comedic talent ( LA HARDY SHEILA VAN DYKE and myself) .
Where on most tripos its my responsibility to close the shows ... I was blessed to have fellow Cleveland talent LA Hardy ( http://www.lahardy.com) to switch off my headlining duties with . Sheila (sheilavandyke.com) did an excellent job of making sure the troops got their giggle on from a female perspective . I have to give her props on her efforts with this being her first tour.
My behavior has changed alot since my last tour before I used to indulge in wild outings for the sake of story ... now I'm much more focused on the artform. That's right no more wild nights of double jack daniels .Instead I stayed in my room in my room and wrote material and bettered my act.
Not too say I didnt toss back a few when I could ... some habits dont die so easily smile but I found pleasure in working this go around . The big plus is that if I did have an adventure I could rememeber it much more clearly this go around.
Now if there was ever a time I should have been too drunk to think it would have been while riding the tour bus through Sarajevo with our more than competent driver Rudy
( http://www.roadragerudy.com)
They don't call him Road Rage Rudy for nothing and if you have never driven down a snowy slope at 70 mph in a greyhound you can't tell me shit that's all I'm going to say. Loved ever scary minute of it and in all seriousness I would do it again . If by some chance you encounter The Dale Ernhardt of Tour Bus Drivers on the highway and you see the flashing headlights or hear him curse you out in his gruffy german accent MOVE BITCH GET OUT THE WAY.. BE WARNED!!!
After the Koldsovo and Brrrrrrrrosnia Experience LA went back home and Sheila and I went on to Germany to open up for a musical group named STAIND.
I had never heard of them before but once I saw their act I will admit I'm a new fan. The guys were great and done right friendly .
On we went to Manas Air Force Base in Kryakistan...
This was not the best part of the tour seeing the good people of British Airways decided that my bags we best suited to stay in Frankfurt Germany while I went to fucking Afghanistan. That's right I arrived at my destination to find that I wouldnt be seeing my shit for at least 10 days. SO guess what they did gave me 200.oo to get gear. I told them in so many words ( some in french ) how much just one of my throwback jersey's cost and how two hundred bucks might be enough to buy a few underwear to fit my big ass and some toiletries.Luckily I was hosted by some of the air forces finest Sgt Moss and Jones and they hooked me up withy all the military clothes I could stand
On this leg of the trip Sheila and I met up with our new tour mate MiMi Gonzales.
Now if you thought my last bit of the tour was something new for me , this was even a better treat... two women doing their thing before me and the opportunity to talk shit about everythiung they had mentioned before I walked on stage. The shows were incredible.
THE TOUR OF EUROPE
Yep I have been back for damn there a month and just getting back in the groove about telling what went on. At least I did take the time to rehash some old stories for your reading pleasure. This years LFOR Tour of The Balkans and Afghanistan was quite a bit different than any of the previous ones I had performed on before. Usually I dont work with mutiple headliners this trip offered the trips a heaping offering of comedic talent ( LA HARDY SHEILA VAN DYKE and myself) .
Where on most tripos its my responsibility to close the shows ... I was blessed to have fellow Cleveland talent LA Hardy ( http://www.lahardy.com) to switch off my headlining duties with . Sheila (sheilavandyke.com) did an excellent job of making sure the troops got their giggle on from a female perspective . I have to give her props on her efforts with this being her first tour.
My behavior has changed alot since my last tour before I used to indulge in wild outings for the sake of story ... now I'm much more focused on the artform. That's right no more wild nights of double jack daniels .Instead I stayed in my room in my room and wrote material and bettered my act.
Not too say I didnt toss back a few when I could ... some habits dont die so easily smile but I found pleasure in working this go around . The big plus is that if I did have an adventure I could rememeber it much more clearly this go around.
Now if there was ever a time I should have been too drunk to think it would have been while riding the tour bus through Sarajevo with our more than competent driver Rudy
( http://www.roadragerudy.com)
They don't call him Road Rage Rudy for nothing and if you have never driven down a snowy slope at 70 mph in a greyhound you can't tell me shit that's all I'm going to say. Loved ever scary minute of it and in all seriousness I would do it again . If by some chance you encounter The Dale Ernhardt of Tour Bus Drivers on the highway and you see the flashing headlights or hear him curse you out in his gruffy german accent MOVE BITCH GET OUT THE WAY.. BE WARNED!!!
After the Koldsovo and Brrrrrrrrosnia Experience LA went back home and Sheila and I went on to Germany to open up for a musical group named STAIND.
I had never heard of them before but once I saw their act I will admit I'm a new fan. The guys were great and done right friendly .
On we went to Manas Air Force Base in Kryakistan...
This was not the best part of the tour seeing the good people of British Airways decided that my bags we best suited to stay in Frankfurt Germany while I went to fucking Afghanistan. That's right I arrived at my destination to find that I wouldnt be seeing my shit for at least 10 days. SO guess what they did gave me 200.oo to get gear. I told them in so many words ( some in french ) how much just one of my throwback jersey's cost and how two hundred bucks might be enough to buy a few underwear to fit my big ass and some toiletries.Luckily I was hosted by some of the air forces finest Sgt Moss and Jones and they hooked me up withy all the military clothes I could stand
On this leg of the trip Sheila and I met up with our new tour mate MiMi Gonzales.
Now if you thought my last bit of the tour was something new for me , this was even a better treat... two women doing their thing before me and the opportunity to talk shit about everythiung they had mentioned before I walked on stage. The shows were incredible.
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