The Iowa School Tour of October 2010

We all know that kids say the darndest things. While Marty and Brian have visited over 30 schools in the past couple of weeks presenting their educational program, they have come upon some insightful, inquisitive and humorous comments from the elementary school students. Here are a few…

On one of the first days of our school tour, when asked if the students had any questions, one little girl asked us where we bought our boots.

At one school, a kid asked us when we became a real band.

We played "Ain't Misbehavin’” and asked the kids what kind of music it was. One kindergartner raised his hand and said, "Far out music?"

One kid asked, "How much does your guitar cost?" "$200," Brian said. "How much for the little guitar?" "The mandolin costs $400." "That thing should only be $3," the kid said.

One boy asked if we had ever played his school before. "Yes, five years ago," we answered, "Would you have wanted to be here then to see us play?" "No," he said.

At a Hazel, WI school, a kid asked, "Do you know Lady Gaga?" and at Jefferson school a kid asked, "Do you work with Justin Timberlake?"

We are giving out Switchback stickers for correct answers. During our show, one girl walked up in the middle of us playing and said, "I didn't get a sticker and I answered the question right." So we gave her a sticker and had her take a bow.

One girl identified Brian's mandolin. "How did you know it was a mandolin?" we asked. "My daddy plays in the basement with three of his friends," she said.  "Do they always play in the basement?" we asked. "Yeah," she replied, "but sometimes you can still hear them!"

"Do you guys tour?" one kid asked. "Well this is a tour," Marty replied. The kid looked around the assembly. "Doesn't seem like much of a tour," he said.

We finished packing up our gear at the school today and the janitor asked, "Now that you're done playing, do you go to work?"