JUST A CATCH UP

HELLO AGAIN I JUST POPPED IN TO SAY A HAPPY XMAS TO MY BLOG FOLLOWERS .ITS NICE AND CRISP HERE NOW ,AND IM STILL RECORDING MY OWN STUFF, AND ITS TURNED OUT BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD . ITS A VARIATION OF ROCK ,AND MELLOWER SONGS WITH EMPHASIS ON GROOVES AND MUSICIANSHIP.. FUNKY CARRIBEAN AND WELL.INTERESTING I HOPE ..IM ENJOYING DOING THE WORK AND THE PLAYING AND THE RESULTS ...I WILL POST I TUNES AND REVERB NATION AS A SAMPLER TYPE THING .. ON MY SITE AND SOME OTHERS .GIVE IT AN AIRING AND SEE WHERE THE LAND LIES .. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COMMENT IN ANY WAY . IF YOU LIKE IT ,...GOOD .IF YOU DONT ... NOT SO GOOD , BUT BE HONEST EITHER WAY .I AM HOPOING THERE WILL BE 3 SONGS UP BY XMAS AT LEAST ............IM ENJOYING A BREAK BUT AM STILL PLAYING AND DOING A BIT OF TEACHING ALSO . IM ABOUT TO GET VERY INVOLVED WITH THAT SIDE OF THE BUSINESS AGAIN CAUSE ITS GREAT .............HAVE A HAPPY XMAS ALL OF YOU .DROP ME A NOTE IF U WISH ..............SPEAK AGAIN BEFORE THE NEW YEAR . ALL THE BEST ..........PETE















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WHATS NEXT.

5 DAYS BACK AND I HAVE BEEN WRITING EVERY DAY .MY FINGERS ARE SORE FROM ALL THE GTR WORK AND MY BRAIN HURTS FROM WRITING LYRICS< ALWAYS HARD FOR ME>.BUT ITS COMING TOGETHER WITH MY BASS PLAYER HERE I WORK WITH .. I TORE A LEG MUSCLE YESTERDAY DANCING ROUND THE ROOM WITH ONE OF MY KIDS HERE . AND POP IT WENT .I THINK IT WAS FROM ALL THE ACTIVITY MY BASS DRUM LEG HAS HAD THESE PAST WEEKS AND NOW ALL ITS GOT TO DO IS HOLD ME UP ,AND IT DONT LIKE IT .NO SIR !!
WEATHER BEEN VERY WET AND ITS ALWAYS A WELCOME HERE IN TEXAS .IF YA HAVE NOT BEEN HERE YOU WONT UNDERSTAND . FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ? IT SUCKS DONT IT ?THE HEAT I MEAN ,NOT TEXAS.....RIGHT NOW IM IN A GOOD RELAXING MODE . EVEN WITH ALL THE HOURS IVE PUT IN HERE WRITING . ITS VERY THERAPUTIC.I LOVE IT .THE DAYS FLY BY...... IM BOOKING STUDIO TIME FOR THE WEEK AFTER NEXT TO PUT TRACKS DOWN , WITH STEVE SATTERWHITE,A FRIEND AND A MASTER IN THE CHAIR .WILL FILM SOME F THE SESSIONS FOR YOU TO PEEK AT OK?
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THE THRILL HAS GONE.... TILL NEXT TIME

WE DID IT!!!!!!!!! ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TOUR AND I THINK, WE DID OK OUT THERE.ITS ALWAYS WEIRD TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE GUYS YOUVE BEEN LIVING WITH , EVERY MINUTE OF MOST EVERY DAY,AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME NORMALITY BACK AT HOME.ALWAYS SAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE GUYS IN THE CREW FOR ANOTHER YEAR,HOPING THEY CAN MAKE THE NEXT TOUR WITH US ,AND SOME OTHER UNIT HASNT STOLEN THEM AWAY WITH STORIES OF GREATER RICHES AND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS ETC .OUR CREW ,OF LAURIE AND PAUL ,WORK THERE ASSES OFF FOR US TO GET US ON STAGE EVERY NIGHT WITHOUT ALL THE TECHNICAL HITCHES,AND WORK TIRELESSLY FOR A SMOOTH SHOW .OUR DRIVER DAVE ,WHO SPENDS ALL HIS DAYS LOOKING AFTER US AND ALL OUR STRANGE WAYS ,ALWAYS WITH A STEADY HAND AND A STRONG OUTLOOK ,TO GET US TO THE STAGE ,AND OUR ROOMS SAFELY..THATS WITHOUT ALL THE EXTRAS THEY ALL DO FOR US. MY HATS OFF TO ALL OF THEM ...A GREAT TEAM ALL ROUND ..THE OFFICE BACK IN L., WHERE ALL THE WORK STARTS AND BELIEVE ME , NEVER ENDS EVEN WHEN WERE NOT WORKING TOGETHER ...A HUGE THANK YOU TO MANAGEMENT, BOOKING STAFF ,AND THE ARTIST RELATIONS, DAVE MAIDA ...MIKE GLADSTONE FOR THE DRIVING OF THE TRUCKS TO START AND FINISH THE TOURS,PLUS ALL THE WORK BEHIND THE SCENES...MY BAND MATES GLENN ROBIN AND DAVEY,WHO WE HAVE HAD A GOOD FEW YEARS NOW TO REALLY GELL AND BLEND AS A UNIT..ALWAYS FUN THAT...BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO THANK THE MANY FANS OLD AND NEW , THAT HAVE COME SEE US IN ALL WEATHERS, AND FAITHFULLY BACKED US ALL ALONG THE WAY ..I THINK ROBIN IS A UNIQUE AND SPECIAL ARTIST,ALWAYS DELIVERING THE VERY BEST ON STAGE ,ALWAYS GIVING HIS LEGIONS OF FANS A GOOD TIME WITH A CERTAIN SOMETHING OTHER ARTISTS COULD ONLY WISH FOR.....AND OF COURSE I MUST NEVER FORGET THE WIVES AND FAMILYS OF THE MUSICIANS WHO ALWAYS ,HAVE TO GO WITHOUT THERE MEN AROUND FOR MONTHS ON END, SO WE CAN DO WHAT WE DO BEST ..BELIVE ME IT IS THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD...
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NOT A MOUSE IN THE HOUSE

GREAT CROWD TONITE ..WE WALKED ON AROUND 9 TO THE MUSIC INTRO TO ROBS WHAT LIES BENEATH,AND GOT STRAIGHT DOWN TO IT.LOTS OF SMILES ALL ROUND AND IT TOOK A COUPLE OF SONGS TO SETTLE AND THEN WE HIT A GOOD STRONG ENERGETIC STRIDE AND I DIDNT LET UP TILL THE 2ND ENCORE / I REALLY FELT FULL OF ENERGY AND POWER TONITE , AND IT FELT GOOD .....THE CROWD WERE VERY INTO IT AND NOISY WITH IT ..WE CAME OFF DRAINED AND SO MANY FANS OUTSIDE TO SIGN FOR WAS A PLEASURE . DISNEYLANDS ALL LIT UP TILL LATE AND WE HAD TO STOP LEAVING THE BACKSTAGE AREA CAUSE SO MANY FAANS WERE OUT THERE WAITING FOR SIGNATURES .ROB HAD ALREADY SIGNED IN THE BUILDING TOO ..THANKS FLORIDA FOR A GREAT TIME .THE WEATHER WAS MODERATE AND COOL TOO , BUT THE HOUSE OF BLUES SOMETIMES ARE A LITTLE TO EAGER TO TURN UP THE A/C TILL YA HANDS GET COLD SO WE COULDNT WAIT TO GET PLAYING ..LAST GIG TOMORROW FOR THE FORSEEABLE FUTURE ,LETS HOPE WE GO OUT WITH A BANG .THEN HOME TO TEXAS TO RELAX A BIT,THEN FINISH SONGS AND GO INTO THE STUDIO TO RECORD THEN .IM READY FOR THAT ,,,,,,,,,SEE YA !!!!!!!!



















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HOT N HUMID, TAMPA BAY ROCKS

WOW...WE DID TAMPA AND IT DIDNT THROW THE RAIN DOWN . IT ALWAYS DOES WHEN WE COME HERE, BUT NOT TONITE. FOR A CHANGE WE DIDNT PLAY OUTSIDE AT JANUS LANDING . WE DID A THEATRE, AND IT WAS FUN,AND FLOWED WELL . THE CROWD AS ALWAYS HERE IN TAMPA WAS REALLY ON IT .IM HAVING TROUBLE TYPING TONITE AS I CLICKED SOMETHING IN MY SHOULDER AND IM LEANING WEIRD ..WERE GOIN TO SEE THE TITANIC EXHIBITION IN THE MORNING . WILL BE COOL . THANKS TO ALL HERE IM OFF TO BED ......... TWO TO GO.... AND MY HOME BECKONS,AS DOES THE HOUSE NEEDING PAINTING AND THE LESSONS TO PICK UP AND KEEP BUSY IN THE STUDIO ....IM GOIN TO MISS MY BANDMATES SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!1













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THE END IS NIGH.............................

SAW A FEW FACES I NOW CAN PUT A NAME TOO THIS EVENING IN ATLANTA..THANKS FOR COMIN THOSE I DID MEET,NICE TO MEET YOU ...EVERYONE HAD A GOOD TIME ,THE PLACE WAS HEAVING AND AS USUAL ATLANTA DIDNT DISAPPOINT WHEN IT COMES TO ENERGY LEVELS ,AND NOISE.WE HAD A GOOD STAGE SOUND TONITE ,ROB ESPECIALLY, THE DRUMS WERE HARD WORK ,I COULDNT FIND A NICE DYNAMIC LEVEL TO GO DOWN TOO , BUT ALL IN ALL , WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, AND THE TEMPOS WERE UP A BIT, DUE TO FATIGUE MORE THAN ANYTHING,AND IT WAS A GOOD SET. IT RAINED ALL DAY , WHICH IS NORMAL FOR US WHEN WE PLAY HERE EVERY TIME ITS WET,SO NO CHANGES THERE .DAVEY WAS IN GREAT FORM TONITE ,AND FOR SOMEONE WHO,S BEEN TRYING TO SHAKE OFF A COLD AND HAS BEEN BLASTING AWAY FOR 5 WEEKS SOLID ,IT DONT GET BETTER THAN THAT . THE DRUMS SOUND GREAT AS ALWAYS ,GLENNS DIALLED IN EVERY NIGHT SOUNDWISE ,AND ROB SEEMS REALLY HAPPY WITH THE SET UP HE HAS NOW..HOW MY OLD CYMBALS HAVNR CRACKED YET IS BEYOND ME . I USE A 15 AND 16 THIN CRASHES AND THEY TAKE A HAMMERING , AND YET ? NOTHING...AND IVE GONE UP A STICK SIZE TWICE IN 2 TOURS..I WILL BE USING CLUB HAMMERS ON THE NEXT TOUR ....ANYWAYS WE HAVE A JOURNEY FROM HELL TODAY ATLANTA TO TAMPA.7 HOURS PLUS.DEEP JOY....SEE YA !!!!!!!!!11












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MUSIC FARM CHARLESTON

STRANGE GIG THIS WAS...FOR A START IT WAS THE LOWEST ATTENDANCE WE HAVE HAD ON THE WHOLE TOUR IN 2009.I GUESS THERE HAS TO BE ONE OR TWO,BUT ALTHOUGH WE HAD A GOOD CROWD TO PLAY TOO ,YOU TEND TO GET USED TO THE ROOMS BEING VERY BUSY,AND ITS WEIRD FOR THE CROWD VIBE WHEN ITS NOT BUSY..WE PLAYED OK, BUT IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO GET INTO IT TONITE AND THATS A SHAME,ESPECIALLY AS WE HAD A GOOD DAY OFF AND WERE RESTED .............WE HAVE A TRIP I TO ATLANTA TOMORROW AND A GIG ,SO I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT,BUT CHARLESTON IS A FANTASTIC TOWN,IF EVER YOU GET THE CHANCE COME VISIT.SO MUCH HISTORY AND CHIC OLD TOWN PLACES IN THE FRENCH QUARTER,GREAT RESTRAUNTS AND PLACES TO WALK TOO .. IM GOIN TO MISS THE FRIENDLY VIBE HERE, AND THE MOST PLEASANT OF STAYS HERE ...IM OFF TO BED , SORRY ITS SHORT BUT ......SEE YA !!!!!













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DAY OFF.CHARLESTON

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WHAT A JOURNEY THRU THE HILLS...

ASHVILLE WAS NOISY,CAVERNOUS,HOT AND VERY READY TO LET GO AND MAKE AS MUCH NOISE AS THEY PLEASED,AND THEY DID...........WE HGAD A STRONG SET TONITE ALL PLAYED WELL ,THE SOUND ON STAGE WELL IN CONTROL.WITH A HUGE SOUNDING ROOM
. THE FOLKS WERE LINED UP AROUND THE VENUE REALLY EARLY,AND ALL HAD A GREAT TIME ..WE HAVE TWO DAYS OFF NOW AFTER WE GET TO CHARLESTON,SO WERE GOIN TO GET SOME REST . DO SOME SHOPPING . GET LAUNDRY SORTED ,AND MAYBE GO TO THE MOVIES .......THE JOURNIES START TO GET VERY LONG ON SHOW DAYS SOON SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A REST MUCH NEEDED.........ITS LATE AND IM OFF TO SLEEP ..........I NEED TEA ........SEE YA !!!!!!!!














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KNOXVILLE TENNESSEE ROCKS LIKE A MUTHER

FIRST TIME FOR ROBIN TROWER BAND IN KNOXVILLE FOR 17 YRS ,AND IT WAS SO GOOD TO PLAY HERE AT THE BIJOU THEATRE.WE COULD HAVE DONE ANOTHER NIGHT.. THEY SOLD OUT IN 3 DAYS ,AND LOTS OF DISAPPOINTED PEOPLE COULDNT GET IN ...WHICH BODES WELL FOR THE FUTURE IN THE SOUTH WEST FOR THE BAND NEXT TIME AROUND ,,GREAT , GREAT CROWD,NOISY AND ON THERE FEET FROM THE OFF .THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE IT THERE ..WE WILL IM SURE BE BACK .WEATHER WARMER, GETTING CLOSER TO THE SOUTH ALL THE TIME ,AND THE CLOSING STAGES OF THIS TOUR ...........WE ARE A BIT BEAT UP , BUT JUDGING BY THE ENERGY WE FOUND TONITE , AS THEY SAY IN SCOTLAND , NEY BOTHER LADDIE . DAVEY WAS SASSY AND BLUESY ,GLENN FUNKED OUT ROBIN SOARED AND I WAS RIGHT THERE GROOVIN LIKE I DO ,ENJOYING IT ALL GOIN ON .IVE GONE UP 2 STICK SIZES ON THIS TOUR AND IM ENJOYING THE EXTRA WEIGHT AND BOUNCE THEY GIVE ME NOW ..LOOKIN FORWARD TO RECORDING THIS BAND TOO ...............OK IM OFF TO BED .NOT LONG TOMMORROW SHOULD BE A NICE TRIP. SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11















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CHARLOTTE

WE HAVE CURTAILED ALL THE3 SOUNDCHECKS DUE TO SCHEDULING NOW.IT WAS TAKING TOO LONG BEFOIRE THE GIG STARTS , AND WE NEED TO BE AS FRESH AS WE CAN BE . HAVING SAID THAT WHEN U DONT SOUNDCHECK,N THINGS GO WRONG . BITS FALL OFF THE KIT SCREWS COME UNDONE, SNARES BREAK , CYMBALS FALL OVER SO IM BACK IN THE GIG DOING SOUND CHECKS .AH WELL AT LEAST I GOT AWAY WITH 3 OFF ..BUT ITS WHAT IM PAID FOR AND INSTRUMENT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY, NOT SOME ONE ELSES .......AND I FEEL BETTER ABOUT THAT....
CHARLOTTE WAS OK IN SO MUCH AS WE HAD A GOOD TIME . THE ON STAGE SOUND WAS TRULY AWFUL FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, AND WE HAD A STRUGGLE TO CONTAIN THE CAVERNOUS SOUND . BUT THE GIG WAS A SUCCESS AND AFTERWARDS SITTING IN THE COOL EVENING BREEZE ,IT WAS NICE TO MEET SOME FANS ...AS ALWAYS .WE ARE IN THE HILLS OF KNOXVILLE TOMORROW SO WE HABE A LONG JOURNEY AGAIN .IM OFF TO BED SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!11










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SIR WALTER WASNT TO BE SEEN

THIS GOIN TO BE SHORT TONITE .IM DUST.................WE HAD A GREAT SET ,THE CROWD WERE SO UP FOR IT HERE IN RALEIGH,AND IT WAS REAL FUN ..LOTS OF INTERPLAY ,ROB WAS STEAMING . ME AND GLENN .LOCKED UP TIGHT,AND DAVEY ALL BUSINESS.....WAS REAL FUN AS I SAID .LONG DAY 8 TO GO AND FEELING REJUVINATED AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF TIREDNESS DUE TO BUG...GETTIN OVER IT NOW THANK GOD ...WERE IN THE SOUTH AND THE FOLKS HERE REAL FRIENDLY .WEATHER WARMER THAN LAST FEW WEEKS .AND STEAMING INTO THE HOME STRAIGHT ..........HOPE TO COME BACK HERE SOON ............THANKS TO ALL AT THE THEATRE. GREAT JOB .......ALSO MANY THANKS TO OUR CREW WHO DO SO MUCH FOR US THAT GOES BEYOND NORMAL DUTIES .THANKS GUYS . WE COULDNT DO THIS WITHOUT ALL THERE EFFORTS ...........SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!1













