in april 2007, the hard rock park promo tour traveled from nyc to myrtle beach. mike, gary, chewy (l to r)

chewy, with claes oldenburg's free stamp in cleveland.

hard rock park ceo, steven goodwin's, attire reflects stops in nashville & memphis.

parking wasn't easy for two tour buses & a semi hauling the beatles' magical mystery tour bus.

after arriving in each city, the crew unpacked and that day's work had begun.

sister hazel's equipment unloaded & setup.

sister hazel's lead singer, ken block's... block.

backstage at nyc's hard rock cafe.

all ready to go at nyc's hard rock cafe.

after the show, the crew packed it back in & we got on the road again.

jamie, responsible for transporting the magical mystery tour bus, loaded & unloaded it in each city.

there were photo-ops with the magical mystery tour bus in each city.

mike & carl, filmed the tour.

in atlanta, mike makes a nice image... in more than one way.

there were press events and interviews in each city.

in nashville, as in the other cities, memorabilia donations were given to be displayed at the park.

making friends in cleveland at the rock and roll hall of fame.

checking the footage at gibson guitar in nashville.

stephen takes advantage of a free advertising opportunity at graceland.

graceland... always loaded with photo-ops.

mike & carl plan to shoot graceland's memorabilia donation.

kevin, graceland's media coordinator, loses his shirt.

bobby supports graceland's memorabilia donation to hard rock park.

a local news team in the magical mystery tour bus.

steven, becky and ellen illustrate the 'mobile office'.

hard rock park ceo, steven goodwin.

gary smoked'em when he had'em.

ken block channeled the king in memphis.

sister hazel's jett, drew & mark after a show.

the guys meet with shona, a fan.

mark's hands after a show.

memphis had security covered.

I can't, or won't, write a serious caption for this photo.

hard rock park cco, jon binkowski, interviewed in myrtle beach.

under intense scrutiny, mark signs his name in stone.

sharing the closing show with family back home.

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