FINAL SHOW !!! WORN OUT N HAPPY !!!

ITS BEEN ALONG 6 WEEKS ,WITH SOME HARDE JOUIRNIES AND SOME REALL EASY ONES TOO . MET LOTS OF GOOD PEOPLE AND PLAYED TO THOUSANDS .MOSTLY VERY BUSY HOUSES N THEATERS ,WHICH WAS A PLEASURE FOR US TO DO ..WE FEEL WE PLAYED FOR THE MOST PART VERY WELL ON THIS TOUR ,A FEW ODD NIGHTS DUE TO SOUND PROBLEMS , OR MAYBE WEARIER THAN WE CARED TO ADMIT, A COUPLE OF INJURIES,,BUT WE DID HAVE MANY LAUGHS ON THOSE TRAVELS AND ,SAW THE USA FROM THE BEST VANTAGE POINTS,IN MANY AREAS..WE ARE A LUCKY BUNCH OF PEOPLE US MUSICIANS,PLYING OUR TALENTS AND SEEING THE WORLD AS WE DO IT ...AND WERE STILL GRATEFULL THERE ARE PEOPLE PREPARED TO SEE US DO IT , THANK YOU ...WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND ALTHOUGH ITS GOIN TO BE A LONG STRETCH BEFORE WE DO IT AGAIN ,,BONES WILLING ,ITLL BE GOOD TO GET BACK IN THE SADDLE IN A WHILE AGAIN ...ANYWAYS IVE GOT RECORDING AND REHERSING TO DO WITH MY OWN BAND , AND LOOKING AT GETTING GIGS FOR GROOVE SHAMAN . ALL THE BEST EVERYONE .IT WAS GREAT WAY TO GO OUT !!! BYE !!!!!

LAST BUT NOT LEAST ..NORFOLK VIRGINIA..

WE STAYED AT THE AMAZING JEFFERSON HOTEL LAST NIGHT .WHAT A BUILDING AND WHAT SERVICE ..A GREAT HANG BELIEVE ME ..SPOILT ROTTEN WE WERE . ON TO NORFOLK VA..GOT CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC YET AGAIN AND ONLY THE QUICK THINKING DAVE WALKER GOT US ROUND IT, AND INTO THE CHESAPEAKE AREA WITH NO HASSLE . SO MANY ACCIDENTS RECENTLY ON THE EAST COAST ...CRAZY . WE GOT TO THE GIG AROUND 8 45 WENT ON AT 9PM AND THE PLACE WAS HEAVING AND THEY WERE READY FOR SOME SERIOUS MUSIC AND TO SEE THE MAN PLAY . I FELT VERY COMFORATBLE , AND PERSONALLY HAD A GREAT NIGHT I THOUGHT , WAS VERY FLUID AND ATTACKING , DYNAMICS WERE OH SO SUBTLE AND THE GROOVES SPOT ON . BUT THATS ONLY MY OPINION OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT NOT AGREE ,BUT AS I SAID IT WAS FOR ME A REALLY GOOD NIGHT .AS TIRED AS WE ARE NOW IT STILL AMAZES ME WHERE WE FIND A GREAT SHOW LIKE TONIGHT..ONE TO GO THANKS NORFOLK U WERE GREATTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!BYE