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RICHMOND VIRGINIA

WE HAD A GREAT TIME STAYING IN VIRGINIA.GREAT TOWN ,GREAT HISTORY AND BOY WHAT A HOTEL TOO ......WE HAD THE BEST DAYS OFF I CAN REMEMBER THERE ..THE GIG WAS A COOL THEATRE AROUND THE CORNER ,BEEN OPEN ABOUT 2 YEARS AND ROBIN HASNT VISITED THIS AREA FOR A LONG TIME , SO THE TURNOUT WAS REALLY GOOD FOR US .THE VENUE WAS VERY BUSY , AND THE SOUND SYSTEM WELL UP TO THE JOB .LAURIE WORKED HIS MAGIC OUT FRONT AND WE HADF A GOOD TIME .MET LOADS OF REALLY FRIENDLY PEOPLE AFTER THE SHOW,AND WANT TO COME BACK VERY SOON . WERE HEADING DOWN SOUTH NOW AFTER SPENDING A WHILE UP NORTH EAST COAST ,AND WERE GOING INTO WARMER WEATHER TOO..WE HAVE SOME LONG JOURNIES AHEAD ,SO I WILL BE LOOKING TO SWIM A BIT MORE THAN I HAVE BEEN SO FAR ..MY STRENGTH HAS RETURNED AFTER MY LONG BOUT OF SOMETHING AND IM REALLY LOOKIN FORWARD TO GETTIN BACK TO FULL POWER AGAIN ....MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO SAID HELLO .SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111













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PENNS PEAK

I HAVE FORGOTTEN WHERE I AM,AND WHAT DAY IT IS .IF ITS SATURDAY IVE JUST DONE PENNS PEAK ,A GREAT GIG,HIGH UP IN THE HILLS OF PENNSYLVANIA,AND WHAT A ROOM IT IS TO PLAY IN TOO.A CAVERNOUS GIG WITH HIGH CEILINGS ALL WOOD INTERIOR AND A FULL HOUSE I THINK .WE DID ONE HERE LAST YEAR AND THE CROWD WENT NUTS , IT WAS THE SAME TONITE .I HAD SOME SEVERE HEARING PROBLEMS ON STAGE AND HAD TO CONCENTRATE REALLY HARD TO HEAR THE BAND FROM MY HIGH RISER.THE SOUND WAS SWIMMING ABOUT,AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO LOCK IN SOMETIMES .BUT WE DID OK I THINK,AND THEY WERE HAPPY.SO GOOD THERE THEN ..WERE OFF TO THE SOUTH SOON AND TOMORROWS JOURNEY WILL TAKE US AROUND 6 HRS, BUT WE HAVE A DAY OFF,WELL A NIGHT OFF REALLY.THEN WE KEEP GOING SOUTH TILL FLORIDA THEN THE HOME STRAIGHT ..10 MORE TO GO ....I GUESS WERE BEGINNING TO FEEL THE WEIGHT OF GIGS NOW ,AND AFTER THE SICKIES WEVE HAD ALL FEELING A TAD TIRED TOO..TO BE EXPECTED THOUGH .WE ALWAYS PLAY ALL OUT EVERY NIGHT AND IT TAKES IT OUT OF YOU SOMETIMES .AND IM NOT MOANING HERE , ITS JUST A FACT OF LIFE .WELOVE PLAYING FOR YOU ALL AND EVERY NIGHT IS A CHALLENGE TO BETTER THE NIGHT BEFORES GIG ...IM OFF TO WATCH THE F1 RACING NOW AND ITS GETTING LATE .SEE YA!!!!!!!












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BOSTON ,TEA,AND HISTORY

I LOVE BOSTON.ITS A GREAT CITY...THE PEOPLE .LOCATION AND VIBE HERE IS FANTASTIC..WE DID THE BERKLEE SCHOOL OF MUSIC,GREAT SOUND AND AFTER 3 VISITS HERE I FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT . WE PLAYED A BLINDER ........ALL OF US WERE ON IT AND WE ENJOYED THE GIG VERY MUCH ....HAD A GREAT IRISH BREAKFAST...ALL IN ALL FAB ME HEARTIES ..
WERE OFF TO CONN AGAIN . WE KEEP GOIN BACK OVER THE SAME GROUND HERE BUT SUCH IS THE WAY OF THE ROAD ,,,I MET UP WITH SOME OLD FRIENDS LAST NIGHT ,AND THATS ALWAYS COOL TO CATCH UP AND SEE HOW THEY ARE DOING ...NOW THIS BUG HAS LEFT ME I CAN CONCENTRATE ON MY PLAYING A BIT MORE .IM RUSHING AROUND HERE SO I WILL SIGN OFF AND SEE YA TOMORROW ,OK?


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NOW THIS IS INTERESTING.

ITS GREAT HAVIN A DAY OFF SOMETIMES.I DONT HAVE TO MENTION ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE TOUR ETC ,I CAN JUST RAMBLE ON ABOUT ANYTHING REALLY.. THE BEATLES ON GUITAR HERO,OBAMA ON TV,DALLAS COWBOYS STADIUM, BONO'S OPINION ON EVERYTHING,AND GLOBAL WARMING..........SO, IM JUST GOIN TO SIT HERE TILL SOMETHING COMES TO ME..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................:
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THERES BIG..THEN THERES REALLY BIG

WHEN WE ROLLED INTO TOWN ,SO TOO DID THE CROWDS OF AUTOGRAPH HUNTERS, IN THERE DOZENS .ALL OVER THE HOTEL LOBBY,OUTSIDE AND SOME STAYED FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THERE HEROES.. YES FOLKS.......YOU GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!W.W.F HAD COME TO ALBANY IN ALL ITS GLORY,HUGE BUSES, HUGE BODIES ,AND LOTSA GLITZ.YOU COULDNT MOVE FOR TESTOSTERONE,AND THAT WAS FROM THE LADY WRESTLERS..CUTE AS BUTTONS,AND ARMS BIGGER THAN MY THIGHS.THIS WAS ALL GOING ON WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM THE REALLY WEIRD SHAPED EGG THEATRE WE PLAYED ONLY AN HOUR BEFORE ,AND A GOOD SET ALL ROUND BUT DRY AS HELL IN THERE ..THE OLD BLISTER ATTACK HAD SUDDENLY GOT ACTIVE AND I PICKED UP 3 IN 3 SONGS DUE TO THE DRY ACOUSTICS,.WE HAVE 2 DAYS OFF NOW,BEFORE RHODE ISLAND THEN ON TO BOSTON AND THE BERKLEE THEATRE.....THANKS FOR ALL WHO STOPPED BY TO SAY HELLO....GOT TO RE STOCK MY STICK COLLECTION SO I WILL HUNTING OUT A MUSIC SHOP LATER TODAY ALSO...THAT AND PUTTING ME TOOTSIES IN THE RIVER FOR A SOAK...I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER NOW ,MAYBE I WILL PICK UP MY GAME TOO ,NOW I,M OUTA THE WOODS,AND FEELING STRONGER...SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!












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BUFFALO SOLDIERS

HELLO AGAIN .I,M TRYING TO DO THIS FROM THE BACK OF A SUBURBAN AT 70 MILES AN HOUR IN THE RAIN,BEING BUMPED ABOUT AND AN HOUR FROM SOUNDCHECK..BOY ,ITS THROWING IT DOWN .ANYWAY,HERE WE ARE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AGAIN,AFTER A GREAT VI SIT TO
BUFFALO LAST NIGHT .THE PLACE WAS PACKED TO THE GILLS AND WE HAD A SMOOTH JOURNEY ON STAGE,ALTHOUGH THE SOUND WAS DIFFICULT TO MANAGE FROM MY END CAUSE I WAS ON THE FLOOR BEHIND THE GEAR,AND IT WAS SOOOOOOO DRY..BUT THE ENERGY LEVEL WAS WAY UP AND WE DID GOOD I FEEL. THE CROWD THOUGHT SO..WERE INTO THE 3RD WEEK NOW AND ALL FEELING MUCH BETTER THAN LAST WEEK ..MY CHEST COMPLAINT HAS PASSED DUE MAINLY TO THE ANTI BIOTICS AND EVERYONE ELSE ARE FINE NOW......GLENN WENT HI TECH ON THIS TOUR ,AND USES IN EAR MONITORS NOW ,AND SO THAT WAY HE GETS A NEAR PERFECT SOUND /MIX AT EVERY GIG,HEARING JUST ENOUGH OF WHAT HE REQUIRES,SO THATS A PLUS FOR HIS PERFORMANCE LEVEL,AND ALL ROUND COMFORT ZONE.I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME TOO BUT UNTIL ITS TRIED AND TESTED,ITS ALL A TAD TOO EXPENSIVE FOR ME..I LIKE THE FEEL OF THE AMBIENCE IN A ROOM ,BUT WOULD ALSO LIKE THE LUXERY OF WHAT GLENN NOW HAS, THE BEST OF BOTH ..AH WELL MAYBE ONE DAY...THANK YOU BUFFALO FOR A GREAT VISIT

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PALACE THEATRE PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH......THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT,AND ONE OF THE BEST CROWDS EVER..IT WAS A BIT TOUCH AND GO AS TO WHETHER WE COULD PLAY,BUT WHEN WE GOT THE ALL CLEAR ,WE LET YOU HAVE IT ...THE SOUND ON STAGE WAS GREAT, THE ROOM WAS ALIVE .AND THE FEELING WE ALL GOT FROM YOU ALL WAS JUST AMAZING ...WE HAVE JUST DONE A REALLY LONG JOURNEY TO BUFFALO IN THE TORRENTIAL RAIN SO IM CUTTIN THIS SHORT SO I CAN GET A REST BEFORE THE SHOW .............BUT WE HOPE TO COME BACK TO YOU ONCE AGAIN SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE CAUSE WE LOVE THIS PLACE .............MANY THANKS .SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!












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STATE COLLEGE THEATRE

HELLO AGAIN.WELL THE REST OF THE ENTOURAGE ARE COMIN DOWN WITH SOME SORT OF BUG NOW .POOR OLD GLENN DID THE SHOW TONITE AFTER BEING ILL ALL DAY ,AND HE PLAYED OUTA HIS SKIN TOO ..DAVE OUR MERCH MAN IS FEELING WEIRD ALSO ,IM STILL NOT OUT OF THE WATERS YET AS FAR AS MY CHEST COMPLAINT .I SPENT THE WHOLE OF"FOOL AND ME" COUGHING UP ALIENS,AND MANAGED TO CONTROL IT TO THE END . ANYWAYS THE GIG WAS OK CONSIDERING WE WERE ALL SUFFERING FROM THE DRIEST SOUND ON STAGE THIS TOUR. NO ROOM AT ALL ,NO AMBIENCE, AND THE SOUND WENT STRAIGHT UP TO THE CEILING ,BUT WE PULLED IT OFF AND PLAYED QUITE WELL UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES,,ROB WAS FLYING , I WAS DROWNING,DAVEY LAYING BRICKS AND GLENN SOARING...BUT WE ALL ENDED UP AT THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME. SO ,DAH DAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..WERE OFF TO GREENBURG AND WE HAVE BEEN STAYING AT THE NICEST HOTEL HERE IN STATE COLLEGE ,RIGHT ON CAMPUS.VERY NICE ..GOIN TO MISS THE VIBE OF THIS QUAINT HOTEL ..ANYWAYS IM ORF TO BED FOLKS..THE PILLS ARE NEARLY GONE ,I SHOULD BE MY OLD SELF SOON.LETS HOPE SO CAUSE THIS MISERABLE SOD IVE BEEN LIVING WITH THESES LAST FEW WEEKS IS DRIVING ME NUTS ............SEE YA XX













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no caploksw today didnt notice ha !!!!

the medication kicked in last night.anti biotics for this , if you remember ,a chest complaint going right back to the texas leaving date ..well its still here and knocking the crap outa me .nyc was the worst cause i had to play and could barely breathe in.................i must have lungs of a yak...lol.,,the birchmere was a great gig . the crowd very pleasant and always warm to us .. we stayed in a part of virgia that was alike a studio film set, surreal it was.too clean and perfect, a bit like that movie where jim carry was born into, and his life filmed from the moment he was born ..good movie too . anyways off to penn today fort 2 days off , and i really need to rest cause im dropping fast here..the best beds in the usa and i cant sleep except for on the road when were travelling . i must have been one of those babies where dad has to take u for a drive to get you to stop bawling, so evry one else could sleep................see ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111













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IN AND OUT OF NY....

I LOVE THIS GIG.SAYERVILLE .GREAT SOUND SYSTEM ,NICE PEOPLE, NOISY AND HAPPY, CONSIDERING WE JUST FINISHED 5 SHOWS IN THE N.Y AREA ,I WAS SUPRISED TON SEE SO MANY AT THE GIG .IT HOLDS AROUND 2000 I THINK .AND IT WAS OVER 3/4 FULL.GOOD JOB NEW JERSEY. WERE OFF TO WASHINGTON, AND WE HAVE ALONG DAY AHEAD SO I WILL CUT THIS SHORT AND DO ALONGER ONE TOMORROW .I AM FULL OF ANTI BIOTICS ALSO , SO THATS SLOWING ME DOWN A TAD .DAMN CHEST INFECTION.......SEE YA SOON !!!!!!!!!!!!









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B.B,KINGS 2........SAT.NIGHT .

I'M NOT SURE HOW 2 NIGHTS IN THE SAME PLACE CAN BE SO DIFFRENT,BUT THATS THE WAY IT TURNED OUT .THERE WAS AN EXPECTANCY AND A VIBE IN THE AIR ,AND WE GOT A TASTE OF IT FROM THE OFF.THE CLUB WAS HEAVING ,AND I'M GLAD TO SAY WE TURNED THE SCREW TONITE , STRAIGHT AWAY IT WAS FLYING..SMILES ALL ROUND , WE HAD A BALL ,AND THE CROWD CERTAINLY DID TOO.. THANKS FOR ALL THE NICE WORDS TO ALL THOSE WE MET ,BACKSTAGE,AND TO THE STAFF ALSO ...IM NOT ABLE TO WRITE MUCH TONITE ,CAUSE QUITE FRANKLY I AM REALLY TIRED
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B.B.KINGS,

ONCE YOUR IN NEW YORK ITS FINE .GETTIN INTO NEW YORK IS A WHOLE DIFFRENT BALL GAME ..WE DID 39 MILES THE OTHER DAY IN 3 HRS ,OUTSIDE OF LONG ISLAND INTO NYC..3 HRS !!!!
BUT ITS ALL WORTH IT WHEN YA DO FIND YASELF DOWNTOWN. ITS GREAT.....WELL ITS GOOD........WELL ITS OK I GUESS...................WELL .....I WOULDNT WANT TO LIVE HERE,MIND YOU,THATS FOR NEW YORKERS TO DEAL,AND I HAVE FRIENDS FROM THE UK THAT HAVE SETTLED HERE NO PROBLEM, BUT THATS IF YOU HAVE KNOWN LONDON FIRST,AS I HAVE . BUT THERES NO PEACE HERE,JUST NOISE ALL NIGHT LONG .....HAVING SAID THAT ,NYC IS VIBRANT ,COOL , AND ALIVE , NO DENYING THAT .IVE BEEN COMING HERE SINCE THE HEADY DAYS OF THE 70'S, AND IVE SEEN SO MANY CHANGES HERE ..THE STREETS ARE SO MUCH SAFER NOW AND THE ATTITUDE OF THE CITY ,ALWAYS CONFIDANT..
ON TO THE GIG LAST NIGHT . I ALWAYS REALLY ENJOY B.B KINGS.SO MANY AMAZING ARTISTES HAVE PLAYED ON THAT STAGE,JAMES BROWN,BB KING,ZZ TOP,ARETHA FRANKLIN,TONY BENNETT,EARTH WIND FIRE ,ME, YOU KNOW ALL THE GREATS,AND IT IS JUST SO COOL TO PLAY THERE .THE CROWD WAS GREAT,I FEEL WE DID GOOD ,AND AFTERWARDS , HAD SOME OLD FRIENDS FROM HOME STOPPED BY AND HAD A LONG CHAT TOO..WE HAVE ANOTHER NIGHT TO DO TODAY, AND TONITE WILL BE DIFFRENT AGAIN .ITS YOM KIPPUR SO APPARENTLY IT WILL AFFECT SALES ,SO WE WILL SEE..AFTER A 2 DAY OFF PERIOD THE WHEELS ARE TURNING AGAIN ,AND WERE FINDING A FLOW ONCE MORE .....IM OFF TO A STREET FARE TO BUY STUFF . SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MANY THANKS TO STEVE LOBMEIRE FOR RE SKINNING THE KIT AND BEING MY DRUM SLUT FOR THE DAY ,IT WAS FUN MATE . KNOW WHAT AH MEEAN JON......














