You have always done life on the edge. LOL
At least you guys knew how to make an entrance haha
I don’t think I would want to ride in that bus or on that plane when it crashed though lol
One thing for sure…your life is never boring. I love that
I think your next book should be called The Wheel on the Bus and should be gig travel stories. I mean, I’m probably a little biased, but I think people would read that. I love these stories!
Bryan – love the podcast. Sweet Comfort Band, was and still is my favorite Christian band. Love the stories. Keep them coming. I talked to Kevin after seeing you guys in concert in Houghton NY. Conversation was about his alembic bass. I think it had red LEDs up the side of the fretboard. I was in my young 20s and thought it was super cool.
That’s some funny stuff. I’m sure at the time it was far from funny. My grandfather was a,truck driver for 40 years out of Kansas and Colorado. Navajo and P.I.E. keep on truckin’, even though it’s a bus…
Duct tape was the answer to the window problem. It’ll fix anything!!!
I often wondered why you didn’t do a duet with this person or that which I thought would have been so awesome. Now I see why.. you are too adventurous for most of them. Love the stories and now I think I see where your inspiration came from.. frantic prayer as you roamed to and fro with a Lion in your tail.
LOL.. I didn’t get a lot of interest in duets from other singers honestly.. not sure why. Sang a little with Ashley Cleveland and Bob Carlisle, and Crystal Lewis. who knows
Lol. I use to drive City bus in Minneapolis MN. Had to drive in snow and ice, you start sliding and spinning you can see where you have been. And making turns on small roads they don’t bend in the middle. So was this inspiration for Wheels of Good Thing?
I’m loving your SCB stories. Please continue on with your solo career. I’m interested as you share a side of “Ministry” from your take of being in it for so long. You seem more “personable”- someone who can be honest, even in your lyrics.
Thanks Tim.. what a compliment. tellin stories never crossed my mind until this year. and yes I will keep going in these through my long solo career. the Challenge is remembering the time line
sorry I’m a tad late answering stuff cause suddenly I’m back in the bus on the road again. Never expected it! thanks for your continued endorsement. I will always read you eventually! LOL
It’s fun to listen to these memories from your band days. Some of those sound like memories from our youth advisor days. Dan, my husband, drove the bus for all the youth activities. He was really good and he was also a mechanic so could work on it if it was something simple. It was always funny when people came up to me to ask who was driving. When I said dan, they had a sigh of relief. Little did they know that he did a little sideways driving, too, in the mud, on a small hill in Mexico. We were there with a more Ministries building homes for families. And it was wet weather on this one trip. And he had to go down this road, where there was a small hill that he had to drive down, and it was muddy. He started to drive down and the bus started going sideways. But he did it. He drove that thing through so much weather, also in the snow and on hills. Too bad you didn’t know him then. It’s not a youth trip until something bad or weird happens, so this was definitely a youth trip.
In my “on the road days” we traveled in a motor home that pulled a trailer. We had just had some kind of engine maintenance done when we noticed a lotta smoke coming from the engine compartment and something didn’t smell right. Turns out the mechanic left a dirty, oily rag laying on the engine. It was seconds away from bursting into flames. I continue to be thankful for His protection in these circumstances.
Our ministry must be worth something for Him to spare us and let us continue on…
I normally listen to these podcasts while doing something, like chores. You keep me company- you’re pretty entertaining company.
This one, however, left me standing mouth agape, unable to do anything while I listened- riveted, unlike that windshield Dude, I thought that plane crash was the peak of the thrill rides I tour life. I guess it was just the take off (ha ha!)
Yes we did the bravest things when we were young…today at our age it’s mainly cause our bodies are not like they used to be…bones joints eyes ears…we just don’t have the ching we need to do all those wild crazy things we used to… even just riding our bike! Lol happy you’re not hurt…too bad!
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Precious memories: how they linger. Thanks
Thanks Jack! this was the funner memories on the road
YIKES! Bryan. What a life on the road! You guys really did live by faith. Thank God you made it through all that -um- stuff.
LOL .. they made better stories than life experiences! LOL thanks for commenting
Wow! Somehow you survived the madness to go on and have a solo career! Lol
Love the back stories of SCB!
Hey KP! made my solo career seem like a piece of cake! LOL thanks for filling in!
You have always done life on the edge. LOL
At least you guys knew how to make an entrance haha
I don’t think I would want to ride in that bus or on that plane when it crashed though lol
One thing for sure…your life is never boring. I love that
LOL… well when you just skim the dissaster’s you get the feeling of Chaos that was not always there! LOL
I can’t wait to part 2. Dude, you guys hi-centered a bus….classic!
