Hey S.L.O.B.’s who check the crew blog!
I had to post this video as soon as I saw it……it absolutely rocked my world! If this doesn’t inspire you to be a better father and person, then i dont know what would. I can’t remember the last time I cried this hard.

These two men will be at a show we are doing in Alabama in a few weeks and I cant wait to meet them.

wes

nothing better than being home!

Marshall is three months old already!

wes

Hello to all of the “we check in on the crew blog sometimes because we are sort of interested in the behind the scenes tech gear world of the mm crew” people!! (whew!)

It has been a while since anyone from the MM crew has posted so I thought I would drop in and let you all know we are still alive and we are still here serving behind the scenes. The reason for so little posts?? Possibly the lack of shows has led to very little content for us that might be of interest to you, or it might be because all of the crew are investing time elsewhere when we are off the road.

My newborn son just turned a month old.

Marlon (WOODS!) is planning a wedding.

Joel has kids, one of which is a teenager now.

Ryan is busy designing future shows and also has a daughter.

Danny is trying to sell one of our buses.

Bobby is making the move to get off of the road permenatley by investing time into his audio company.

It seems that we need to hear from the PEOPLE! What do you want to know? What might be of interest to you? There has been a comment from someone on a “reality” series on “The Life Of A Crew Guy.” Stuff like that may be video gold…..or may not. We can talk about gear stuff, techy stuff, family stuff, theological stuff, band facts, etc.
ASK THE CREW AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW!

Blessings,
wes

We just got home from a run of three shows. Ella and Natalie picked me up from our little bus depot here in Irving, TX. As we were driving home I asked Ella what she wanted to do about dinner and she said…”we should get Chick-Fil-A and eat it in the trunk of the car”. I said…”sounds great”!

I highly recommend eating a meal with your family in the trunk of your car. It’s one of life’s special moments. Just be careful if you own one of those smart cars!

Ryan

Okay, so this one is for all the “gaming” nerds out there……guys like me! My wife and I are expecting our first child in a few weeks and she told me today that she was going to buy me a “dad” gift.

So my question to you all: which is better, the Playstation 3 or the Xbox 360? Which one would you buy and why?

Let the debate begin………

-wes

Barry here. Wes is soon to be a new dad so we had a co-ed daddy party for him. The evening started with an hour of Whirlyball (think bumper car lacrosse)oh, and thats Wes scoring a goal. Quite the athelete.

Then on to dinner where we had a contest to guess the girth of his stomach and then a race to see who could change a diaper the fastest. Wes didn’t win but will have plenty of practice before long. Congratulations on your 1st!!

For all you keyboard freaks out there….this is day one of “Jim’s gear.” We will need multipledays on this one…..simply because he has a lot of junk up on that riser. Enjoy!

This is Jim’s Hammond B3 organ which is played through a 122 leslie that stil has all original drivers. The organ has an effects channel insert that is tube based. The tubes are12ax7’s, He also delays this sound through a Line 6 Delay pedal that you may also see on a guitar pedal board. On top of the organ is a Roland V-Synth with a built in touch pad (similar to a Kaos pad) so he can assign different effects to sounds.

-wes

-wes

Hey guys……so apparantley, up to this point, the rest of the MM crew has had a problem with contributing to this portion of the MM blog site. For whatever reason this has turned into an mm crew “wes” blog with the occasional (one) post by Ryan. So, I propose that our Road Manager Joel blogs about what his week will be like in Nashville (GMA week) as he walks side by side with the band. He will be with them at every little interview, lunch meeting, coffee sitting, showcase, etc., and can give you all some insight on what the band will be doing all week. So…….throw those questions at him people……Joel??

-wes