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What Rock Stars Really Take on Tour

The essentials for living out of a bus.

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st.lucia band tour packing essentials
Ever since Kate Hudson graced the screen as Penny Lane in Almost Famous, my desire (and probably the desire of millions of others) to throw caution to the wind and go on tour ramped up to an all-time high.

From Beyoncé’s Balmain looks to the thought of Ed Sheeran crooning the crew to sleep in a luxury tour bus, going on tour has always seemed like the most glamorous of all jobs. But it also got us thinking about how one *really* survives on the road. What are the things that make a bus feel more like home? Streaming Tracy Anderson workouts? Sticking to your vegan diet? We tapped the ultimate husband-and-wife duo, Jean and Patti Grobler, who together form the band St. Lucia, to breakdown the essentials they bring with them.


Patti Beranek-Grobler’s Tour Essentials:

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“I’m obsessed with my Reformation Woven Bag that I got from my bestie, Nini (Haerts). I can literally throw half of my suitcase in there if I want and find everything easily. I always have a Turkish Towel in there as well, because they are super light and act as a towel, a blanket, or a picnic blanket.”


Jean Grobler’s Tour Essentials:

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“I know they’re all over the place, but I think these headphones are really good and convenient, and the battery lasts for ages. Maybe a teeny bit bright (meaning accentuated high frequencies) for studio use, but they’re great for just generally listening to music.
“It’s really handy to have a little mini midi keyboard with me on the road for writing and demo-ing songs. I can live without one, but there are often things that I can’t just play on my computer keyboard, and then it’s really handy to have one of these.
“It is so helpful to be able to play music wherever you are, and honestly I don’t think there’s a better Bluetooth speaker than the UE Boom. As you can see, mine has gotten a lot of use and has probably been to 15 different countries.
“This little guy (my Zoom Recorder) has been so useful to have on the road with me. Like, you never know when you’re gonna be somewhere and the night sounds or crickets or whatever sounds incredible. Or you find yourself in an empty venue where you can get a group of people together and do some hand claps that you can then import into a song, and it becomes the key sound of your number one hit single. I know you can just do it on your phone, but I just feel like this thing is a bit more high-quality, and it’s a stereo, which does make a difference in certain applications.”
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