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TOADS PLACE ,CT

WE..ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM WHERE THAT POOR GIRL GOT MURDERED,LAST WEEK AT YALE UNIVERSITY.THE PRESS ARE ALL OVER THE STREETS ,AND IM HOPING TONITE WILL BE BUSY,IN SPITE OF THE RECENT EVENTS . A GREAT COLLEGE TOWN THIS , AND MY FIRST VISIT BACK HERE SINCE 1988,SO MEMORIES ARE RIFE TONITE..THE GIG IS EXACTLY THE SAME , NOTHING CHANGES SOMETIMES ,AND TOADS PLACE IS ONE OF EM ..WE ALSO FOUND OUT TONITE THAT ITS EXACTLY 25YRS SINCE WE FIRST PLAYED THERE TOO ,AND WERE PRESENTED BY THE OWNERS,WITH A BOTTLE OF DOM PERIGNON CHAMPAGNE.WHICH BY THE WAY , WAS VERY NICE INDEED .WE PLAYED A GREAT SET TONITE,AND THE CLUB WAS VERY BUSY.ROBS BEEN USING HIS 2X12 CABS AGAIN ,OPEN BACKED WITH 2 50 WATT MARSHALL HEADS , SOUNDS SWEET, AND NOT REALLY LOUD ,SO THE STAGE SOUND HAS BEEN REALLY CONTROLLABLE OF LATE.MY FRIENS FROM EVANS DRUM HEADS CAME DOWN THE OTHER NIGHT AND RE SKINNED THE KIT AND ITS SINGING ALSO.SO ALL IN ALL , WE DID GOOD . IVE STARTED SWIMMING AGAIN AND MY ENERGY LEVEL IS GOOD ,AND AS THE SEVERE POLLEN AND FLU VIBE IS LEAVING ME NOW,I CAN HEAR BETTER AND PLAY WITH MORE DYNAMICS,IM HAPPY........THE CROWD WAS GREAT TONITE , THANKS TO ALL FOR COMING TO SEE US AGAIN .ON TO NYC AND BB KINGS TOMORROW . CANT WAIT ..SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!














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ITS THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE.....?

A LIST OF INJURIES THAT HAVE BEEN PREVALENT SINCE I STARTED PLAYING . NOT ALL FROM THIS BAND BUT OTHERS TOO.. THIS WILL SHOW YOU HOW BEING A SIMPLE DRUMMER CAN TURN INTO A WHOS WHO OF PAIN..
EAST BERLIN.1984.DISLOCATED JAW FROM SINGING TOO HIGH.A DOCTOR SMACKED ME IN THE FACE AND RELOCATED IT BEFORE I HAD TO DO THE ENCORE..1986.BIT THRU MY TONGUE AND SWALLOWED NEAR ON A PINT OF BLOOD DURING BRIDGE O SIGHS IN DETROIT.COULDNT SPEAK OR EAT FOR A WEEK.EXCEPT SOUP.AUSTRALIA 1986...CRACKED 3 KNUCKLES ON RT HAND AS I DID SOME DRUM FILL AND MISSED THE SKINS AND PLAYED THE RIMS INSTEAD,WITH MY HAND .1998..LONDON,GOT CHROMIUM POISONING FROM A FALL INTO MY PEDALS BAG,AND SCRATCHED MY LEFT HAND PALM,WHICH WENT SEPTIC AND I SPENT 6 DAYS IN HOSPITAL WITH AN INFECTED LYMPH SYSTEM .THEY WANTED TO REMOVE MY ARM AFTER IT WASNT RESPONDING TO TREATMENT AND I SIGNED MYSELF OUT .IT HEALED THANK GOD.. GERMANY 1985..A STICK SPLIT AS I HIT THE SNARE AND THE POINTED END STUCK IN MY FOREHEAD,AS IT SPUN OFF, AND HIT AN ARTERY BETWEEN MY EYES.THAT WAS MESSY TOO..HIT MYSELF IN THE EYEBALL IN LOS ANGELES 1972.WITH A STICK .SCRATCHED THE CORNEA BADLY. CRACKED A FRONT TOOTH WITH A STICK IN POLAND 1973.....TWISTED MY LFT ANKLE CLIMBING ONTO THE STAGE IN PERTH 1986. BROKE 2 TOES IN PERTH A YEAR LATER FALLING OFF STAGE IN THE DARK BEHIND DRUM RISER,DEHYDRATED IN LAS VEGAS,FELL OVER IN STREET AND DISLOCATED THUMB 1982. DISLODGED MY STERNUM AFTER A TRAINING SESSION,FELL IN THE SHOWER AT LITTLE ROCK STADIUM, AND TWISTED MY BACK ,ON A DAY OFF IN COLORADO , I WENT RIDING AND GOT SPOOKED BY A PUMA, IN THE MOUNTAINS 1984...SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE PAN AM FLIGHT THAT BLEW UP OVER LOCKERBIE,BUT I CANCELLED THE JOURNEY,GOT SHOT AT IN KILLEEN TEXAS,AND HAD A VERY NEAR MISS WITH SOME BLACK WIDOWS IN AUSSIE IN AN OUTSIDE TOILET THAT HADNT BEEN USED FOR YEARS..GOT CHASED OUT OF ITALY BY THE MAFIA IN 1973IN 3 CARS ,GOT HUNTED BY THE MAFIA IN TEXAS IN 1982,AND ALL IN ALL I GUESS IM LUCKY TO EVEN BE HERE WRITING THIS .OH THERES MORE BELIEVE ME , BUT IT GOES TO SHOW WHAT AN INTERESTING LIFE IVE HAD BEING A DRUMMER UP TILL NOW ...SEE YA















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A PERFECT STORM.............................UH?

IT TOOK AGES TO GET TO THE GIG TONITE . WE SET OFF AT 11AM , AND ARRIVED AT 5PM, A TOTAL OF 240 MILES,THRU NYC,AND ONTO LONG ISLAND , TRAFFIC WAS A NIGHTMARE PEOPLE,3 HRS TO NAVIGATE 39 MILES .C'MON.WE FELT LIKE WE HAD BEEN KICKED AROUND A FOOTBALL FIELD WHEN WE GOT THERE. A SMALL VENUE , NICELY LAID OUT IN A THEATER SETTING ,AND WELL RUN TOO..I GOT INTO MY STRIDE RIGHT OFF, AND IT FELT GOOD AFTER BEING COOPED UP ALL DAY IN A WAGON FOR HOURS.ROB WAS TRYING OUT THE OTHER CABINET SET UP WITH THE NEW MARSHALL 50 HEADS ..SOUNDED OK TO ME , BUT THEN AGAIN THEY ALL DO . GLENNS BEEN GREAT ON THIS LEG ,AND WERE DOING SOME GOOD WORK TOGETHER ,REALLY TIGHT AND CRISP PLAYING,MOVING AROUND THE GROOVES WITH A BIT MORE FREEDOM THAT COMPLIMENTS THE SOARING CHORDS AND OPENESS OF THE GUITAR..HE A LOT OF FUN TO WORK WITH AND I HOPE IT CONTINUES FOR QUITE A WHILE .A GOOD RYTHMN SECTION I THINK YOULL AGREE WHEN U SEE US.. FEEL FREE TO COMMENT FOLKS OK? I NEED THE FEED BACK ..........IM OFF TO A WELL EARNED REST . WE HAVE 2 DAYS OFF IN CONNETICUT AND I WILL BE BACK WITH STORIES REAL SOON .............DROP ME A GUEST BOOK OK?
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I NEED A SWIM, AND A MASSAGE

IT WAS A GREAT DRIVE INTO BALTIMORE TODAY SUN SHINED . RIDE WAS SMOOTH.AND WERE ALL IN GOOD SPIRITS AFTER THE JET LAG DAYS,AND THE MOTOR HAS STARTED TO REV UP NOW ..ITS ALOVELY TOWN ,BALTIMORE .I FIRST CAME HERE IN 71 , AND SPENT A FEW DAYS DOWN THE WATERFRONT ,AND ITS CHANGED ALOT ,IT STILL IS A GOOD PLACE TO VISIT ., FRIENDLY PEOPLE ALL OVER ..THE RAMS HEAD LIVE IS A GREAT , WELL PUT TOGETHER VENUE , FULL OF THE SMALL TOUCHES THAT MAKE GIGGING SUCH FUN SOMETIMES .SO A BIG THANKS TO STAFF THERE AGAIN....LAST NIGHT IN PHILLY , I THOUGHT WE REACHED A FEW PLACES MUSICALLY WE HADNT DONE BEFORE , AND IT WAS SPECIAL OUT THERE SOMETIMES ..TONIGHT , I THINK WE TRIED TO GET BACK THERE , AND IT WASNT THE SAME . WE PLAYED A GOOD STRONG SET , WE ALWAYS DO, BUT THE VIBE WASNT THERE FOR US,.I PERSONALLY FELT SOMETHING WAS MISSING TONITE ,AND ITS ONE OF THE "CANT PUT YA FINGER ON IT" THINGS.......AS IVE SAID BEFORE , WE NEVER CLOCK IN AND PLAY ,AND WE LIVE FOR THOSE MAGICAL MOMENTS,AND THE NIGHT BEFORE , I FELT WE REACHED MANY , TONITE I COULDNT CATCH TOO MANY . SO HAVING SAID THAT , I STILL HAD A GREAT TIME , WE ALL DID,AND TOMORROW WILL BE DIFFRENT AGAIN ..I MET SOME REAL NICE PEOPLE AFTER THE SHOW , SO THANKS TO ALL THAT STOPPED BY AND SAID HELLO ...........SEE YA !!!!!!!!!1













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SOME YA WIN ........

GREAT GIG TONITE .FULL HOUSE .RAINING AGAIN, BUT WARM AND BUSY STREETS .EVERYONE HAVING A GOOD TIME .AFTER A SHORT JOURNEY FROM ATLANTIC CITY ,WE SET UP CAMP IN TOWN AND SOUNDCHECKED AND AFTER A WHILE WALKED ON STAGE AROUND 10 ISH .DRY SOUND , BUT WE PLAYED WELL . AT LEAST I THOUGHT SO. BLISTERS ABOUND ON ALL OUR FINGERS AND WERE TIRED AFTER SOME OF THE GUYS FLEW IN FROM ACROSS THE POND . IT TAKES TIME TO SETTLE THOUGH, AND WE WILL BE IN TUNE SOON ENOUGH ..........IM OFF TO BED NOW FOLKS. BIT TIRED MYSELF .SO WILL RESUME TOMORROW .OK ? SEE YA !!!!!!!!!1











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SEPT 11 TH IN ATALANTIC CITY

IT WAS A GREAT WAY TO RE START THE 2ND LEG OF THE TOUR.. WE HAD A BALL PLAYING LAST NIGHT AND AS USUAL WE FIRED UP FROM THE OFF ..THE HOUSE OF BLUES WAS VERY ACCOMODATING , GREAT SYSTEM,AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS SEPT 11TH ,AND LOUSY WEATHER, AND THE VENUE HASNT HAD A GOOD RUN ATTENDANCE WISE ALL SUMMER , WE DID OK? THANKS TO ALL THE ONES WHO TURNED UP, WE HAD A GOOD TIME .....WE HAD FRIENDS VISITING WITH US LAST NIGHT TOO ,MR SHAIL FROM THE WEBSITE , HAD A A GOOD TIME . AND IT WAS OUR PLEASURE TO SEE HE HAD A GOOD TIME TOO ......THIS IS A SHORT ONE AS IM GETTING READY FOR TONITES FILLMORE EAST SHOW IN PHILLY .....WE HAVE REHERSED UP NEW SONGS , BUT WE HAVE TO FIND A SPOT IN THE SHOW FOR THEM YET SO WE WILL SEE .... OK SPEAK LATER THEN SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!11.....













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PINGS POPS,AND SNIFFLES N GRUNTS

ITS ALL ABOUT TIMING ,ISNT IT?NO NOT PLAYING DRUMS.........LIFE......SOMETIMES YA GET IT RIGHT AND IT ALL FLOWS ,OR YOU MISS A BEAT AND SOMETHING GOES WRONG.NOW THEN ,I AM ABOUT 6 DAYS AWAY FROM FLYING INTO PHILADELPHIA,AND I HAVE CONTACTED THE MOST ANNOYING HEAD COLD THAT HASNT LET ME SLEEP PROPERLY NOW FOR DAYS.BUNGED UP,CANT THINK STRAIGHT,REALLY TIRED WORN OUT,ALL THE ABOVE AND MORE..THROAT IS LIKE A FURNACE,AND TO SWALLOW IS LIKE BEING BEHEADED......I GUESS...ANYWAY,RIGHT AT THE TIME IM SUPPOSED TO BE FIT AND READY TO GO OUT ON THE ROAD I GET HIT WITH A TRAIN,AND I AM NONE TO PLEASED EITHER.IVE BEEN STUCK IN FOR NEARLY A WEEK ,GOT ALL SORTS OF CABIN FEVER,AND THE SWIMMING POOLS BEEN SHUT SO I CANT EVEN EXERCISE LIKE I HAVE BEEN ,AND I KEEP MOANING AT ME MISSUS.SHE WANTS TO TRADE ME IN FOR A NEW MODEL ,AND CANT WAIT TO SEE THE BACK OF ME ............BLAH BLAH BL;AHHHHHHHH.NOW THEN I DONT LIKE FLYING AT THE BEST OF TIMES ,IF THERE IS SUCH A THING,AND TO GET ALL BUNGED UP BEFORE A FLIGHT ,YOU SEASONED TRAVELLERS OUT THERE WILL KNOW WHAT I MEAN,IS FOR ME ANYWAY A NIGHTMARE..YOU SEE AFTER A FLIGHT OF ANY LENGTH I ALWAYS SUFFER FROM SINUS AND EAR PROBLEMS FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS AFTER A FLIGHT,CULMINATING IN ME NOT SOMETIMES BEING ABLE TO EVEN HEAR THE MUSIC IM PLAYING.I DONT MEAN AS IN DEAF ,BUT ALL THE HIGHS DISAPPEAR AND TONAL QUALITY IS DIFFICULT.... CONSEQUENTLY,MONITORS ARE LOUDER,I PLAY LOUDER AND END UP GETTING BLISTERS FOR THE FIRST FEW SHOWS. YOU SEE FOLKS ITS ALL INTER CONNECTED......BUT THERE IS A BRIGHT LIGHT IN ALL THIS....I HAVE GOT 6 DAYS TO GET OVER IS CRAP,AND I AM BEING REALLY POSITIVE,AND WILLING THIS AWAY........ THE WEATHER IS COOLER NOW HERE IN TEXAS,THANK YOU UPSTAIRS,AND SO WILL BE THE EAST COAST .WE HOPE ....ANYWAY,ENOUGH OF MY TIRADE,IM OFF TO SINK A COUPLE{6} OF JIM BEAMS AND SEE IF THAT DOES THE TRICK .SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!




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NEVER ENOUGH TIME IS THERE ..

I HAVE AN OLD FRIEND,WE GO BACK 30 YRS .HE GAVE ME MY BIG BREAK INTO THE INTERNATIONAL TOURING AND RECORDING SCENE,BY ASKING ME TO COME ALONG TO AN AUDITION IN THE KINGS ROAD CHELSEA,FOR A NEW BAND CALLED SILVERHEAD ..SINCE THEN I HAVE GONE ON TO MANY GREAT THINGS IN THIS BUSINESS,BUT WE LOST CONTACT SOME TIME AGO DUE TO BOUNDARIES,AND LOST PHONE NUMBERS.WE SAW EACH OTHER JUST TWICE IN OVER 25 YRS WHEN I TOURED THE USA WITH ROBIN IN 1986/7.THEN AGAIN IN 1988.THEN NOTHING TILL ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO WHEN WE CONTACTED EACH OTHER VIA THE INTERNET..SINCE THAT TIME , WE TALK MOST DAYS ,AND YAK ABOUT SONGWRITING, OLD TIMES AND WE LAUGH JUST LIKE WE DID ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.BUT I FOUND OUT RECENTLY THAT HE PLAYED ON SPACE ODDITY,THE ACOUSTIC BIT IN THE MIDDLE AND DID HANDCLAPS WITH DAVID BOWIE..HE USED TO PLAY WITH DAVID IN A BAND CALLED THE RIOT SQUAD AND RECORDED MATERIAL WITH HIM TOO,SO I GOT SOME GREAT OLD STORIES OF DAVIDS EARLY LIFE BEFORE ZIGGY,AND SERIOUS FAME ...MY FRIEND IS ALSO A SERIOUS PHOTOGRAPHER,DOING MANY CORPORATE JOBS,AND IS OLD SCHOOL 35MM,WITH A GREAT EYE.NONE OF THIS POINT AND SHOOT STUFF ,REAL DEPTH AND PRECISION IN HIS WORK.....HE HAS CONTINUED TO WRITE SONGS AND PLAY AROUND THE L.A AREA FOR YEARS,BUT WE HAVE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY,IN ALONG TIME ,TO GET TOGETHER AND DO WHAT WE DO BEST .PLAY GOOD MUSIC,AND ITS A SHAME AS HES RESPONSIBLE FOR ME STILL DOING THIS WORK I DO .ALSO HE IS ONE OF MY MENTORS AS TO READ A SONG , AND IS ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE IN A LOT OF THE THINGS I DO,EVEN TODAY..

