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PRESS
RELEASE For
Immediate Release * March
18, 2003 RECORD
SET FOR WORLD’S FASTEST
Three
States - Three Venues 20
Minutes 46 seconds !
[Nashville] -- Jason
Eaves, a Fort Madison, Iowa singer / songwriter now holds the world’s record
for the fastest rock and roll tour ever. Eaves
played three different venues in three different states in 20 minutes and 46
seconds. The record was set on
Saturday, November 18 with Eaves playing in Missouri, Iowa and Illinois all
between 3 PM and 3:21 PM Central time.
Eaves and drummer Nick Ray were picked up by a limousine at approximately
1:55
PM and drove to pick up bass player Justin Kirchner.
The trio arrived in Alexandria, Missouri at 2:30 PM and were met by news
reporter Jonathon Hass of KHQA Channel 7 News in Keokuk, Iowa who documented the
event. After
discussing the game plan for the record attempt, Eaves and band mates prepared
for their first engagement at the FISCA Truck Stop in Alexandria.
Eaves, equipped with a professional athletic stopwatch took the stage at
exactly 3 PM and the record attempt was underway. The three-minute
song went well and within four minutes they had sprinted to the limo and the
trio and news crew were speeding across the Des Moines River to Keokuk, Iowa to
a little bar called The Cellar. Cheering
people lined the sidewalks as Eaves and company made their way inside and, after
a quick tuning of his guitar, Eaves performed his second show. Drummer Nick Ray
had a slight problem when his rented drum throne collapsed midway through the
show, but he managed to finish the song flawlessly. After the
performance at The Cellar, Eaves and company jumped back into the limo and
motored across the Mississippi River to Cars & Guitars, an auto shop /
guitar fix-it shop located in Hamilton, Illinois. A quick check of the stopwatch revealed they had burned only
16 minutes and 45 seconds. Eaves
knew then he had the record in hand.
The
last show went off with absolutely no problems, and as the final note rang out
Eaves hit the stopwatch which showed only 20 minutes, 46 and 78/100 seconds had
elapsed since they began playing their first venue.
Eaves
said he felt the event was “a huge success” and that he “had a blast”
setting the record.
What’s next?
“I have something else up my sleeve,” he replied although he is
tight-lipped about his next endeavor. Eaves, whose music
can be described as commercial alternative rock, just finished recording at a
studio in Nashville and is hoping to draw the attention the major record labels
in New York and Los Angeles. He has
already been interviewed by a number of radio stations in the US and Canada and
from as far away as The Netherlands and South Africa. For more information contact: Dick McVey in Nashville at 615-264-3637 Jason Eaves in Fort Madison, Iowa at 319-372-3852 or the web at
www.jasoneaves.com Fisca Truck Stop in Alexandria, Missouri at 660-754-6687 The Cellar in Keokuk, Iowa at 319-524-4040 Cars & Guitars in Hamilton, Illinois at 217-847-2786 All Star Publicity
105 Meadowlake Drive, Hendersonville, TN 37075 Email: dickmcvey@comcast.net * Office: 615-264-3637
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