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  Chillin' the Most with Packway Handle Band: Day Four

  Blog: Homedrone

  Editor's note: Local bluegrass group Packway Handle Band is currently sailing the high seas on Kid Rock's Chillin' the Most cruise. Thankfully for us, they'll be blogging about their experiences all week long.

  

  Andrew Heaton: Yesterday was the big outdoor concert at Norwegian Cruise Line’s private island in the Bahamas. Things happened, I suppose, but nothing so grand as the 3-and-a half-foot-around-in-diameter platter of chicken Biryani that appeared at the main dining hall for dinner back on the ship. The Biryani was really good, and I guess I did briefly wonder who was supposed to eat it all. I ran to get my camera to get proof of the massive pan of Indian food, which had become the highlight of my day, and when I returned, the shot I got of it became the new highlight of my day (see photo after the jump).

  By Packway Handle Band | March 7, 2014

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  Chillin' the Most with Packway Handle Band: Day Three

  Blog: Homedrone

  Editor's note: Local bluegrass group Packway Handle Band is currently sailing the high seas on Kid Rock's Chillin' the Most cruise. Thankfully for us, they'll be blogging about their experiences all week long.

  

  Michael Paynter: It was a long day. Started out with too much breakfast and too much coffee. Then I headed to downtown Key West. Hit up a few souvenir shops and then found Sloppy Joe's, what looked to me like a good representation of the town. Had a local beer and then found an outdoor patio where I was able to witness a few groups of pub crawlers.  We were told Key West has more bars per capita than Manhattan, and I believe it. One lady exclaimed, “This is so much fun! I’m so wasted!” It sounded like the pub crawling was working. Got back to the ship and ventured onto the pool deck for a Piña Colada and buckets—yes, plural—of beers. Way too much time in the sun breaking it down to miscellaneous party hits. Opted not to take a nap and push through to the evening. We started up playing in the elevator and then moved on to specific cabins. At one point, Zach was lying on the bed with his bass while we played a Peaches song. 

  More after the jump.

  By Packway Handle Band | March 6, 2014

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  Chillin' the Most with Packway Handle Band: Day Two

  Blog: Homedrone

  Editor's note: Local bluegrass group Packway Handle Band is currently sailing the high seas on Kid Rock's Chillin' the Most cruise. Thankfully for us, they'll be blogging about their experiences all week long.

  

  Tom Baker: Don’t worry. I’m alive. I somehow missed day one of the blog, but I think others have covered the basics. The cruise is mostly what you would expect: drunk and loud. Lots of hamburgers and Bud Light and Skynyrd covers. I’ve never heard the word “motherfucker” used in greater frequency. I was surprised that we are among the youngest people on the boat. We are major outliers in terms of body mass index. I am one of the few people not yet seriously sunburned. 

  Day one was great. We played music in random corridors and stairwells and elevators. People LOVED it. Near the end of our “set” on day two, one of the organizers came up to our tour manager and said, “Hey, these guys want to hear you up here.” We followed him into a suite, where Kid Rock greeted us with a big smile and said, “Hey, I’m Bob.”

  More after the jump.

  By Packway Handle Band | March 5, 2014

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  Chillin' the Most with Packway Handle Band: Day One

  Blog: Homedrone

  Editor's note: Local bluegrass group Packway Handle Band is currently sailing the high seas onKid Rock's Chillin' the Most cruise. Thankfully for us, they'll be blogging about their experiences all week long.

  

  Day One: Monday, Mar. 3

  Josh Erwin: "Traditional absurdist experience" was a term coined by Flagpole many years back explaining Packway Handle Band’s sound. Anyway, to us, that’s the appealing part of playing the Kid Rock Cruise. Any gig that could be ridiculous—we want first dibs and front row seats. 

  More after the jump.

  By Packway Handle Band | March 4, 2014

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