2 MORE SHOWS LEFT

I THINK I MISSED ONE DUE TO MY BEING A TAD PUNCH DRUNK HERE SO IM SORRY BUT I WILL CARRY ON WITH TONITES GIG IN RICHMOND V.A....3 RD TIME HERE AND ITS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME N VISIT N GIG HERE . CROWDS ALWAYS RECEPTIVE NICE FOLKS TOO . GIG VERY WELL RUN .ITS BEEN HOT N HUMID AND MUGGY AND THE LONG JOURNEY TO THE VENUE WAS NOT FUN DUE TO THE BUILD UP OF TRAFFIC ALL THE WAY HERE INTO RICHMOND..SO WE WERE GLAD TO KICK BACK FOR AN HOUR OR 2 TILL PLAY TIME . THE SOUND WAS VERY GOOD ONSTAGE AND WE COULD HEAR THE ROOM VERY WELL AND THE CROWD NOISY ......WE HAVE 2 SHOW LEFT ON THIS LEG AND WERE NOT SURE IF WE WILL TOUR AGAIN , AS THERE ARE NO PLANS AS SUCH YET SO IM GOIN TO MAKE THE BEST OF WHATS LEFT ON THIS TOUGH SCHEDULE .ALWAYS SAD TO SAY GOOD BYE TO BAND MATES EVEN THOUGH WEVE BEEN STUCK TOGETHER LIKE SARD INES FOR MONTHS ON END..WEVE HAD SOME LAUGHS AND SOME GREAT GIGS ON THIS TOUR .WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT ...BYE !!!.

BIRCHMERE V.A....HOT HUMID AND VERY DRY ..

I HAVE DONE THIS GIG ,I GUESS AROUND 4 OR 5 TIMES NOW .SINCE 2005 ON ..EVERYTIME WE ARE HERE WE GET THE SAME REACTION , THE SAME HOSPITALITY,GREAT FOOD AND PLEASANT STAFF ...THATS SAID I HATE PLAYING TO SIT DOWN N EAT TYPE VENUES, CAUSE AFTER A MEAL N DRINKS YA TOO FULL TO GET INTO IT . IM SURE ALL U WANNA DO IS SLEEP ....MAYBE ? ANYWAY WE GOT GOING REALLY EARLY 7 30 AND IT WAS A STRANGE SOUNDING STAGE .WE ALL SOUNDED LIKE PLAYING IN SEPERATE BOXES AGAIN ...TRUTHFULLY . I DIDNT GET OUT OF 2ND GEAR TONITE ,DIDNT FEEL THE NEED TOO ,AND 2 DAYS OFF AND THE HEAT N HUMIDITY OF THE NIGHT ,KEPT ME LOW KEY ANYWAYS ON STAGE .. GREAT CROWD AS USUAL ITS ALWAYS GREAT TO COME HERE , WE DIDNT GET TO MEET ANYONE AFTER, BUT WE WERE OTHERWISE ENGAGED ......OFF TO BALTIMORE TOMORROW, SHORT DRIVE YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BYE !!!

2 DAYS OFF.....NO NEWS ......DOIN NOTHING

LOOK NOTHING !!!!

new hope havana club

TRAVELLING THRU PA IS A PLEAURE I WASNT PREPARED FOR .BEEN HERE LOTS OF TIME SBUT ALWAYS DID THE HIGHWAYS THIS TIME WE CAME IN FROM PENNS PEAK SO IT WAS THRU THE HILLS N FORESTS ..REALLY LOVELY DRIVE . THE HAVANA CLUB IS PROMOTED BY A FRIEND OF OURS , AND HES DONE A GREAT JOB PUTTING IT ON THE MAP....IN A SHORT TIME SOME REALLY BIG ACTS HAVE COME THRU FOR HIM HERE AND IT SHOWS .PERSONALLY IT COULD BE A BIGGER ROOM WITH FACILITIES BETTER , BUT ITS LOOKING LIKE A FUTURE GREAT GIG ..PEOPLE REALLY NICE AND WAS PACKED TIGHT RIGHT UP TO FRONT OF THE STAGE ,AND WE DID A GOOD SHOW TONITE . REALLY RELAXED AND PUNCHY AND FUNKY AS HELL IN PLACES .WE HAVE 2 DAYS OFF AFTER SOME TRAVELLING TOMORROW ,,SO IM GOIN TO BED GET SOME ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZS BYE !!