LOL.. AND we burned rubber and made doughnuts on the freeway … lets’ not forget that! LOL HI TOM
I think your next book should be called The Wheel on the Bus and should be gig travel stories. I mean, I’m probably a little biased, but I think people would read that. I love these stories!
they sound better with my tone of voice. I’d hate to try to get that out of a line nby line read! LOL
Bryan – love the podcast. Sweet Comfort Band, was and still is my favorite Christian band. Love the stories. Keep them coming. I talked to Kevin after seeing you guys in concert in Houghton NY. Conversation was about his alembic bass. I think it had red LEDs up the side of the fretboard. I was in my young 20s and thought it was super cool.
Amazing. Some of these stories would look great in a movie!
well .. there’s no budget fer that.. maybe I could tell em as somebody elses tour experience! LOL Thanks Roge…
That’s some funny stuff. I’m sure at the time it was far from funny. My grandfather was a,truck driver for 40 years out of Kansas and Colorado. Navajo and P.I.E. keep on truckin’, even though it’s a bus…
Duct tape was the answer to the window problem. It’ll fix anything!!!
I often wondered why you didn’t do a duet with this person or that which I thought would have been so awesome. Now I see why.. you are too adventurous for most of them. Love the stories and now I think I see where your inspiration came from.. frantic prayer as you roamed to and fro with a Lion in your tail.
LOL.. I didn’t get a lot of interest in duets from other singers honestly.. not sure why. Sang a little with Ashley Cleveland and Bob Carlisle, and Crystal Lewis. who knows
Lol. I use to drive City bus in Minneapolis MN. Had to drive in snow and ice, you start sliding and spinning you can see where you have been. And making turns on small roads they don’t bend in the middle. So was this inspiration for Wheels of Good Thing?
LOL coulda been not every experience comes to mind when writing but I’m sure it all fits
I’m loving your SCB stories. Please continue on with your solo career. I’m interested as you share a side of “Ministry” from your take of being in it for so long. You seem more “personable”- someone who can be honest, even in your lyrics.
Thanks Tim.. what a compliment. tellin stories never crossed my mind until this year. and yes I will keep going in these through my long solo career. the Challenge is remembering the time line
Yes- I”d love to hear your solo career days
Thanks for your insights and your amazing humor that you can share now. Which I’m sure wasn’t funny then.
sorry I’m a tad late answering stuff cause suddenly I’m back in the bus on the road again. Never expected it! thanks for your continued endorsement. I will always read you eventually! LOL
It’s fun to listen to these memories from your band days. Some of those sound like memories from our youth advisor days. Dan, my husband, drove the bus for all the youth activities. He was really good and he was also a mechanic so could work on it if it was something simple. It was always funny when people came up to me to ask who was driving. When I said dan, they had a sigh of relief. Little did they know that he did a little sideways driving, too, in the mud, on a small hill in Mexico. We were there with a more Ministries building homes for families. And it was wet weather on this one trip. And he had to go down this road, where there was a small hill that he had to drive down, and it was muddy. He started to drive down and the bus started going sideways. But he did it. He drove that thing through so much weather, also in the snow and on hills. Too bad you didn’t know him then. It’s not a youth trip until something bad or weird happens, so this was definitely a youth trip.
what would we do in our old age if we didn’t have dissaster stories! LOL
We’d sound pretty boring Maybe if we didn’t have those stories. Different Adventures for different folks. And God protected us from all of it.
In my “on the road days” we traveled in a motor home that pulled a trailer. We had just had some kind of engine maintenance done when we noticed a lotta smoke coming from the engine compartment and something didn’t smell right. Turns out the mechanic left a dirty, oily rag laying on the engine. It was seconds away from bursting into flames. I continue to be thankful for His protection in these circumstances.
Our ministry must be worth something for Him to spare us and let us continue on…
wow true danger there.. Motorhomes are a tender box for fires.. almost nothin left to em if the catch fire.. seen it a few times..
I normally listen to these podcasts while doing something, like chores. You keep me company- you’re pretty entertaining company.
This one, however, left me standing mouth agape, unable to do anything while I listened- riveted, unlike that windshield Dude, I thought that plane crash was the peak of the thrill rides I tour life. I guess it was just the take off (ha ha!)
wow such nice things to say to me this morning Jewels.. what an honor to keep you company..thanks
YIKES! Bryan. What a life on the road! You guys really did live by faith. Thank God you made it through all that -um- stuff.
Yes we did the bravest things when we were young…today at our age it’s mainly cause our bodies are not like they used to be…bones joints eyes ears…we just don’t have the ching we need to do all those wild crazy things we used to… even just riding our bike! Lol happy you’re not hurt…too bad!
thanks.. keep up the prayers gotta remember more stuff today! LOL
WOW !!!
I see you were pretty impressed with that prayer when the bus was fishtailing down the freeway! LOL
YOU BETTA BELEIVE IT AND NOT A MOMENT TO SOON !
sup CJ… at least I don’t have a bus.. cause gas is almost 5 bucks a gallon here in Cali