Ten Things I Learnt On Tour

Ten things I learned on tour, by Jesca Hoop

Travelling around Europe late last year supporting Andrew Bird, Tom Waits' favourite nanny Jesca Hoop learned a thing or two and before setting out tomorrow on a UK tour that will take her from Cardiff to Belfast over the next month, she tells Ragged Words what those lessons were.

1

You can get twice as much mileage out of your pants...

 If you turn them inside out.

2

Its good to take 4 or five showers before you leave to last you the first week...

I haven't figured out what to do after that. 

3

Be wary if an englishmen tells you that it is customary to shout out "the painters are in" when drinking red wine...

Thats not what it means!!! 

4

You must make use of your days off in creative ways...

Get out and explore!! 

5

You will meet...

Some of your favourite people in the world on tour. 

6

You can get into most any building without a pass...

Just by acting like you belong there and you know just where you're going. 

7

Contrary to popular belief...

Keeping a sleeper bus the temperature of the north pole does not prevent spreading colds and such it only perpetuates dehydration and a general uncomfortable state. 

8

I love my sleeper bus and the circus that it carries to sleep...

Eventually... 

9

You can sleep...

Very late into the day in your very dark bunk. 

10

You can end up crawling into someone elses bunk...

When drunk. 

In your words