The hot summer sun has been shinning for much of he last ten days in Franklin, TN. But Steven Chapman doesn’t have a clue.

For the past week and a half, Chapman, his band leader Scott Sheriff, and 4 very young, very talented musicians have been sequestered in day long, marathon rehearsals. A building on the Chapman property known as the Barnasium, (part storage barn, part basketball court, part rehearsal facility, part test track for battery operated cars driven by little Chinese Chapman girls), has been home to the run throughs by Steven and his band for his appearance at Estes Park, Colorado next week.

The new configuration of Steven’s band includes familiar faces though, they look a lot like Steven’s. Will Franklin and Caleb Chapman are part of the musical force backing Dad, and along with close friends DJ and Dale Lipscomb, they make up a band (currently) called, The Following. The Following will appear with Steven at Estes, and don’t expect to be able to tell any difference between them and Steven’s usual band configuration while they’re playing “The Great Adventure,” the rehearsals have paid off. The prolific Jonny Lang stopped by on Wednesday and gave his seal of approval, their perfectionist boss SCC is satisfied, and they were solid for me when I stopped by today. The Following has an EP in the works and if you’re at Estes, you may even get to hear an original from The Following too. (myspace.com/thefollowing)

A great adventure indeed.