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We arrived in Mannheim after the Dortmund gig; it was like a 5hr drive and we ended up in the venue at about 8:00am. We pulled into a bus port on the side of the building where we had to shimmy through narrow corridors to get to the larger area backstage. We were playing at the Guitar Summit in the Rosengarten, where the symphony plays.

Brooks and I walked to the hotel which was about 1km away. it was more of a PITA to get our bearings because it was raining when we had to drag our stuff to the hotel. We could have taken a Lyft but we'd rather walk.

The first day was dark for us so Brooks and I took a nap and got up about 1:00pm to have a walk around the town. We ended up figuring out Mannheim pretty quick, because it's all built on a grid. Very smart civil engineering.

The Auditorium we played was really warm sounding; lots of wood and when it filled up, the whole place sounded great. The crew was great too!

Billy Sheehan and Stu Hamm were there. I got to play with Billy in Nashville on the summer leg in the USA at our Nashville City Winery gig. THis time I got a photo with Billy.

  • Along the way, the gates of street art opened wide for us.

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  • Whatever this is, it's from 1837

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  • Lots of stuff like this in Mannheim

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  • A very old Germanic Castle

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  • This was heavy.

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  • Then there was this

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  • Cute stuff in Mannheim

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  • More cool birds in Mannheim

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  • The entire side of the building...

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  • An old church in Mannheim

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  • Crazy perspective art

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  • Outside the Mannheim Rosengarten

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  • This was a real mindblowing sight to come upon; this mural was the entire side of the building. (cars for scale)

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  • This sushi restaurant was absolutely mindblowing.

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  • Really cool fountain in Mannheim

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  • Late-night shot with my old phone, Google Pixel 2XL.

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  • My brother Brooks and me at breakfast, Mannheim

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  • This corner bakery was deadly good

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  • Fountain in the center of the square

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  • Another shot of the fountain

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  • Around the Rosengarten Mannheim

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  • Walter White sighting

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  • So very German...

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  • Genius firewood arrangement...

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  • Another view...

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  • Another cool church...

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  • UPS runs a little differently in Mannheim

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  • Really great colors

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  • More under the bridge art

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  • So much art in Mannheim

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  • Art art art Mannheim

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  • Dude... I take a lot of art pics...

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  • I'ma just say... it's more art.

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  • This was round one. It was sublime.

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  • My brother Brooks and me at breakfast, Day 2

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  • Rosengarten auditorium. Where Mannheim Steamroller plays.

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  • Me and Billy Sheehan

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  • Our monitor guy. Really cool dude!

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  • My brother Brooks. We walked a lot on the second day in Mannheim.

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  • We came upon this funky cool restaurant.

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  • Panorama of the block in Mannheim

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