It was a last-minute call to go to Eureka and play keyboards with the Crescent City Combo on Saturday night, so off I went.
Eureka!
The town is located in Northwest Arkansas, USA, called Eureka Springs, and is the oddest of places. I arrived a bit early for the gig and walked up a hill, then down one, then back up, and then back down to the club where we were booked.
Everything here is built into the sides of extremely sharp inclines, but as they say here in the hills, every slope that you have to climb, you get a nice rest going down the next one.
I parked about halfway up the side of the valley, and found some curiously tall images right away:
Couldn't resist snapping some shots of the ruins that can be found around Eureka Springs.
Various building styles over the years
Climbing upward, I found the club that we would be playing at: Chelsea's:
Eureka Springs is an artsy town, there's really no place quite like it.
A look back down the hill:
Old paint
Up above those first pics is where the business and entertainment strip is. The following pictures are taken on the way down this peculiar part of the world.
A look back up...
...and down we go some more:
Down there is where we started:
Down some more...
A few more shots, and I'd better get back to the club to set up the piano and organ. Down a little more...
There's lots more down around the springs, but it was time to play, so here's the keyboards at Chelsea's:
And here's proof that I was the one playing those keys that Saturday night in Eureka Springs.
Thanks for coming along, I'll go back and tour the lower part of town around the famous springs of Eureka Springs soon.
all photos above are mine, 2018