HIS NAME? ROD DAVIES ....ONE OF LIFES DEAREST MEN ,AND A TRUE FRIEND,AND IVE NEVER REALLY HAD THE CHANCE BEFORE TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM FOR ALL HE DID FOR ME .....
ONE DAY WE WILL RECORD SONGS TOGETHER,AND HAVE A GREAT TIME DOING IT ,CAUSE I WANT THE CIRCLE TO CLOSE,AND THATS ALL THATS MISSING FROM MY CAREER RIGHT NOW MY OLD MATE,......KEEP YA CHIN UP SON ..SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!








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TOM CRUISE.BUSTER KEATON,WHO CARES ?

WHEN WE TRAVEL,WE SOMETIMES SORT THRU THE BOX OF DVD,S,AND AFTER A SHORT DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE VIEWERS ,DECIDE ON A FILM TO WATCH . NOW THIS SERVES MORE THAN ONE PURPOSE ON LONG TRIPS..1....THE JOURNEY GOES QUICKER....2...WE DONT HAVE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER.....3...WE CAN ARGUE AFTERWARD AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE RECENTLY FINISHED FILM .....4.....WE DONT SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE JOURNEY.....5...WERE SUDDENLY AT THE HOTEL...ALL THE ABOVE MAKE FOR AN INTERESTING JOURNEY NONE THE LESS...SPORT GENERALLY SEEMS TO BE THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATION,OR WORLD EVENTS..BASEBALL IS HIGH ON THE LIST ,AS 3 OF THE 5 INTREPID TRAVELLERS ARE HUGE FANS,ONE IS LEARNING ABOUT THE SPORT ,OF GROWN MEN TRYING TO WACK A BALL,AND THE DEVIOUS WAYS OF THE PITCHER AND HIS CATCHER,SENDING SECRET SIGNALS OF WHAT TO COOK FOR DINNER THIS EVENING ,AND THE LAST ONE SIMPLY COULDNT GIVE A CRAP ABOUT THE GAME AT ALL....WERE LUCKY IN SO MUCH , THAT AS A BAND ,WE ALL GET ON REALLY WELL AND ALWAYS FIND SOME THING TO LAUGH ABOUT ON THESE LONG TRIPS..WE HAVE AN INTERNET CONNECTION TOO , WHICH ALLOWS US TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD AS WE TRAVEL NOW .VERY HANDY TOOL IT IS TOO.. WE WILL BE COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU SOON ,SO LOOK OUT FOR US ON THIS SITE AND COME SEE A TRULY GREAT BAND,ENJOYING THE MOMENT,AND GIVING IT UP FOR YOU ALL OUT THERE IN THE CROWD..THE EAST COAST BECKONS...SO THE WEATHER SHOULD BE COOLER THAN THE LAST LEG,AND HOPEFULLY THE MOVIES WILL BE BETTER TOO..WE WILL SEE ...SEE YA !!








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I HATE STEVIE WONDER

SINCE IVE BEEN WRITING SONGS,I FOUND OUT THAT ITS REALLY HARD NOT TO WRITE ABOUT PAST EXPERIENCE,PAST LOVES, PAST SORROW,PAST SELL BY DATES AND PASSING OUT .BUT IT GENERALLY COMES DOWN TO LOVE STUFF AS IN MOST SONGS SUNG BY SINGER /SONGWRITERS ..
LOVE IN MANY FORMS TOO.SO I ASK MYSELF ,WHAT LOVE DO YOU SING OR WRITE ABOUT ? LOST LOVE? LOVE FOR A PET DOG OR CAT?PAST LOVES,FUTURE LOVES,LOVE FOR A MOTHER OR FATHER, A CHILD,A SONG ,A CAR,A FILM ........IT MADE ME THINK JUST HOW MANY PRE REQUISITES YOU HAVE TO GO THRU TO GET A MEANING ACROSS.....AND ITS HARD .REALLY HARD TO JUST LET IT FLOW SOMETIMES.......I MEAN HOW MANY TIMES IN A DAY DO YOU SAY I LOVE THIS ,I LOVE HER ,I LOVE THAT,I LOVE SOMEONE ELSE?
I GUESS IT WOULD BE EASIER TO DISGUISE WHAT YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT,SO THAT PART OF THE LOVE PROCESS DOES NOT END UP SOUNDING GUSHY OR TOO AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! SOUNDING TOO ELOQUENT ALSO CAN BE A HARD ROAD FOLLOW ALSO ,CAUSE YOU DONT WANT TO SOUND TOO WORDY ,.....I EDIT ALL THE TIME AND END UP THROWING MOST THINGS AWAY AS SOON AS I RE READ THEM . MOON JUNE TUNE LOON ,THAT SORT OF THING ,AND MY MUSIC IM DOING NOW IS WITHOUT LYRICS COMPLETLY,JUST GOOD MELODIES AND GREAT BACK TRAX,BUT ITS SO FRUSTRATING NOT HEARING THE FINISHED SONG ..I GUESS ITS ALL IN THE LEARNING PROCESS, AND I WILL HAVE TO ADAPT...........BUT HOW DO SOME PEOPLE WRITE 30 ALBUMS, ALL THOSE WORDS AND MUSIC AND STILL DO IT WELL .ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....IM GOIN TO BED ............SEE YA !!













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I WILL BE THE ONE WITH THE YELLOW FLOWER IN THE LAPEL

I HAVE HAD A FEW REQUESTS TO BE MORE AVAILABLE AFTER GIGS ON THE NEXT LEG SO THAT SOME OF YOU CAN HAVE A TALK AND GENERALLY MEET UP.THATS OK WITH ME OF COURSE,BUT LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING FIRST .WE HAVE A ROUTINE THAT,AFTER A SHOW WE KICK BACK FOR A WHILE ,AND DISCUSS EVENTS OF THE EVENINGS ,WHILST CHANGING..AFTER THAT ROBIN HAS TO GET READY TO GO MEET AND GREET IN THE VEHICLE,WHICH CAN SOMETIMES TAKE AN HOUR OR MORE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE CROWD AROUND THE AREA TO SIGN AND MEET UP WITH FANS..MYSELF GLENN AND DAVEY TAKE THAT TIME TO GRAB A QUICK BITE TO EAT FROM THE DELI TRAY AND ENJOY A GLASS OF WINE IN THE PEACE AND QUIET OF THE DRESSING ROOM,WHICH AFTER A SHOW AT THE VOLUME WE PUT OUT ,IT TAKES A AWHILE FOR OUR EARS TO ADJUST TO THE NORMAL LEVELS ONCE AGAIN..I RARELY VISIT THE DRESSING ROOM EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER A SHOW TILL IM READY TOO...REMEMBER I SIT DOWN THRU A SHOW AND I HAVE TO PACE AROUND AFTER AND BEFORE TO GET THE LIMBS WORKING ,AND I LIKE THE COOL OF THE OUTSIDE AIR IN PREFERENCE TO A WARM DRESSING ROOM.SO IN ANSWER TO YOUR REQUESTS FOLKS IM MORE LIKELY TO BE SEEN ONSTAGE AFTER THE SHOW THAN AT THE VEHICLE.OR OUTSIDE STAGE DOOR MOMENTS AFTER WE COME OFF . I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE ANYONE OUT THERE ,AS LONG AS IVE HAD A MOMENT TO CALM DOWN,HAVE A CIGGIE,AND A DRINK .......WHEN ROBS FIONISHED SIGNING WE USUALLY LEAVE RIGHT AWAY,SO THATS WHERE I WILL BE ..........COME SAY HELLO THEN . MANY THANKS SEE YA!!!!!!!!!!!







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DO I NEED NOTES ?

OK NOW THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE A NAMEDROP SESSION HERE TODAY AND I DONT MEAN IT TOO,BUT ITS TO TRY FIGURE SOMETHING OUT HERE..IVE PLAYED IN EVERY MAJOR STADIUM IN THE USA,THE BUDOKAN IN JAPAN ,IVE PLAYED WITH THE LIKES OF ROBERT PLANT,DAVID BYRON KEN HENSLEY ERIC CLAPTON,ROBIN TROWER RANDY CALIFORNIA,ALBERT LEE,ERIC BIBB,PETE HAYCOCK.AND A HOST OF MANY OTHER WORLD TALENTS AND I HAVE ONLY EVER GOT A BIT NERVOUS WAY ,WAY BACK, IN THE PAST..50 000.PEOPLE RIGHT UP TO 160,000 AT A 3 DAY EVENT ,UPSTATE NEW YORK BACK IN THE 70,S,...........MY POINT? I HAVE JUST BEEN ASKED TO HAVE A TALK WITH MUSIC STUDENTS AT THE LOCAL MUSIC COLLEGE,ON THE MUSIC BUSINESS,AND PLAYING LIVE AND IN THE STUDIO ETC ,GENERALLY ABOUT MY EXPLOITS AND STORIES FROM THE ROAD ....NOW .I AM SELF TAUGHT PLAYER,NEVER SOUGHT OUT A TEACHER IN FACT DIDNT KNOW YOU COULD HAVE SOMEONE TEACH YOU ABOUT MUSIC ,SO I DID IT ALL MYSELF AND WATCHED AND LEARNT FROM MY PEERS,AND THE THOUGHT OF STANDIN UP IN FRONT OF A BUNCH OF ASPIRING YOUNG PLAYERS WHO PROBABLY KNOW MORE ABOUT MUSIC THAN I WILL EVER KNOW,SCARES THE LIVIN CRAP OUT OF ME.ITS NOT THAT I CANT SPEAK,OR TELL STORIES ,OR CAN EVEN PASS ON SOME ADVICE TO THEM ,ITS JUST THE ACTUAL REALITY OF STANDING OUT THERE AND DOING IT .I LOVE TO TEACH ,ONE ON ONE , BUT A GROUP OF THEM TO TALK TO GIVES ME THE HORRORS.WEIRD ISNT IT? I HOPE I CAN OVERCOME THIS FEELING OF DREAD CAUSE I REALLY WANT TO DO IT AND ITS SOON TOO,SO I HAVE TO BITE THE BULLET AND DO THIS .I JUST CANT GET AROUND THE FACT IT SCARES ME TO DEATH........
ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM? DROP ME A LINE THEN OK SEE YA !!!!










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EAST COAST MUSINGS

HI EVERYONE.LONG TIME I KNOW ,BUT IVE BEEN SWIMMING EVERY DAY SINCE I GOT BACK FROM THE UK,BEEN IN THE STUDIO , DOING LESSONS ,AND OTHER STUFF ,MAINLY WRITING SONGS.SOME OF WHICH ARE COMING OUT REALLY STRONG.IVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE OTHER BAND MEMBERS AND WERE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING FOR YOU AGAIN...ITS BEEN SO HOT HERE IN TEXAS OVER 100 EVERYDAY THAT YOU DONT WANT TO GO OUT MUCH ,BUT THE SWIMMING EVERY DAY HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR MY OVERALL FITNESS,AND GETTIN A GOOD TAN HASNT HURT EITHER..IT WOULD BE NICE TO MEET SOME OF YOU THAT READ THIS BLOG,SO DONT BE SHY IN COMING UP AND SAYING HELLO AFTER A SHOW . IT WILL BE NICE TO GET SOME FEED BACK FROM Y;ALL.HA......AS YOU KNOW ROBINS BEEN OVER TO DO SHOWS WITH THE ICON THAT IS JACK BRUCE ,AND I GOT TO PLAY WITH JACK SOME MONTHS BACK AND IT WAS FUN ,AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS THE SHOWS WENT WELL OVER THERE ,SO IM LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING UP WITH ROBIN AND GET HIS TAKE ON IT TOO....HE WAS FLYING ON THE LAST LEG AND WE WILL IM SURE BE PLAYING GREAT AGAIN THIS TIME OUT....SO, ATLANTIC CITY IS THE FIRST DATES AND WE WILL SEE YOU THERE AS WELL AS UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST....TAKE LISTEN TO ROBINS NEW ALBUM, THERE ARE A FEW SURPRISES ON THERE.STRING SECTIONS, GROOVES AND ROB DOES ALL THE VOCALS TOO..SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!







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NICE TO KICK BACK

HEY THERE BLOGSTERS ...AM BUSY WRITING NEW MATERIAL .GOING INTO STUDIO NEXT WEEK TO LAY SOME GTRS AND DRUMS DOWN .I HAVE SINCE THE LAST TOUR RE WRITTEN 3 OF THE OLDER SONGS NOW READY FOR FINAL CUTS .ITS GREAT FUN AND A REAL CHALLENGE TO DO GTRS AS WELL AS DRUMS ON MY SONGS . BUT THE PRODUCER SAYS ITS REALLY WELL PLAYED AND FEELS GOOD SO IM GOING ALONG WITH FRESH EARS THIS TIME ROUND , AND IT DOES FEEL GOOD I MUST ADMIT .IM NOT AS PROLIFIC WITH SONGS BUT AM REALLY FULL OF IDEAS AND THEY COME TOGETHER REALLY QUICK AND BEFORE I KNOW IT A SONG PRESENTS IT SELF .....LYRICS ARE ALWAYS A BUG BEAR FOR ME , SO THAT TAKES THE LONGEST TIME RE- WRITES ABOUND IN THAT DEPT.ANYWAYS LOOKING FORWARD TO TOURING AGAIN ,ROBINS HARD AT WORK WITH JACK AND GARY RIGHT NOW,AND WE KICK OFF AGAIN IN SEPT.....ITS TOO HOT HERE TO DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW , SO I AM IN THE HOUSE RELAXING AND STAYING COOL..MY UK TRIP WAS GREAT FOR ME AND MY BOYS.AND IM SORRY TO ALL THOSE WHOM I DIDNT GET TO VISIT . JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE END......I START TEACHING THIS WEEK ,AND NEED TO PRACTISE AS WELL.LOTS TO DO .LOTS TO DO.............SEE YA !!!!!!!!!1













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welcome home

HEY FOLKS .I JUST GOT BACK FROM THR UK WHERE I SAW MY BOY SCOTT GET MARRIED.IT WAS AGREAT DAY AND WOULDNT HAVE MISSED IT FOR THE WORLD.SO,STRAIGHT AFTER THE TOUR AND ONLY HAVING A FEW DAYS AT HOME BEFORE JETTING BACK OVER THERE WITH THE WEST /EAST JET LAG,IM NOW GETTING OVER THE EAST/WEST JET LAG.I DONT KNOW IF IM COMING OR GOING RIGHT NOW ,BUT I AM GLAD TO BE HOME AGAIN .THE HOUSE IS QUIET AT THE MOMENT,AS THE GIRLS ARE ON HOLIDAY IN WISCONSIN,AND ANGIE AND I ARE SPENDING SOME TIME TOGETHER AFTER BEING APART FOR THE BEST PART OF 2MONTHSOR MORE .THE HEAT DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE UK AND THE USA IS DEPLETING TO SAY THE LEAST,AND I AM STILL GETTING USED TO THE MASSIVE TEMPERATURE SWOOPS AND DIVES LIVING IN TEXAS.AS WE SPEAK ITS 10.30 AT NIGHT,AND ITS 92 DEGREES.. ONE THING THAT REALLY PLEASED ME WHEN I GOT BACK WAS THE IMMIGRATION OFFICER AFTER ASKING THE USUAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE IVE BEEN ,HOW LONG ETC,SAID TO ME AFTER I TOLD HIM I LIVED HERE IN THE USA ,AND HE STAMPED MY UK PASSPORT AND SAID "WELCOME HOME".IT FELT GOOD TO HEAR IT ....IM ABOUT TO GO INTO THE STUDIO TO RECORD SOON,AND IM LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING GUITAR AGAIN AS WELL..I MISS IT..HOPE YOU ARE ALL WELL AND I WILL BE BACK HERE SOON WITH MORE SNIPPETS AND TOUR NEWS .SEE YA !!!!!!!!

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VIDEO POSTS SOON

HI FOLKS .I WILL POST A VIDEO MONTAGE FROM THE TOUR SOON .JUST SNIPPETTS OF STUFF YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN ..SOUNDS NOT BAD , WHEREVER POSSIBLE I HAVE DONE SOME DIALOGUE TOO...ANYWAYS ,HOPE YOU ENJOY SOME SNAPSHOTS OF LIFE ON THE ROAD ....SEE YA SOON ............







