Last tour, I played some solo shows with a band called Lilly among clouds. We did the same this year as a trio. We met up with them in Essen - this is who they are.
Florian is the tour manager and percussionist. He makes me feel completely at home, comfortable, supported, and in good hands. He’s just plain a great band dad - and a good dad dad to his two kids. He normally plays with the band that his wife founded - Hundreds. He said that they recently played the Elbphilharmonie with an expanded band - strings, marimba, some other bits. We walked by the place when were in Hamburg. I don’t know what the inside looks like, but here’s the outside.
Birk plays electric guitar and bass. He studied pop music (because apparently you can do that here) and works as a producer on the side. He was also on tour with a production similar to Cirque du Solei for a few weeks recently. He’s full of positive energy and quick with a smile. He and Jack seem to listen to the same music and get the same floppy haircuts.
Gunnar is the sound engineer. We shared some hotel rooms on the last tour. He’s in a band called Staring Girl in Germany and ran sound for Lilly and us for everything show that we played together.
Sophia is playing keyboards for these shows. We found some of her music with a German electro-pop group called Koncentrat - we highly recommend it. They have james for days. We’re also very intimidated and impressed by how well her kiddo can play the drums.
Lilly writes and sings the songs. She’s always been helpful and encouraging, especially as we feel far from home. She hops around stage like a madwoman when performing too - in a good way. She’s got a really unique vocal style/delivery/performance/tamber/tone.
I’m writing this on the plane home now, catching up on my reflections from the tour. I am genuinely going to miss them. When we drove away from the hotel after the last show, I felt sad in a way that I haven’t in a long time. And I feel a similar feeling now.
I’m going to miss them. That’s a good thing - it means they are worth missing - and worth finding a reason to see again.
Sending goodness your way!