HURRAHS CASINO ATALANTIC CITY

WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT THIS GIG .....GREAT ROOM, GREAT PRODUCTION, GREAT LIGHTS ,AND WHAT THE HELL WERE WE DOING THERE ? IT WAS THE STRANGEST GIG OF ALL....ALL OUR REAL FANS WERE IN THE GALLERIES UP TOP AND THE REST DOWNSTAIRS MUST HAVE BEEN COMPT TICKETS IS ALL I CAN THINK OF ...WE DID TRY AND PUT IT OUT OF OUR MINDS THAT WE WERE DOING A CONCERT BUT IT FELT LIKE WE WERE AT A COUNTRY CLUB PLAYING TO SENATORS AND THEIR WIVES , WAITING TO GO INTO A SNOOKER MATCH...AS I SAID VERY STRANGE AFTER BB KINGS WHERE THE PLACE WAS PACKED WITH REAL FANS ...NOT TO SAY THERE WERE NO FANS AT HURRAHS ,THERE WERE ,BUT THE DOWNSTAIRS WAS JUST PLAIN WEIRD .....THE ONSTAGE SOUND WAS VERY SEPERATED AND WE PULLED IT OFF I THINK BUT LEFT FEELING LIKE ...WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN THERE ...MY THOUGHTS ONLY HERE ON MY BLOG AS A DISCLAIMER, THE FANS I SPOKE TOO HAD A GREAT TIME , AND THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TO SAY SO .ALL THE BEST TO U ALL BYE !!!!

B.B.KINGS NYC

NICE DRIVE TO NYC . WE DIDNT GET CAUGHT ONCE IN TRAFFIC..AMAZING IN ITSELF THAT ....WENT TO HOTEL .WAS HANGING AROUND OUTSIDE AND I GOT TO MEET ONE OF MY HEROS TODD RUNDGREN ,GETTIN INTO A CAR . WE CHATTED , WAS NICE .....WE GOT TO GIG TO SEE OUR SUPPORT TONITE GOOD BAND TOO... CANT REMEMBER NAME SORRY FELLAS !! PLACE WAS JAMMED RIGHT TO THE BACK ..ON AT 9PM AND TORE IT UP........HALF WAY THRU THE SHOW ROBIN STOPPED AND LOOKED AT ME AND BOUGHT MY ATTENTION TO AGUY IN THE VERY FRONT ROW FAST ASLEEP , SO WE WAITED TILL HE WOKE UP , HAD A LAUGH HE WAS ON THE BIG SCREEN SO HE DIED A 1000 DEATHS OF EMBARRASMENT AND WE CARRIED ON ..WAS FUNNY THOUGH . THE CROWD IN NEW YORK WAS ATTENTIVE , AND I THINK WE PLAYED A BLINDER ..A SPECIAL MENTION TO STEVE AND LAURIE OUR CREW , CAUSE THEY PAID ME ...BLESS!!!!
GOT TO HOTEL AFTER SHOW . BAR CLOSED NO TEA MAKIN FACILITIIES. SO I BURNT OFF MY ENERGY LEVELS FALLIN ASLEEP AT THE DESK HERE ... BYE !!!

LONG ISLAND BAYSHORE

WE HAD A GREAT DAY OUT ON THE FERRY OVER TO LONG ISLAND TODAY . SUN WAS OUT BREEZE WAS BLOWIN, AND IT FELT GOOD TO HAVE THE SUN N WIND ON MY FACE AGAIN ...GOT BURNT TOO...THE GIG WAS A SMALL AFFAIR ,GOOD PEOPLE WHO HAD A GOOD TIME, BETTER THAN ME THOUGH . THE STAGE SOUND WAS THE WORST ON THIS TOUR ,THE KIK DRUM WAS TOO LOUD OVER ALL , NO BASS , AND THE SOUND DEAD AS A PLANK OF WOOD .NO I DIDNT ENJOY IT AT ALL .....COULDNT HEAR THE ROOM ,AND NO VIBE ONSTAGE FROM THE BAND EITHER , ALL PLAYING IN SEPERATE BOXES ,AND THE GELL WASNT THERE FOR ME ...SHAME CAUSE I HAD HIGHER EXPECTATIONS AND FELT A BIT LET DOWN .. CANT WIN THEM ALL CAN U EH ? NEW YORK CITY TOMORROW, THE HUSTLE AND NOISE OF THE BIG APPLE AT B,B KINGS ...A SHORTISH JOURNEY AND WE HAVE A LIE IN TOO ....