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LAST ONE FOR A WHILE

WE ALL SAID GOODBYES AFTER THE LAST SHOW,AND ITS ALWAYS A WEIRD MOMENT TO SAY GOODBYE TO GUYS YOUVE BEEN COOPED UP WITH FOR 8 WEEKS..AT THE SAME TIME YOU CANT WAIT TO BREAK THE ROUTINE ALSO ..I MISS DRIVING MY CAR FOR INSTANCE .I HATE BEING DRIVEN AROUND ALL THE TIME,I LIKE BEING IN CONTROL OF MY OWN DESTINY AND HAVING THE FREEDOM TO GO MY OWN WAY OCCASIONALLY ..ON TOUR ,ITS ALL SET OUT AND THE PROGRAM CANT BE ALTERED , DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE SCHEDULING.ITS SO HOT HERE IN TEXAS RIGHT NOW,AND TO GO FROM A COMFORTABLE 77DEGREES TO 110,IN A FEW SHORT HOURS ,DOES TAKE IT OUT OF ME...IVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP WELL SINCE I CAME HOME AS I NEED TIME TO READJUST TO THE TIME ZONE AND THE BREAK IN THE ROUTINE .IT ALWAYS TAKES ME A WEEK TO COME DOWN FROM THE TOURS WE DO .I WENT TO BED AT 2 AM TONITE AND GOT UP AT 4 30AM, CAUSE I WAS OVERTIRED AND HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE TALKIN TO THE UK,CAUSE THEY ARE 6 HRS AHEAD AND WELL INTO THE DAY ALREADY..SO THATS NICE ....I HAD A JAM WITH BUDDY WHITTINGTON TONITE IN A TEXAN CLUB.AND MET SOME REALLY FINE PLAYERS FROM THE OLD ZZ TOP.AND THE HIGHERARCHY OF TEXAN MUSICIANS HERE IN FT WORTH .ANYWAYS IM CLOSING MY BLOGS FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS TILL I HAVE SOMETHING MORE TO YAK ABOUT ....SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!THANKS FOR READING MY POSTS EVERYONE .COME BACK SOON ..PETE





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WE DID IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IVE BOOKED MY FLIGHT HOME .MY BAGS ARE PACKED ,MY EARS STILL RINGING FROM THE NOISE THE CROWD IN FRESNO CREATED . WHAT A BLAST TO FINISH THE TOUR .PACKED HOUSE ,EMPTYING THE BINS OF PENT UP ENERGY,AND NOW THE SILENCE FOR 2 MONTHS .I HAVE TO GET UP AT 4 30 AM TO GET TO THE AIRPORT BY 5AM THEN ON TO THE FIRST OF MY 2 FLIGHTS TOMORROW .IF ALL GOES TO PLAN ,I WILL BE SITTING IN THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY AROUND NOON WITH THE BROOD,WONDERING WHAT HIT ME .....THE TEMPERATURE IN DALLAS HAS BEEN UP IN THE 100'S FOR DAYS I HEAR ,AND I FEEL A SWIM COMING ON .......THANK YOU TO ALL THE BODS THAT READ AND COMMENTED ON HERE FOR THE LAST 2 MONTHS .IT WAS FUN . WE KICKMOFF THE NEXT LEG IN PHILLY ON THE 9TH SEPT ,REHERSALS AND THEN , GIG IN ATLANTIC CITY ON THE 11TH............I HAVE SOME VIDEOS TO POST HERE SO DONT GO AWAY FOR A FEW DAYS AS I WILL BE SHOWING SOME VERY SOON . CHECK N OK ? WELL IM OFF TO BED ,AND I'M GOING TO THE UK AS WELL TO SEE MY FAMILY ,SOME OF WHICH I HAVNT SEEN FOR OVER A YEAR NOW ..ITS GOIN TO BE GOOD ..........ANYWAY THANKS AGAIN .AND VISIT MY SITE AS ITS CHANGING ALL THE TIME WITH ODDS AND SODS .........SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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SANTA CRUZ.. NOT SANTA CLAUSE... IDIOT

BOY WAS THAT A HOT ONE .JEESE.NO A/C AT ALL PACKED HOUSE ,AND WARM OUTSIDE ,AND THE HEAT FROM THE CROWD MELTED MY ICE CREAM I CAN TELL YOU .AFTER ALL THE MOANS ABOUT BEING REALLY FRIED ,I NEEDED A SWELTERING GIG TO JUST ABOUT FINISH ME OFF,AND I THINK IT DID,JUST ABOUT ..GREAT RECEPTION TONITE , AND IT MAKES YOU WANNA PLAY AND I CAME OUT OF THE BOX , RUNNING ON EMPTY ,BUT FULL OF ENERGY AGAIN ....WE DID A GOOD STRONG SET AND HAD BUNDLES OF LAUGHS UP THERE . IT WAS FUN.....THANKS TO ALL AT THE SHOW AND WE MET SOME OF MY READERS TONITE TOO , SO THAT WAS NICE ....THE GUYS IN THE SUPPORT BAND WERE GOOD LADS AND ARE WITH US TOMORROW AS WELL .A LONG JOURNEY AGAIN FOR THE LAST SHOW , WHICH WE COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT, BUT THE ROUTING ON THIS TOUR HAS BEEN BETTER THAN MOST TOURS WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.OUR SPIRITS ARE STILL GOOD AND FOR A BUNCH OF OLD GEEZERS , WE KICK ASS STILL .IM GOIN TO BED NOW , AFTER IVE NIGGLED THE MISSUS INTO SAYING GOOD NIGHT BEFORE SHE WANTS ME TOO..SHE WOULD STAY UP ALL NIGHT YAKKIN TILL DAWN IF SHE HAD HER WAY .AND I A LOOKIN FORWARD TO SEEING HER AFTER 8 WEEKS AWAY.SHES THE REASON I EVEN HAVE A WEB PAGE TO UNLOAD ON YOU POOR UNSUSPECTING READERS.LISTEN TO ME EH ? ANYONE WOULD THINK I OWN A NEWSPAPER HERE HAHA..ANYWAYS IM OFF .SEE YA !!!!!!!! FRESNO HERE WE COME ....

WHERE AM I ?

OK .WHAT DAY IS IT ? DID I MISS SOMETHING ? WHAT HAPPENED? BLINK AND ITS GONE !!!!
I HAVE VERY LITTLE RECOLLECTION OF THE PAST 2 DAYS , DUE TO MY INFLAMED BACK , AND MY HEAD BEING SO BUZZY FROM TIREDNESS NOW ,THAT I THINK IVE LOST ALL REASONING FOLKS .BUGS IS OUT OF HIS WARREN . ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING .AND WE STILL GOT 2 MORE TO DO .........................THE KONOCTI TRIP WAS FUN AS USUAL , GREAT RESORT.PRODUCTION WAS IFFY DUE TO SPECS NOT BEING MET . BUT I DONT CARE ABOUT THAT...IF THE DRUMS SOUND GOOD THEN SO DO I ..........BY ALL ACCOUNTS IT WASNT A GREAT GIG FOR SOME , BUT I ENJOYED IT GENERALLY ALL ROUND ..... THE TRIP OVER THE MOUNTAINS WAS SCREWING WITH MY HEARING ,AND THEY DIDNT CLEAR , MY EARS THAT IS , TILL THE LAST 2 SONGS . WEIRD THAT ........LOVELY PEOPLE AGAIN . THANKS FOR ALL YA KIND WORDS .............HERES THE TEN BUCKS I OWE YA .........SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!











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FILLMORE WEST SAN FRANSISCO

IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT ALL ROUND TONITE I THINK.THE BAND DID WELL , THE AUDIENCE HAPPY ,THE LIGHTS GOOD, THE SOUND ..OK ,AND WE WERE REALLY TIRED AFTER THE SHOW .AFTER 2 DAYS OFF IT WAS MAYBE TRYING TO GET INTO A GOOD GEAR AGAIN , CAUSE THE FLOW GETS LOST SOMETIMES AFTER A NIGHT OR 2 OFF,AND THATS ALL IT PROBABLY WAS ...WE HAVE 5 SHOWS TO GO BEFORE A BRIEF BREAK,NOT FOR ROBIN AS HE GOES TO EUROPE WITH JACK AND GARY SOON ,BUT THE BAND IS HAVING 2 MONTHS OFF BEFORE THE NEXT EAST COAST TOUR ..MYSELF?..IM POOPED NOW .MY LIMBS ARE ACHING TOO MUCH AFTER EACH SHOW,AND IM CONSTANTLY MASSAGING MY ARMS TO GET SOME LIFE I NTO THEM ,DUE TO OVER USE , AND THE CONSTANT VELOCITY MY BODY TAKES EACH NIGHT ,ESPECIALLY MY LOWER BACK ,LEFT WRIST AND RIGHT FOOT/LEG .I WONDER HOW MANY TIMES I KICK THAT BASS DRUM IN A WEEK ? I MUST GET GET ONE OF THOSE WALKING COUNT THINGYS,AND COUNT SOMETIMES . I BET ITS THOUSANDS.I LIKE LYING DOWN ALOT AT THIS POINT OF THE TOUR , PRONE AND STRAIGHT ..ITS NICE TO RELAX THAT WAY ...........ANYWAYS THANK YOU TO THE GOOD PEOPLE OF S.F, AND FOR SUPPORTING US AS ALWAYS ...........MY KIT NEEDS CLEANING ,THE STANDS NEED SHINING , AND MY HEADS NEED CHANGING ,AND THE CYMBALS NEED LOOKING AT CAUSE I THINK THEYRE CRACKED .BISH BASH BOSH ......SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!

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diction.spaces,and CAPLOCKS

THERE ARE THOSE OF US,THAT SOMETIME FIND IT HARD TO THINK WHY I USE CAPLOCKS ALL THE TIME . I AM NOT IN ANYWAY SHOUTING, AND I DO KNOW THAT INTERNET ETTIQUETE,SAYS I SHOULDNT USE IT.BUT WHEN I USE CAPLOK ON, I CAN AT LEAST SEE WHAT I AM WRITING AS I DO THIS SOMETIMES VERY LATE AT NIGHT WITH SORE ,STINGY EYES . BUT I PREFER IT TO this where i can see s..tOK? GOOD ........I WRITE AS I SPEAK,AND I WASNT ANY GOOD AT SCHOOL REGARDING DICTION ,GRAMMAR,OR PUTTING DOTS AND STUFF IN THERE CORRECT PLACES .AS I SAID I WRITE AS I SEE IT .SORRY BOUT THAT BUT ITS MY WAY ..I DO HAVE AN EDITOR. BACK AT THE RANCH ,BUT EVEN SHE, WHO IS THE ORACLE, HAS GIVEN UP ON MY WEIRDNESS....AND FOR WHAT ITS WORTH ,I DO APOLOGISE.... THERE!!!! THATS THAT OUT OF THE WAY !!!! ON TO THINGS MUSICAL ...6 GIGS TO GO NOW ,5 ON THE TROT ,AND THEN HOME TO A BIT OF GOOD HOME COOKED TOAST, AND A POT OF THE ROSY LEE,BREWED TO PERFECTION BY A 12 YR OLD GIRL, WHO JUST HAS BEEN ALLOCATED AS THE OFFICIAL TEA MAKER IN THE HOUSE...I GUESS I HAD BETTER TELL HER THEN EH ?I HAVE PLANS TO MAKE INDIAN FOOD, THAI CURRIES , AND SUNDAY DINNERS ALA ENGLISH ROAST DINNER .GO SWIMMING EVERY DAY WITH MY LADIES, AND WORKING OFF THE SAID LUNCHES IN THE GYM .I THINK I SAID MUSICAL? WELL THATS MUSIC TO MY EARS FOLKS.. I HAVE A LOAD OF UNFINISHED SONGS TO RECORD,AND LYRICS TO WRITE.I HAVE PEOPLE TO MEET AND TO POSSIBLY TRAVEL..THINGS ARE UP IN THE AIR..I HAVE A HOUSE TO PAINT,DRUM LESSONS TO DO,AND AS I HAVE BEEN DRIVEN AROUND FOR 8 WEEKS, I CANT WAIT TO GET BEHIND THE WHEEL OF MY OWN CAR, AND DO SOME TRIPS AS WELL...I MISS THE DRIVING EXPIERIENCE ......OH AND PLAYING MUSIC IN THE HOUSE AT A VOLUME THAT DRIVES THE BUGS OUT ,AND KEEPS THE DOG QUIET ....TOMORROW THE WONDERFULL FILLMORE WEST .I LOVE THIS GIG ..A WHOLE LOT....CANT WAIT ......SEE YA !!!!



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GRANTS PASS

NOT THE BEST OF GIGS FOR US TONITE . THE STAGE SOUND WAS REALLY DRY, THE PA, NOT UP TO THE JOB, SO OUR SOUND WAS SOMEWHAT STIFLED OUT FRONT I FEEL . THE DRUMS WERE DRY AND IT AS HARD WORK TO GET ANYTHING COMING BACK TO FEED OFF OF . WE WERE ALL IN THE SAME POSITION SO ITS WASNT JUST ME ...A SHAME CAUSE AS USUAL WE WERE UP FOR A GOOD NIGHT , AND THE ELEMENTS DEFEATED WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO .WE HAD A GREAT JOURNEY DOWN FROM COOS BAY THE WEATHER WAS FANTASTIC AND THE SCENERY MIND BLOWING ...WEVE BEEN OUT FOR NEARLY 8 WEEKS NOW AND ALTHOUGH WERE STILL KICKING ASS WHEREVER POSSIBLE , YOU CANT WIN THEM ALL ..THE SORT OF GIGS WHERE YOU CAN DEVELOPE REAL DEEP BLISTERS FOR TRYING TOO HARD ...OVERGRIPPING THE STICKS AS OPPOSED TO BEING RELAXED . THE CROWD WERE GREAT AS USUAL AND LOTS OF HAPPY FACES AFTERWARDS SAYING IT WAS A GREAT SHOW . SO WITH THAT SAID IT PROBABLY WAS BETTER OUT FRONT THAN ON STAGE ...........AS IVE SAID BEFORE WE NEVER TURN UP AND CLOCK IN , WE ALWAYS TRY AND CREATE SOMETHING EVERY NIGHT WHEREVER POSSIBLE . I GUESS WERE JUST PERFECTIONISTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE MUSIC , AND PROUD OF IT .ON TO SAN FRANSISCO TOMORROW FOR THE FILLMORE WEST . A GREAT ROOM AND PRODUCTION . ALWAYS A GOOD GIG .. SEE YA AFTER THE SHOW .COME SAY HELLO .............BYE .......



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COOS BAY PYROTECHNICS

I DO BELIEVE THAT THE GIG TONITE WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST FOR A WHILE .THE PLACE WAS A RE VAMPED JCPENNY,WITH ALL THE STALLS TAKEN OUT AND TURNED INTO A GYM UPSTAIRS ,AND A FLEA MARKET TYPE PLACE DOWNSTAIRS, WITH A STAGE AT ONE END .OUR DRESSING ROOM WAS PART BOXING RING , PART LINGERIE DEPT ..DIDNT KNOW WHETHER TO HAVE A GO AT THE PUNCHBAG OR SLIP INTO SOMETHING COOL ..BUT THE CROWD WERE READY TO ROCK THATS FOR SURE .THEY WERE FAR TOO POLITE AT FIRST ,AND IT TOOK THEM A WHILE TO REALISE THEY COULD HAVE A SHOUT AND SCREAM ,BUT WE GOT DOWN TO IT AND HAD THEM YELLING THERE HEARTS OUT BY THE 3 RD SONG.AT THE END THEY WENT NUTS AND WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME ...WHEN WE FINISHED AFTER SIGNING , WE WENT INTO THE TOWN AND WATCHED THE PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY FROM THE COOS BAY COUNCIL FIREWORK SHOW . THE WHOLE TOWN HAD TURNED OUT LINING THE STREETS TO WATCH . IT WAS FUN .SOME HAD SET UP THERE OWN DISPLAYS ON MOST OF THE STREET CORNERES TOO MAD BUGGERS , BUT THEY WERE ENJOYING BEATING THE BRITS ONCE MORE ,AND I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT TILL I GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL.....ONLY JOKING ,BUT WHAT WAS FASCINATING WAS THAT IN 1697 A SHIP SAILED UP THE COAST, CALLED THE JENNY,AND THEY SETTLED HERE ALL THOSE YEARS AGO,AND YOU CANT BLAME THEM EITHER .ITS SO PRETTY UP HERE...ANYWAYS .....IM OFF TO MY PIT AND TOMORROW WE HAVE ANOTHER 3/4 HOURS TRAVELLING , AND LETS SEE WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS ..
LAURIE DID A GREAT JOB AS USUAL, BUT IT WAS CLOSE AS TO WHETHER WE DID THE GIG AT ALL , CAUSE THE PRODUCTION WAS LACKING IN THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY , BUT HE MADE IT HAPPEN , AND IT WAS WELL WORTH THE EFFORT ONCE AGAIN ....SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!

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HOT DAYS AND COOL NIGHTS ....

