That’s so crazy because it’s kind of like they’re all unique—just in the fact that the culture’s so different, the scenery’s so different, you know? But I think out of all the countries we’ve played, Romania’s definitely one that sticks out to me. It was just a-mazing. It was just like a Tim Burton movie. We were there in the winter, so there was just this small amount of snow that laid oh so perfectly—it was like we were in The Nightmare Before Christmas. It was just amazing, visually. The history—we’re such a young country here in America we just never realize the history around us in other parts of the world. But I think that the shows, in general, just they’re always so heavy hitting with these people, they’re always just so much fun. They just now how to throw down, you know what I mean? The energy from [audiences] really really makes it such a phenomenal experience for the band and I.

If you look at their schedule, you see such a broad amount of different genres that go through there, and they have a great sound system, and they treat you like family. They treat you really good, as a musician, which doesn’t necessarily really happen all the time when you’re going into a venue. But I love them, more than anything, Lowell (Pickett, the Dakota’s founder) has given me, since I moved here—I’ve only been here 10 years—but I’ve been playing there for a good seven years, and I love it. It really is my home away from home.