Musicians can't call in sick.

I tore my hamstring in a foot race the day before flying to Europe for a festival tour. Then I made it worse. This is the story of how I played a full festival run almost unable to move (knee brace, compression socks, no drinking, and a WILD bruise). Also how being stuck in one spot accidentally made me a better frontman than 20 years of running around stages did. What do you want to know about life on tour? Drop it in the comments — I answer them in upcoming videos. More tour stories:    • The (not obvious) reason bands lose so muc...   me:   / mikerivkees     / mikerivkes   my band:   / therumjacks     / therumjacks