I HAVE 15 PEOPLE THAT READ MY BLOGS OUT THERE AS REGULARS I THINK , BUT IM NOT SURE IF ANYONE ELSE IS READING THEM . IF YOU ARE , THEN PLEASE LEAVE SOME COMMENTS AS TO MY INPUT ,OR EVEN IF THEY ARE INTERESTING , OR COULD BE IMPROVED UPON MAYBE . SO THAT BALLS IN YOUR COURT GOOD FOLKS OF ROCKDOM....IVE POSTED 46 BLOGS SO FAR AND I HAVE ABOUT 10 COMMENTS ..CMON.INDULGE ME EH ?.THANKS . NOW THEN PORTLAND WAS A GREAT NIGHT FOR US . WE EBBED AND FLOWED LIKE A RUNNING STREAM TONITE,MAKING MOMENTS FROM ALL THE LIGHT AND SHADE DYNAMICS IN OUR PERFORMANCE ..IT WAS FUN , AND ALTHOUGH WERE VERY TIRED NOW AS WEVE BEEN OUT OVER 6 WEEKS , AND DELIVERING EVERY NIGHT , AT A HIGH STANDARD ,WE FOUND SOME DEEPER POCKETS AND ENERGY FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE , AND IT AINT RED BULL...WE JUST LOVE IT OK...........GREAT TOWN THIS IS , ALWAYS LOVE COMIN HERE ,AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT TIME ALSO . WE HAVE A LONG DRIVE AGAIN TOMORROW HEADING WEST TO THE COAST ON JULY 4TH .TRAFFIC MAYHEM AGAIN TOMORROW , AND WETE GOIN G SRAIGHT ON STAGE I BELIEVE FROM THE JOURNEY , NO SOUNDCHECK EITHER . SHOULD BE INTERESTING , AND BY THE TIME WE GET THERE EVERYONE SHOULD BE AS HIGH AS KITES TOO CAUSE IT OPENS AT 11 AM FOR THE PIG ROAST/BEER. I WILL LET YOU KNOW TOMORROW ....SEE YA !!!!11

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A VERY GOOD DAY

I LOVE THIS PLACE .NORTH WEST PACIFIC COAST IS HEAVEN TO ME .YOU LUCKY PEOPLE UP HERE ...ANYWAY .. WE HAD A GREAT JOURNEY FROM SPOKANE THRU THE PLATEAU ,UP INTO THE HILLS , ALONG RIVERS, ALL THE TIME THE SUN SHINING , AND I WAS ANTICATING A GREAT GIG AT A NEW VENUE , I HAD HEARD ALOT ABOUT . IT DIDNT LET US DOWN . TOP DRAWER PRODUCTION , AND EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT SO WE HAD NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT PUT IN A GREAT PERFORMANCE TO TOP IT OFF ... AND I THINK WE DID . THE SHOW FLOWED WELL , WE ALL PLAYED OUT OF OUT SKIN. AND ENJOYED IT ALL . THE CROWD WERE FANTASTIC AND SMILES ALL ROUND . YOU CANT ASK FOR MORE CAN YOU ? THE EVENING ENDED WITH A TREMENDOUS PLATE OF SUSHI AND RED WINE IN THE DRESSING ROOM .I'M NOT THE WORLDS GREATEST LOVER OF SUSHI BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING ELSE AND IM A CONFIRMED AND SPOILT CONVERT....THE GIG WAS A PLEASURE TO PLAY . CANT WAIT TO COME BACK TO SNOQUALMIE, CAUSE THE LAST TIME HERE I NEARLY BROKE EVERY BONE IN MY BODY, FALLING DOWN A SKI SLOPE TUMBLING AND ROLLING AROUND WITH SKI'S STILL ATTACHED , LOOKIN LIKE SOME CRUMPLED STORMTROOPER,IN A HEAP ON A PILE OF OLD FROZEN AND PACKED ICE , MOANING INSIDE MY HELMET ............BUT THATS ANOTHER STORY .......... ON TO PORTLAND NOW SEE YA !!!!!,

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THE BEST SUMMER DAY THIS YEAR

THE VEN UE WAS HEAVING TONITE UP IN SPOKANE AND WERE VERY UP FOR A GOOD NIGHT OUT ,SOME OF THEM WAITING TO SEE ROBIN FOR YEARS. HE DIDNT TAKE ANY PRISONERS TONITE AND FLOWED WELL AND HIS GUITAR SANG ,AND WHEN IT SUITED HIM ,SOARED INTO PLACES HE CAN ONLY GO ...IT WAS GREAT ....THE STAGE SOUND FOR ME WAS TROUBLESOME DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE CYMBALS,AND THE AMBIENCE OF THE FREQUENCIES ,WHICH AT TIMES WERE TEARING MY HEAD OFF,AND EVEN MADE ME FORGET AT WHAT PART OF THE SONG I WAS PLAYING IN SOMETIMES, AS THINGS KEPT GETTING COVERED UP BY SHEER NOISE ,NOT SO FROM THE GTRS ,BUT THE DRUMS THEMSELVES .IT ALL FELT TOO CLOSE TO ME AND I COULDNT SETTLE WITH WHAT I HAD..APART FROM THAT FOLKS IT WAS A GOOD SHOW AND WE GELLED WHEREVER POSSIBLE , AND HIT SOME GREAT MOMENTS , WHICH IS ALWAYS NICE... WE HAVE ALONG DRIVE INTO SNOQUALMIE TOMORROW THRU SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY ALONG THE RIVER . AND UP IN TO THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL . LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, AND RIGHT NOIWMIM FEELING LIKE A CUPPA TEA AND A COOKIE TO GO TO BED WITH ,NOT MY FIRST CHOICE, BUT ITS WHAT IVE GOT RIGHT NOW ..HA!!!!! SEE YA !!!!!


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I GOT STICKS NOW ......

I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO GOIN BACK TO TEXAS TO FINISH WORK ON SOME SONGS IVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH COURTESY OF PRODUCER STEVE SATTERWHITE ,WHO HAS GIVEN ME TIME TO BE CREATIVE IN HIS WONDERFUL STUDIO OF WHICH I HAVE BEEN TAKING FULL ADVANTAGE WHEN THERE . HE HAS A FULLY OPERATIONAL PRO TOOL HI DEF SET UP AND A GREAT DRUM ROOM, WITH GOOD TOYS TO MAKE IT ALL SOUND REAL. I HAVE STARTED TO LAY DOWN AT LEAST 6 TRACKS AND HAVE BEEN WRITING LYRICS , RIFFS . CHORD SEQUENCES , MELODIES WITH ALL THE DEMOS I HAVE WITH ME HERE ON MP3 FILES .ITS EXCITING TO FINALLY GET IN THE STUDIO TO RECORD MY OWN MATERIAL WHICH COVERS MANY STYLES OF LATIN/ROCK/POP/R/B,AND SO FAR HAVE LAID ALOT OF THE TRACKS MYSELF, AS I LOVE TO PLAY GUITAR AS WELL AS DRUMS ...I HIT A VERY PRODUCTIVE PATCH A MONTH OR SO AGO , AND IM LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING OUT ALL THE NEW IDEAS IVE FORMED SINCE IVE BEEN AWAY .ITS RECREATIONAL FOR ME , AND I ENJOY IT IMMENSLEY...WHAT I TEND TO DO IS... GO IN THE STUDIO ,LAYDRUMS DOWN AS A LOOP, SAY 16 BAR LOOP,WHEN IM HAPPY . I ADD GUITARS , DOUBLE TRACK THEM,ADD BASS ,THEN LIVE WITH THEM FOR A WHILE , AND THEN GO BACK IN WITH MELODIES AND TOP LINE GTR OVERDUBS . MAYBE I WILL POST A TASTER OF SOMETHING SOON .IVE BEEN TOLD THEY ARE PRETTY GOOD .WHO KNOWS ANYWAY ..THATS THE PLAN WHEN I GET BACK HOME
LOOKIN FORWARD TO KNITTING FACTORY TOMORROW NIGHT . WE HAVE NOT BEEN UP THIS WAY FOR A FEW YEARS ,,,,SEE YOU THERE .......SEE YA !!!!!!

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NEED NEW STICKS

DONT YA JUST HATE THAT WHEN YOU SET AN ALARM TO GO OFF AT A CERTAIN TIME , LEAVING YOU MORE THAN ENOUGH LEAWAY TO GET PACKED AND OUT THE DOOR , AND YOU WAKE UP AN HOUR BEFORE THE BLOODY THING,AND TRY TO GRAB THAT HOUR YOU SO BADLY NEEDED BACK , AND YA CANT .ITS GONE .DRIVES ME NUTS .!!!!ANYWAY WE GOT TO THE AIRPORT DID ALL THE USUAL HANGING AROUND ,GOING THRU YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE , HOMELAND SECURITY,WITH 300 BODIES ALL TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE AND SOME POOR JACK FROM IMMIGRATION ,WITH ONLY ONE DESK OPEN TRYING TO BE POLITE TO EVERYONE HE MEETS ,. AND I GOT TO SAY HE WAS VERY POLITE WITH ALL THE HASSLE HE WAS GETTING ....BUT IT GETTING MORE AND MORE DEGRADING GOIN THRU AIRPORTS THESES DAYS .TAKE THIS OFF , TAKE THAT OFF, REMOVE YA SHOES? I DONT WANT TO SMELL SOME STRANGERS SMELLY FEET...,LAPTOP GOES HERE.. NOT THERE .TAKE OFF YA BELT WHICH PROBABLY WONT SET IT OFF , BUT REST ASSURED IF YOU CARRY CIGARETTES IN YOUR POCKET THE FOIL WILL GO FIGURE EH ?POCKET CHANGE WONT , YA CIGGIES WILL.AND AS YOUR NOT ALLOWED TO SMOKE WITHIN 25 FEET OF A BUILDING IN SOME PLACES HERE AND ALL SMOKERS ARE HUDDLED TOGETHER IN SOME GLASS HOUSE WITH FAULTY EXTRACTION FANS EVERYONE LOOKIN IN AND GIVING THAT DISGUSTING LOOK AS THEY WALK BY, YOUD THINK YOU HAD PERSONALLY SUNK THE TITANIC .EVERYTHINGS GONE TOO FAR PEOPLE ...
IF I WANT TO HAVE A BITE OF CHOCOLATE ,SAY A SNICKERS BAR, I LIKE TO HAVE ABOUT SAY 2" OFF THE END . BUT I CANT WITHOUT WASTIN MORE MONEY CAUSE THEY COME IN 3 SIZES NOW.....1" SNICKERS IN HUGE PACKETS...6" SNICKERS ,POCKET SIZED NICE , BUT TOO MUCH .AND DOUBLE LENGTH,14"SNICKERS THAT HANG OUT YA BACK POCKET , AND YA CANT HIDE FROM ANYBODY IF YA FEEL NAUGHTY .. DO YOU GET THE IMPRESSION I SHOULD MAYBE HAVE A LIE DOWN .....ANYWAY ARRIVED SAFELY IN SPOKANE AND ITS A LOVELY DAY AND IM OFF FOR A NAP, AND CALM DOWN A BIT .I RAN OUT OF CIGGIES 2 HRS AGO AND ITS GETTIN TO ME ,LOL...SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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And Then There Were 10

WELL IT WAS AN INTERESTING FRONT ROW THIS EVENING .LOTS OF WOMEN ALL DANCING IN THE AISLES DOWN THE FRONT ,AND SOME TRYING TO STEAL ROBS PEDALS , OTHERS WINKING AND SMILIN AT US ,SOME IN VARIOUS STAGES OF FALLING OUT OF THERE TOPS .VERY ENTERTAINING I CAN TELL YOU . I WAS LAUGHING SO HARD AT THE BEGINNING OF HANNAH THAT I STARTED PLAYING THE WRONG SONG COMPLETELY .. THE CROWD HERE WAS IN GREAT SPIRITS, AND THE WONDERFUL FITZGERALD THEATRE IS A JOY TO PLAY WHEN WE COME THRU ST PAUL..........THE EVENING WAS COOL . THE SUPPORT BAND VERY GOOD , AND WE HAD A BALL ONSTAGE .THE LEVELS WERE NICE AND COMFORTABLE , AND THE SET FLOWED VERY WELL .I NEED TO CHANGE UP MY HEADS AGAIN BEFORE WE SET OUT ON THE LAST 10 NIGHTS STARTING IN SPOKANE .WERE FLYING IN TOMORROW AND HAVE 2 NIGHTS OFF AGAIN .THIS WEEK APART FROM THE LONG JOURNIES HAVE BEEN A BREEZE ..........LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NORTH WEST PACIFIC COAST I LOVE IT UP THERE .....WILL TOUCH BASE AGAIN TOMORROW .....SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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CHICAGO H.O.BLUES.....

HERRE I AM AGAIN .BLOG MANIA.WE GOT STUCK IN A HORRENDOUS TRAFFIC JAM OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO, AND A JOURNEY THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN 2 HRS LASTED OVER 5 . SO WE GOT IN LATE , SOUNDCHECKED , AND GOT READY ALL IN A 2 HR PERIOD..... LOVE THIS TOWN.. LOTS OF WELL WISHERS TO GREET US AS WE GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AT THE HOTEL. THE GIG IS PART OF THE SAME COMPLEX HERE ,AND LOTS OF HAPPY PEOPLE AT THE GIG ALSO ..THE SOUND WAS REALLY GOOD AGAIN , THANKS LAURIE, THE MANS A MONSTER WITH EARS AND TECH ABILITY.THE BOYS IN OUR CREW REALLY WORK VERY HARD INDEED TO TRY TO KEEP US ALL HAPPY AND IT STRETCHES THEM I KNOW , AND WE ALL APPRECIATE THEM AND THEIR GREAT ATTITUDES TO IT ALL . PAUL OUR NEW GTR TECH IS HAVING A GREAT TIME WITH US ON HIS VERY FIRST USA TOUR AND HES DOIN A GOOD JOB ALWAYS WITH A SMILE...I PLAYED BETTER THAN IN MILWAULKEE AND WAS MORE IN CONTROL OF THE SOUND OF THE KIT HERE . THANKS FOR YOUR MESSAGES FROM THERE BY THE WAY , THEY WERE ENCOURAGING TO READ ... YOU GUYS DONT MISS MUCH DO YOU ? WE HAD A LONG 420 MILES TO GET TO ST. PAUL TODAY BUT IT WAS A FUN AND RELAXING DAY COOPED UP IN A VEHICLE WITH A GREAT BUNCH OF GUYS , AND WE WATCHED MOVIES AND DOZED AND LOGGED ON AND SPOKE TO OUR FAMILIES DOTTED ALL OVER THE PLANET .. SEE YA ..HOPE YOU LIKED THE VID ANGIE POSTED,AS I SAID... IT WAS ON THE WRONG SETTING AND A BIT FUZZY , BUT MASTERMIX DJ.ANGEL MADE IT INTERESTING FOR YOU ALL .........

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LOUD BANGS AND BOOMS ..

GREAT WAY TO START OUR CONCERT LAST NIGHT WAS WITH A BANG .AND BOY DID IT BANG . WE HAD A FIREWORK DISPLAY BEFORE WE WENT ON AND IT SET A GREAT TONE FOR THE SHOW . THE CROWD STAYED ONTO WATCH THE SHOW AND LOTS OF SMILES AND CHEERS FROM A BIG CROWD TO SEE US CLOSE THE FIRST NIGHT OF SUMMERFEST HERE IN MILWAULKEE..........WITH NO SOUNDCHECK AND QUICK TURNAROUND TIMES , NOT EVERYTHING WAS TO OUR LIKING SOUNDWISE AND WE STRUGGLED ABIT WITH THE ONSTAGE SOUND ,MYSELF ESPECIALLY. NOT SETTLING INTO THE SHOW TILL HALF WAY THRU IS A PAIN AND I TRIED NOT TO LET IT AFFECT ME . BUT THAT DIDNT WORK AND I FELT A BIT DEFLATED WHEN I CAME OFF CAUSE I WAS SO LOOKING FORWARDS TO PLAYING WELL ....BUT HEY .......ANOTHER NIGHT GONE , AND ON TO THE NEXT ONE SEE IF ITS ANY BETTER .I AM NOT THE SORT OF GUY TO TURN UP AND GO THRU THE MOTIONS OK, AND IT AFFECTS ME WHEN I DONT FEEL IVE PULLED MY WEIGHT ON STAGE ...AS I SAID ON TO THE NEXT ....A SAD DAY TODAY, WITH MICHAELS PASSING .. I AM A HUGE M.J.FAN, AND I HOPE THE POOR KIDS AT PEACE SOMEWHERE NOW ....HE BOUGHT ME IMMENSE PLEASURE WITH HIS RECORDS AND TALENT ,AND AS A PERFORMER ,WRITER, WILL BE MISSED BY SO MANY .....CHICAGO BECKONS .....SEE YA !! I WILL POST A VIDEO OF THE FIREWORK DISPLAY FROM BACKSTAGE , THE QUALITY ISNT GREAT, BUT IT'S A SNIPPETT OF WHAT WE SAW HERE IN MILWAUKEE... OK . ENJOY...

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Summerfest 2009 Fireworks

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THE BORING BITS

LAUNDRY......IRONING........BATHING..........SLEEPING.........RESTING...........LAYING ABOUT...........SLEEPING ................WATCHING DOCUMENTARIES.........SLEEPING.....AND GENERALLY CHARGING ONES BATTERIES ...........
SUMMERFEST TOMORROW . MUCH MORE FUN I FEEL .SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!






