I’ve tried to hold down the road diaries with tons of photos of the same guys rehearsing in the same room… but here’s a bunch of them from our two weeks at Mates Studio in Burbank.

Here are a few pictures that, like the one above, were taken by Maggie Levin, and show the full band.

Who’s in the band? I’m guessing you know.

But, it’s Steve Vai

Adrian Belew

Danny Carey

and what’s his name on bass… here see sorting out my camera, photo by Mike Skillz

But we’re not alone here – the team is putting things together and we’d be in a mess without them. I don’t yet have pics of everyone, but here is:

Dan Merriman, doing our lighting

Dealing with both Adrian’s guitars and my basses, Thomas Nordegg

What we do on breaks…

Near the end of rehearsal period we did a runthrough in stage gear, with a few people invited, just to get in the swing of things.

After the runthrough, a visit from our old friend Paddy Spinks, who was instrumental in managing Crimson throughout the 80’s. Must be a trip for him hearing this music live again.

So… that’s the story from our rehearsal period. Next Web Diary will be after the first show or two - I’ve yet to determine when I can get some shots during the show, but for sure I’ll try to grab the audience afterward… that’s usually my favorite photo of the day.

More SOON!