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BIG ECHOES

LONG DAY TODAY.........LOTS OF MILES.LOTS OF SUN ...LOTS OF SPORTS CONVERSATIONS . LOTS OF NAPPING . LOTS OF WAITING .GOT IN AROUND SOMETIME ,DID A LONG SOUNDCHECK IN A CAVERNOUS ROOM ,HOPING ITLL BE FULL LATER .........IT WAS .......WE HAD A BALL . A VERY MUSICAL EVENING , LOTS OF DYNAMIC,AND EVEN WITH THE ECHOE FROM HELL STILL PULLED IT OFF AND PUT IN A GOOD SHOW , ALL ROUND .
ME AND GLENN SMOKED AS USUAL............ROBS NEW GTR SANG . AND MP PATTISON WAS SINGING SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD AGAIN .HES BEEN GREAT ON THIS TOUR THE WEE MAN HAS ....DAY OFF TODAY ,LONG JOURNEY AGAIN, BUT WE CAN RELAX FOR A WHILE ...LOOKIN FORWARD TO IT I CAN TELL YOU .....LET THE BLISTERS HEAL,AND THE LEGS RECOVER ...GET SOME PROPER SLEEP AND HAVE MEALS AT A REASONABLE TIME, AND NOT SNATCHED BETWEEN STOPS ...MAYBE EVEN CATCH A GAME LATER..............SEE YA













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BAY CITY MICHIGAN ..HOT HOT HOT

THERES HOT GIGS AND THEN THERES HOT GIGS....TONITES GIG WAS NUCLEAR..THE A/C WASNT ON . THERE WERE 1000 PEOPLE ALL CRAMMED INTO THE GIG , THE LIGHTING RIG WAS RIGHT BEHIND MY BACK AND SHOULDERS , AND WE HAD ALL THE HEAT FROM THE CROWD AS WELL AS EVERYTHING ELSE .YOU GRT MY DRIFT ?. YEA IT WAS HOT . I STARTED TO FLAG AROUND 1HR IN TO THE SET CAUSE I WAS SO DEHYDRATED , AND THE 2 BOTTLES OF WATER I NORMALLY HAVE WITH ME WERE GONE I N THE FIRST TWO SONGS ....THE CROWD WERE EXCELLENT,AND SOME HAD BEEN WAITING 10 YRS OR MORE FOR THE BAND TO HIT TOWN, SO THEY WERE UP FOR IT ...WE DID OK TOO,AND JUST PLOWED THRU AND ENJOYED IT DESPITE THE LAVA DRIPPING FROM THE CEILING TILES ..ROBIN WAS ON FIRE DAVEY HAS BEEN SINGING SO WELL ON THIS TOUR AND GLENN AND I ,DIVED INTO THE POLYRYTHMIC SOUL BAG FOR MORE INSPIRATION ....IN SHORT ....WE KICKED ASS ...........LONG JOURNEY TO INDIANAPOLIS TOMORROW SO IM OFF TO THE PIT MAYBE I CAN GET SOME SLEEP TONITE FATHERS DAY .FEEL MORE LIKE A GREAT GRANDAD NOW .OCH THE NOO SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!













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THE ROYAL OAK GIG WAS AS NOISY AS IT GETS I THINK , THE ROOM WAS PACKED TO THE RAFTERS AND CRUSHED UP THE FRONT ...LOTS OF SMILING WOMEN,AND YOUNGER BOYS, MAYBE BOUGHT ALONG BY THERE PARENTS TO SEE US PLAY .BUT WHATEVER THE REASON , IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL THERE AGAIN .WE ARE SPOILT ROTTEN BY THE SUPPORT ACT TOO , AS THEY ALWAYS MAKE US GOODIE TO EAT . THIS TIME BREAD PUDDING IN 2 INCH SQUARE PIECES ..IT WAS AMAZING . THANKS ...THE SOUND ON STAGE THOUGH WAS PRETTY DREADFULL AS THE AMPS KEPT BREAKING DOWN , THE MONITORS OFF AND ON AND PERSONALLY FOR ME , ALL I COULD HEAR WAS DAVEY AND THE KICK DRUM.. NOT EXACTLY A GOOD SITUATION BUT AS A PERFORMANCE IT WAS HARD TO GET INTO IT ,DUE TO THE SOUND PROBLEMS .....BUT WE HAD A GOOD GO , AND I THINK STILL MANAGED TO DO A GOOD SHOW ....BUT WAS WE DRAINED WHEN WE CAME OFF .YOU BET !!!!!!!!WE SAW A CAR MEET , OF ALL THE AMAZING OLD 50's BUICKS . DODGES , CHRYSLERS ,ALL GOIN UP AND DOWN THE STREETS HERE . GOTTA LOVE THEM CARS...........ANYWAY , I REALLY AM BUSHED, SEE YA SOON ....




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CLEVELAND.H.O.BLUES.

THE FIRST TIME I HAVE PLAYED THIS GIG ,AND ITS LIKE A LOT OF THE HOB's,VERY INTERESTING TO LOOK AT , AS A VENUE AND ALWAYS VERY WELL ORGANISED.......WE HIT THE STAGE AT 9 PROMPT,AND PLAYED AS WELL AS WE COULD WITH THE DRY SOUND ON STAGE AFFECTING EVERYONE OF US UP THERE ,YOU HAD TO WORK VERY HARD TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF YOUR INSTRUMENT AT THIS GIG , AS THERE WAS NO NATURAL ROOM AMBIANCE, THICK CURTAIN ALL AROUND THE STAGE AND ANOTHER 40 FT HIGH CEILING . THE CROWD WAS JUST FANTASTIC THOUGH AND WE GAVE WHAT EVER WE HAD LEFT IN THE TANK. AFTER A HUMID , SWEATY , DRY AND NOISY GIG , WE MET SO MANY HAPPY BODIES AFTERWARDS BACK OUT ON THE STREET AND THE NEXT DAY TOO IN THE STREET . VERY COOL PLACE . THE HOTEL IS /WAS AN OLD BANK BUILT IN 1845 , ALL PILLARS AND STONE AND BANK LIKE I GUESS . I THINK I STAYED IN THE CASHIERS OFFICE ON THE 15 TH FLOOR . OFF TO THE ROYAL OAK TONITE ......SEE YA !!!












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MID WAY THRU THE TOUR NOW

WHAT A NIGHT IN COLUMBUS OHIO..THE ROOM WAS HEAVING AND THE NOISE WAS DEAFENING WHEN WE WALKED ON STAGE , AND DIDNT REALLY LET UP ALL THRU THE SHOW .THE SOUND WAS BIG , THE BAND PLAYED GREAT , AND IT WAS SMILES ALL ROUND ALL NIGHT . COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR MORE REALLY..............SO THANK YOU ALL IN THIS GREAT TOWN FOR COMING OUT TO SAY HELLO TO US AGAIN ...THE NEWPORT THEATRE I FOUND OUT IS THE OLDEST RUNNING GIGS IN THE USA . SO LOTS OF HISTORY THERE ......WE'RE OFF TO CLEVELAND TO SAY HELLO TO SOME GREAT PEOPLE THERE TOO .. THE BAND IS IN GOOD SPIRITS , AND LAURIE AND PAUL OUR NEW GTR TECH ARE DOIN A GREAT JOB. DAVE OUR DRIVER ,FRIEND ,AND MERCH GUY IS DOIN STELLA WORK AS ALWAYS , GETTING US SAFELY TO WORK EVERY DAY, AND BEING A CONSTANT IN OUR LIVES WHEN WERE OUT ON THE ROAD . WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND A GREAT UNIT THAT WORKS WITH US , AND IT ALL GOES REALLY SMOOTHLY BECAUSE OF THE REALLY HARD WORK THAT THESE GUYS PUT IN EVERY DAY TO GET US ON STAGE AND PLAYING WELL AS WE ARE .THANK YOU GUYS.. WE COULDNT DO IT WITHOUT YOU .......................................SEE YA !!!!!!!!


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THE 60's AND BEYOND

IN THE UK, BACK WHEN I WAS A SMALL BOY,THE RADIO WAS CONSTANTLY ON ,AND I WOULD LISTEN TO ALL THE MUSIC I COULD,EITHER DOIN STUFF IN THE HOUSE ,OR LATE AT NIGHT ON A STATION CALLED RADIO LUXEMBOURG, AN A.M STATION ,WHO's SIGNAL KEPT DRIFTING IN AND OUT,SO THAT YOU NEVER REALLY GOT TO HEAR A WHOLE SONG .EVER !!!! BUT IT WAS EXCITING TO HEAR ALL THE SONGS WE NEVER GOT FROM ENGLISH RADIO . I HEARD R/B,BLUES , ROCKABILLY ,COUNTRY, AND POP ALL THE TIME .A GREAT MIX OF STYLES...I THOUGHT THE GREATEST INVENTION TO MAN AT THE TIME, WAS THE TRANSISITOR RADIO WITH A CRYSTAL EARPIECE .I SPENT MANY LONG NIGHTS INTENTLY LISTENING TO EVERYTHING I COULD SOAK UP.WHEN I WAS OLD ENOUGH,AND COULD AFFORD TO BUY RECORDS , MY TRUSTY 45 PLAYER WAS ALWAYS ON ,AND I WOULD WATCH AS THE STACK OF OLD AND NEW RECORDS I GOT HOLD OF, WOULD FALL, NEATLY ON TOP OF EACH OTHER , AND PLAY A COOL MIXTURE OF SAM AND DAVE /KINKS /WHO/BEATLES/ISLEY BROTHERS /ELVIS/TAMLA/STAX.THE LIST GOES ON....AND I WAS HOOKED ON MUSIC,AND WHILST EVERYONE OF MY FRIENDS WAS OUT CHASING GIRLS ,OR PLAYING FOOTBALL, I WAS IN THE HOUSE LEARNING HOW THEY DID IT ,OVER AND OVER AGAIN TILL I HAD A ROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT TO DO .I DIDNT EVEN OWN AKIT TILL I WAS 16/17 YRS OLD,SO THE CHAIRS IN MY HOUSE WERE WORN OUT , AS WAS THE CUTLERY ..I HAD 2 KNIVES AS DRUMSTICKS,AND A 5 PIECE CHAIR SET UP JUST SO..... IT NEVER OCCURED TO ME THERE WAS A LIFE OUTSIDE GOIN ON AROUND ME, AND I NEVER CARED EITHER . I WAS ALWAYS THE TAPPER TO MY FAMILY ,AND THE WANNABE TO ALL MY MATES ..HAVING GIRLFRIENDS ,WAS ALWAYS A HASSLE,MAINLY FOR THEM ,AS THEY WERE ALWAYS 2ND PLACE TO A SET OF OLD CHAIRS,AND THAT AINT CRICKET IS IT ...POOR THINGS , CAUSE THERE WERE SOME, REALLY NICE GIRLS
THAT DUMPED ME BACK IN THE DAY , AND I WAS'NT EVEN AWARE THEY HAD .....SUCH WAS MY OBSESSION WITH EVERYTHING MUSIC ...........MY POINT ?...WELL I HEARD ON THE RADIO IN MY ROOM JUST THIS MORNING, A TRACK"CALLING TO YOU "OFF OF ROBERT PLANTS FATE OF NATIONS CD.... AND I'M ON THAT TRACK AS I AM SOME OTHERES ON THE ALBUM , AND IT SOUNDED HUGE , AND I STOPPED AND LISTENED TO IT ,JUST LIKE I DID WHEN I WAS A SMALL BOY LISTENING TO THE RADIO,AND I LIKED WHAT I HEARD AND THEN IN THE NEXT BREATH THOUGHT .THATS ME !!!!! WOW!!! AND IT TOOK ME BACK TO ALL THOSE YEARS AGO ,AND REALISED THAT I STUCK I N THERE AND I'M STILL HERE DOING WHAT I LOVE MOST.........I TRULY AM SO LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT .. THANKS TO ALL THAT DUMPED ME ......SEE YA !!














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A GOOD NIGHT IN FT WAYNE .....

I PASSED THE ORIGINAL FORT WAYNE ON THE WAY TO THE GIG TONITE . VERY NICE LOOKIN OLD BUILDING IT IS TOO....NOT SO THE HUGE CLUB WE DID THIS EVENING .A WIDE , DEEP ROOM WITH WELL OVER A THOUSAND BODIES IN THERE , ALL READY TO HAVE A GOOD NIGHT OUT . AND THEY DID JUST THAT ....WE CAME ON AT NINE AND FROM THE FIRST NOTE WE HAD THEM...ALL SMILING , AND DANCING WHERE THEY BSTOOD , THE GIRLS SWAYING TO THE GROOVES AND THE GUYS ALL WATCHING ROBINS EVERY MOVE . I FIND IT REALLY DICONCERTING HAVING EVERYTHING SCRUTINISED LIKE SOME CROWDS DO WITH ROBIN WHEN HES ON STAGE ...HE IS OBVIOUSLY USED TO IT , BUT WHEN I LOOK DOWN AND SEE SOME OF THERE FACES ONE SECOND , WATCHING HIS FINGERES , THE NEXT HIS PEDALS ...THEY DONT MISS A THING ,ALL THE TIME , SOME OF THEM MOUTHS OPEN , IN AWE OF THE MAN...ITS REALLY SOMETHING .HE HAS THAT THING AS AN ARTISTE, THAT FEW HAVE , IN THE MOST LOYAL OF FANS,TRUE DEVOTION TO HIS MUSIC . ITS GREAT TO SEE ..........FT WAYNE IS A VERY COOL PLACE TO BE IN AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE ,VERY PRETTY .....A LONG JOURNEY AGAIN TOMORROW .WILL SEE YA SOON .............A DAY OFF TOMORROW .. YES A
LIE IN AGAIN .........FOOTIES ON TELE TOO .................










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A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.....

SO THERE I WAS THE OTHER NIGHT,PLAYING AS ONE DOES,DOING MY GIG...WE FINISH THE SHOW AND AFTERWOODS WENT OUTSIDE FOR SOME COOL AIR ,A CIGARETTE, AND TO RELAX AFTER LEAKING LIKE AN OLD SHIP FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS ,AND WAS ENJOYING THE COOL AIR WHEN SOMEONE WALKS UP TO ME AND SAYS "HELLO, GREAT SHOW" AND THANKS FOR COMIN TO WHEREVER IT WAS ....WE CHAT FOR A WHILE AND THEN ASKED ME ," WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LAST DRUMMER" ? "WHICH ONE"? I REPLY ...."I THINK HIS NAME WAS PETE THOMPSON" HE SAID LOOKIN STRAIGHT IN TO MY FACE .SLIGHTLY TAKEN ABACK AS I STILL HAD THE LOUD (BOOK HIM DANNO,MURDER ONE.) SHIRT ON,AND TRYING TO REMEMBER WHO HAD PLAYED DRUMS THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT (SIC),AND REALLY TRYING NOT TO COME BACK WITH A WRY ANSWER , SAID "WELL... I AM PETE". HE WAS HAVING NONE OF IT ,TRYING TO CONVINCE ME I WASN'T ME ..OK IVE GROWN MY HAIR ,GOT A TACHE AND A GOATEE NOW,BUT DO I LOOK THAT DIFFRENT . I MEAN THIS GUY WAS DOWN THE FRONT ALL NIGHT LOOKIN AT ME AND CHEERING AND WAVING , AND HE SAID ALSO HE WAS A BIG FAN OF PETES ..GO FIGURE ......I SIGNED AN AUTOGRAPH WILLINGLY FOR HIM AND RETREATED TO THE DRESSING ROOM TO GET A DRINK .SMILING TO MYSELF .........I WONDER IF HE WILL EVER SEE THAT I SIGNED IT GINGER BAKER ....MAYBE NOT EH ? SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!













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TIME ZONELORDS

WE KEEP GOIN IN AND OUT OF EASTERN AND WESTERN TIME ZONES HERE DOING MY HEAD IN NOW .I MEAN WHATS AN HOUR ? WHY COULDNT THEY LEAVE IT DAMN WELL ALONE IN THE FIRST PLACE ..
ARRIVED IN UMMMM.... I GOT TO CHECK HANG ON ...ITS THAT TIME OF THE TOUR FOLKS...AH YES FORT WAYNE INDIANA,ON A QUIET SUNDAY AFTERNOON , STREETS DESERTED ,WARM ,SUNNY , LOVELY HOTEL , AND WE HAVE A DOWN TIME PERIOD THANK YOU LORD .....AM GOING TO WATCH MOVIES , SEE SOME RACING . WASH SOME CLOTHES , CONTACT THE WORLD,AND TRY TO ARRANGE FOR MY SON TO COME VISIT ME WHEN THIS LEG IS OVER FROM THE UK . I HAVNT SEEN HIM FOR OVER A YEAR NOW , AND ITS CRITICAL NOW .SO WERE WORKING ON GETTING HIM OVER IN JULY A.S.A.P....CANT WAIT ............IM ENJOYING MYSELF NOW . ALL IS SETTLED AND THE ROUTINE IS SMOOTH...EVRYONE IS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND ENJOYING THE TRIP HERE ...I WILL BE GOING FOR A DRINK WITH THE CREW TONITE,AND GIVING DAVEY P SOME STICK . CANT WAIT ... SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!






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A LONG .LONG DAY.......................

I GOT TO PUT SOME NAMES TO FACES THIS EVENING AFTER THE GIG AT BOGARTS . ONE OF THE HARDEST ROOMS TO PLAY IN AMERICA ,DUE TO THE AUDITORIUM LIKE SOUND ON STAGE . EVERY FREQUENCY FLYING AROUND,CONCENTRATING ON JUST KEEPING TIME ,AND NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR EITHER ROBIN OR GLENN,WITH DAVEYS VOCALS IN A LONG BATHROOM SOMEWHERE IN THE NEXT CITY .YOU GET MY DRIFT.......ANYWAY GREAT CROWD AGAIN ,AND WE GOT TO MEET SOME PEOPLE FROM CHAT ROOMS . BLOGGERS AND CRITICS FROM ALL OVER THE WEB ...SO THAT WAS A NICE TOUCH AFTER THE SHOW ,AND THANK YOU FOR TURNING UP TO SEE US , AND TO MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN TO ME ...OLD FACES FROM PREVIOUS SHOWS ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU THANKS AGAIN ..
IT WAS WEIRD OF SECURITY TO KEEP EVERYONE IN THERE SEATS WHILE THE SHOW WAS ON , NOT LETTING ANYONE GET UP AT ALL , AND THEN IN THE LAST TEN MINUTES NOT GIVE A DAMN , AND EVERYONE WENT NUTS .....BUT AS FOR US IT WASNT ONE OF THE BEST CONDITIONS TO PLAY IN , BUT I THINK WE PULLED IT OFF .......PLAYING BY NUMBERS THEY CALL IT . BUT THERE WERE STILL SOME GREAT MOMENTS ON STAGE THANK GOD ...........DAY OFF TOMORROW .TIME FOR THE LAUNDRY TO BE INVADED, AND THE CINEMA TO BE VISITED .... SEE YA !!!!!!!





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AMAZING PEOPLE WE MEET ..

BEING ON THE ROAD, WE GET TO MEET SOME AMAZING PEOPLE SOME TIMES.ONE SUCH PERSON IS DAVE WALKER ,OUR DRIVER AND T SHIRT GUY .HE HAS BEEN WITH US ON A NUMBER OF TOURS NOW AND WE SPEND DAYS AND WEEKS TOGETHER ,CRAMMED IN A VEHICLE , AND WE GET TO TALK ABOUT ALL SORTS OF TOPICS .NOW THEN .... I KNEW DAVE HAD LED AN INTERESTING LIFE, HE WAS A BASS PLAYER IN A BAND, HE MANAGES BANDS ,AND APART FROM ALL THE OTHER STUFF HES BEEN INVOLVED WITH,TO MANY TO MENTION HERE , HE ALSO HAS HAD THE INCREDIBLE JOB OF BEING OPERATIONS MANAGER ON THE TITANIC DIVES ..HE HAS BEEN DOWN TO THE WRECK 0F THE TITANIC 3 TIMES, AND BOUGHT ARTIFACTS TO THE SURFACE ON MANY OCCASIONS, HUDDLED WITH OTHER RUSSIAN DIVERS , FOR HOURS AT AN END IN THE DARK FREEZING COLD ,OF A SUBMERSSIBLE,FILMING ,COLLECTING AND IN COMMAND OF SOMETHING THAT COULD VERY EASILY GO WRONG AT ANY GIVEN TIME .LIKE FOR INSTANCE WHEN THEY GOT STUCK IN THE PROPELLORS OF THE DEAD SHIP AND HAD TO WAIT TILL ALL THE DEBRIS AND MUCK STIRRED UP BEFORE THE OTHER SHIP COULD SHOW THEM LIGHT AFTER IT ALL SETTLED .. CAN YOU ONLY IMAGINE THAT FEELING ......? AND UPON SPENDING HOURS AND HOURS COMING UP FROM THE DEPTHS, TO BE BUFFETED ABOUT LIKE A CORK , WITH THE TOWROPE BROKEN , WITH 60 FOOT WAVES , SENDING THE SUB FURTHER AWAY FROM THE RECOVERY VEHICLE, AT NIGHT NO LESS .. HES DONE THIS 3 TIMES AS I SAID BEFORE ......................IT KIND OF PUTS THE LIKES OF WHAT I DO INTO PERSPECTIVE A BIT DONT YOU THINK?
THE GIG WAS GREAT BY THE WAY.I LOVE ST LOUIS.WE ALL DO . THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT CROWD TONITE .BUT I WILL BE THINKING MORE ABOUT BEING DOWN AMONGST THE SILENCE TONIGHT, MORE THAN THE ROAR OF THE CROWD....SEE YA !!!!!!!!!1













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CASINO NIGHTS

WHEN WE EVENTAULLY GOT TO THE STAGE TONITE,AFTER WALKIN THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF 2 SOCCER PITCHES,AROUND THE CORRIDORS OF THE CASINO CALLED HARRAHS, WE WALKED ON STAGE TO A VERY COOL CROWD ,ALL SMILING AND READY TO HAVE A GOOD TIME,AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID DO ..AS ALWAYS WE DELIVERED A STRONG SET WITH SOME SERIOUS DYNAMIC QUALITIES ,AND A FEW MAGICAL MOMENTS ...I AM NURSING SOME SORE HANDS AT THE MOMENT ,AND HAVE TO ICE THEM AFTER THE SHOWS,AND TRY TO KEEP THEM AS DRY AS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY,SO'S NOT TO SOFTEN THEM TOO MUCH ..I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE A MOAN , BUT WHEN YOU PLAY CONSTANTLY, AND AS HARD AS I DO SOMETIMES,YOU ALWAYS TRY AND NOT MAKE ANY INJURY,WORSE THAN IT ALREADY IS.... AND AS IM A COMPLETE PAIN HATER OF ANY SORT,I AM WAITING FOR THAT HORRIBLE TEARING FEELING WHEN A BIG BLISTER POPS AND THE STICK RUBS OVER IT FOR OVER AN HOUR OR SO,AND THE SKIN RIPS OFF,AND ALL YOU CAN FEEL IS SEVERE DISCOMFORT.. HOW TENNIS PLAYERS GET THE SORTS OF BLISTERS THEY GET AND STILL DO 4HR GAMES IS BEYOND ANYTHING I COULD TAKE THATS FOR SURE .... THEY SAY HORSE URINE IS GOOD FOR HARDENING THE HANDS , BUT WHERE YOU GOIN TO FIND A PASSING HORSE AND SAY TO IT ."UMMM,,SCUSE ME , COULD YOU JUST POP IT OUT AND I 'LL JUST STAND HERE WHILE YOU UNLOAD ""..I THINK NOT FELLOW NET MUSERS ,SO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON THAT ONE..... THE WEATHER HAS BEEN DODGY OVER THE MID WEST FOR A FEW DAYS , BUT ITS REALLY COOL NOW AND I HAVE A LONG JOURNEY TOMORROW.....OFF TO ST LOUIS..6/7 HOURS TRAVELLING THEN A GIG .I NEED A KIP......SEE YA !!!











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STORMY OLE NIGHT .!!!!!!!!!!

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT OLD THEATRES I REALLY LIKE .I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS ,BUT SOME HAVE MADE THE SUCCESSFUL CHANGE INTO ROCK VENUES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. I WOULDNT MIND OWNING ONE OF THEM AND PUT GIGS ON OCCASIONALLY .LAST NIGHTS VENUE WAS ONE SUCH ROOM.OLD THEATRE WALLS AND REALLY HIGH CEILINGS,FUNKY OLD FITTINGS,AND
A CONCERT STAGE AT ONE END WITH A BAR RUNNING ALONG THE BACK .IT WAS AVERY STORMY NIGHT OUT THERE LAST NIGHT ,AND IT WAS A BIT ON STAGE TOO.. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE GIGS THAT REALLY TOOK TIME , ACOUSTICALLY TO SETTLE DOWN,....VERY HARD TO LISTEN TO YOUR BANDMATES DUE TO THE FREQUENCIES FLYING AROUND...NO MATTER WHAT THE MONITOR MAN DID FOR ME ,IT WAS NEVER ENOUGH ,NOT ENOUGH BASS ONE MINUTE , GTR NEEDED MORE OF THE NEXT , TURN VOCALS DOWN ,TURN SNARE UP ,ALL THAT SORT OF THING . IT WAS THE SAME FOR US ALL .SO NONE OF US REALLY SETTLED INTO A GROOVE,WELL NOT TO OUR STANDARDS ANYWAY .IT WAS WORKING WELL AT THE END BECAUSE I FEEL WE ALL SETTLED FOR WHAT WE COULD GET OUT OF IT , AND THATS WAS DOIN A GREAT JOB UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE ACOUSTICS. WE STILL , AND ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME OUT THERE . BUT WHEN WE CAN'T HEAR EACH OTHER REALLY WELL ,ITS A DOWNER SOMEWHAT TO NOT FEEL THAT PLACE WE CAN REACH .OOOOOO VERY HIPPY THAT EH ? STEADY BOY!!!!!!
I PICKED UP TWO MAJOR BLISTERS ON MY MIDDLE FINGERS , WHICH I COULD HAVE DONE WITHOUT AT THIS STAGE OF THE TOUR AS WERE GOIN INTO A RUN OF 4 SHOWS ....BUT NEVER MIND EH ? WERE OF TO KANSAS CITY TODAY ....THANKS TO THE LOVELY FOLK OF MISSOURI FOR MAKING US VERY WELCOME ...BOY DID THEY GET WET OUT THERE .....SEE YA


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A GOOD REST WAS NEEDED ....

YEA!!!!!!!!! I GOT TO SAY. AFTER A GOOD SLEEP AND A HOT MEAL ,AND A LONG DAY OF JUST LYING ABOUT,DOING NOTHING, WATCHIN MOVIES N STUFF.I FEEL GREAT ,AND READY FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AHEAD ON THE ROAD ..WEVE GOT 4 ON THE TROT AGAIN,NO BIGGY , BUT THE REST CAME JUST AT THE RIGHT TIME ...............REAL FRIENDLY FOLKS HERE ,THE BRITISH ACCENT STILL CAUSING QUITE A STIR SOMETIMES,BUT I'M USED TO THAT NOW ,AND THE WEATHER THREATENING TO DUMP ANOTHER 12 SQUILLION BUCKETS OF WARM RAIN ON US ,IS ALSO NO BOTHER .........NOPE ,I AM NOT LETTING ANYTHING GET TO ME TODAY,ITS JUST LIKE LAZIN ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN HENLEY ON THAMES ,BOATING DOWN THE THAMES WITH THE SWANS SNAPPING AT YA HEELS ,STRIPED JACKET , BOATERS HAT, PUNTING YA WAY DOWN STREAM < I WONDER WHEN THESE TABLETS ARE GOIN TO WEAR OFF>........................THE BOTTLE SAID 2 HRS .......IM STILL PUNTING AND ITS BEEN AT LEAST 5 HRS NOW,AND I'M GETTING TOO FAR DOWN STREAM !!!!! AND THAT LOOKS AWFULLY LIKE A WEIR AHEAD.... SEE YA !













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2 DAYS OFF..

AFTER 6 HRS OR MORE IN THE WAGON ,WE ARRIVED IN COLUMBIA MISSOURI.BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AROUND HERE .OZARKS RUNNING AROUND ALL OVER THE PLACE .LITTLE CRITTERS . LAKES ,SUNSHINE AND GOOD OLE BOYS ABOUND .AINT MUCH TO SAY TODAY AS I AM GOING FO9R A QUICK SNIFTER AT THE BAR AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SOME SERIOUS ZZZZZZZZZZ AROUND 10 TONITE ..SPOKE TO THOSE AT HOME FOR A WHILE ,BUT THE TIME CHANGES MAKE THIS DIFFICULT,BUT THE NEW ONBOARD WIRELESS ROUTER ALLOWS US TO USE THE INTERNET ON THE GO .DASH CLEVER STUFF EH ?...ANYWAY ... SEE YA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11











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DALLAS AND ONWARDS .

THE LONG JOURNEY FROM HOUSTON TO DALLAS WAS A SMOOTH RIDE AND WE GOT INTO TOWN AROUND 4ISH, DID A GOOD SOUND CHECK ,AND THEN ATE SOMETHING ,AND RETURNED TO THE GIG AROUND 8.30..THE HOUSE OF BLUES WAS VERY BUSY AND I HAD QUITE A FEW FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN .....SO YOU CAN SAY I WASNT EXACTLY RELAXED ,BUT IT ALL WENT AS SOON AS WE HIT THE STAGE .ALWAYS GREAT TO PLAY HERE IN TEXAS , CROWDS ALWAYS REALLY UP FOR THE NITE AND IT WAS NO EXCEPTION .THE SOUND ON STAGE WAS PERFECT AND WE GOT INTO OUR STRIDE FROM THE OFF .ALWAYS NICE THAT......AFTER THE SHOW , HUNG AROUND AND CHATTED TO PEOPLE FROM MY NECK OF THE WOODS , AND IF I DIDNT .I WAS TOO BUSY TOO SEE EVERYONE , AND I APOLOGISE.. TOO MUCH GOIN ON .AFTER WE WENT DROVE TO DUNCANVILLE TO SEE FRIENDS THAT WERE WAITING UP ON THE VERANDA ,AND WE SAT AND YAKKED ..GOT BACK AROUND 1.30. HAD A REALLY BAD NITE TRYING TO SLEEP ,AND EVENTUALLY WALKED ROUND THE ROOM, LIKED A CAGED ANIMAL.AND WHEN I DID GET TO SLEEP IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE FOR TULSA...........
WE HAVNT APPEARED HERE IN TULSA FOR MANY YEARS ,AND THE CAINS BALLROOM , WAS HEAVING WITH GOOD FOLK ALL SHOUTING THEE HEADS OFF FOR US TO GET ON STAGE . THE CHEER WAS ONE OF THE LOUDEST IVE HEARD AS WE STARTED UP .WE JAMMED ..........THE SET SEEMED SHORT BUT WASNT .AND AFTER SOMEONE RUSHED THE STAGE TO GET TO ROBIN, WE ALL HAD A GOOD LAUGH AT THAT .IT DONT HAPPEN THAT OFTEN YOU KNOW, WITH THE AMOUNT OF MEN AT OUR GIGS, ITS A GREAT THING TO SEE SO MANY GIRLS AT THE SHOWS NOW KEEP COMING !!!!!!! ALSO THE AMOUNT OF YOUNG GUYS OUT IN THE CROWD NOW IS ALSO A PLEASURE TO PLAY TO..........SECOND GENERATION FANS..GREAT TO SEE . THANK YOU ALL FOR COMIN TO THE SHOWS .WE LOVE IT ......THANK YOU ALSO TULSA FOR HAVING THE EMPTIEST STREETS IVE EVER SEEN ANYWHERE IN THE USA, AT NIGHT .IT MEANT WE GOT TO OUR HOTEL REALLY QUICKLY AFTER SITTING IN SO MUCH TRAFFIC THIS LAST WEEK . THE WEATHER IS WARM , WINDY AND REFRESHING OUT HERE ... SEE YA ...












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TEXAS ;;;;. HEADING NORTH NOW

OK ... HAD A GOOD COUPLE OF DAYS AT HOME .DROVE DOWN TO AUSTIN , SOUNDCHECKED AND SAW MY MATE PHIL BROWN FOR A WHILE WHO WAS SUPPORTING US .GOOD SHOW PHIL BY THE WAY . WE WENT ON AROUND 9 ISH AND PUT OUT A GOOD SHOW ALL ROUND . EVERYONE WAS HAPPY ,I WAS GETTING OVER THE TWITTERS ABIT ,BUT WAS FINE AS SOON AS I GOT ON STAGE... I HATE THE HANGING AROUND PART MORE THAN ANYTHING , I ,PERSONALLY LIKE TO GET TO A GIG AND LITERALY WALK ON STAGE AFTER 5 MINS OR SO . ALL THIS HANGING AROUND DOES ME IN .SO I'M FINE WITH LAST NIGHTS GIG .THE HOTEL WAS ON THE WATERS EDGE AND WAS VERY NICE PLACE ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, WE DROVE TO HOUSTON TODAY AND ALTHOUGH A SMOOTH JOURNEY WE GOT HELD UP FOR 40 MINS IN TRAFFIC GOIN TO SOUND CHECK WHICH HAS LEFT NO TIME TO HAVE A REST BEFORE THE SHOW THERES A GAME ON TONITE TOO AND ITS GOIN TO BE TOUGH AGAIN GETTING TO THE GIG ....................DALLAS TOMORROW,LOOKIN FORWARD TO SEEING SOME FRIENDLY FACES THERE TOO AS WE ALWAYS DO IN DALLAS.BIGGEST GUEST LIST EVER FOR ME SOMEONE MIGHT GET ME A DRINK AFTERWARDS < MARK> LOL..
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A REAL DAY OFF

OH YEA. A REAL DAY OFF .JUST SAT AROUND PLAYING GTRS AND WRITING NEW SONGS , RELAXING AND KILLING FLIES .YES KILLING FLIES.AT AROUND 10 AM THIS MORNING THE LAVA DECIDED TO ALL HATCH AROUND THE SAME TIME , AND THEY HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE FRAMES OF THE WINDOWS FOR THE INCUBATION PERIOD, AND TODAY WENT DIVE BOMBING DRUMMER DAY.. SAID DRUMMER WAS WAITING THOUGH,CAUSE I HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE WHEN I LIVED ALONE IN MY FARMHOUSE BACK IN THE UK,AND WITH FLY SWATTER IN HAND WENT ON A RAMPAGE. IT SOUNDED LIKE AT TIME.< WITH BOTH MYSELF AND MY WIFE CLATTERING ON WINDOW FRAMES AROUND THE HOUSE> NOTHING LIKE THE RHYTHM I USUALLY CAN PRODUCE,AND ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES PERFECTLY SYNCRONISED,BLATTERING THE POOR NEWLY BORN BLIGHTERS TO DEATH ,WE MANAGED TO HAVE A GOOD SHOWING BY MIDDAY .THE DUSTPAN WAS NEARLY FULL, AND IM LOOKING BEHIND ME NOW AND ..SHES STILL AT IT.. SLAPPING AWAY CALLING NAMES TO EACH AND EVERY LAST ONE .. MY BLISTERS HAVE HEALED A BIT,AND IM LOOKIN FORWARD TO AUSTIN TEXAS TOMORROW...................AS I SAID FOLKS..... A REAL DAY OFF.SEE YA





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