MILFORD DAY OFF

DID NOTHING ..................................HAD A SWIM ................DID NOTHING ...HAD A MEAL ...DID NOTHING .................................................WENT TO BED ......BYE !!

TOADS PLACE NEW HAVEN CONN

BEEN HERE 4 TIMES NOW TO TOADS PLACE . ITS A VENUE THAT EVERYONE PLAYS IN , AND HAS A SERIOUS HISTORY,WHEN IT COME TO WHO HAS PLAYED THERE ..ALMOST ICONIC, AND THE CROWD WAS NOISY AND READY TO SEE THE BOSS IN HIS STRIDE ..THE WORDS OUT THAT THE BAND IS HOT AGAIN , WHICH IS NICE AND SO MANY PEOPLE TONIGHT SAID THEY HAD SEEN SOME SHOWS THERE BUT OURS WAS WAY UP IN THE TOP 5 OF ALL TIME AT TOADS PLACE ...THE BAND WERE ON FORM BUT SOME THING WAS MISSING , MAINLY DUE TO THE SWIMMY SOUND ON STAGE I THINK..SOMETIMES IT WAS EASY TO PLAY OTHER TIMES IN THE SET REALLY HARD TO HOLD IT TOGETHER ..IT SPOILT . FOR ME AT LEAST ,THEN IOVERALL SHOW . BUT HEY . WEVE DONE A RUN OF TEN SHOWS, AND THAT PLAYS A BIG PART OF IT ALSO ...THE BACKS TRYING TO HEAL SO A COUPLE OF DAYS REST SHOULD BE A WINNER ..BYE !!!

HEY !!!!!

AGAIN I ASK YOU OUT THERE !!!!! IS ANYONE READING THESE BLOGS AT ALL IF SO PLS COMMENT .....THANKS

RIDGEFIELD THEATRE .CONN,,

3RD TIME WEVE DONE THIS GIG.ALWAYS APLEASURE TO COME INTO CONN . ONE OF MY FAVE STATES OF ALL .IN FACT THE WHOLE OF THE EASTERN SEA BOARD IS A LONG GREEN GARDEN .LOVE IT ..!!!! WE PLAYED REALLY WELL TONITE ,AND ALTGHOUGH I GO ON ABOUT HOW WELL WE PLAY SOME TIMES ,IM NOT BULLSHITTING ANYONE HERE BYETHE WAY ,, WE JUST DONT KNOW HOW TO PLAY ANY OTHER WAY . THERE IS ALWAYS SUCH A HIGH STANDARD WE NEVER FALL BELOW , IN FACT ALWAYS RAISE A THE BAR A BIT EACH TIME .NOT MANY BANDS CAN SAY THAT I THINK .NEVER GO THRU THER MOTIONS, NEVER JUST TURN UP TO PLAY ,CAUSE ITS OUR JOB ..NONE OF THAT .WE REALLY MEAN IT OUT THERE ,AND IM PROUD TO SAY WE ALL DO IT NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, AND STILL CAN DO MORE OR GIVE MORE EVEN WHEN WERE ARE DONE IN ..WHAT A RECORD ,AND I FOR ONE AM VERY SURE OF OUR FOOTING , WHEN WE WALK OUT THERE AND PERFORM . I HOPE IT COMES OFF STAGE TO YOU, FRESH EACH NIGHT .....WERE NOT YOUNG MEN ANY MORE ,BUT STILL WE GIVE AS MUCH AS WE CAN .IM DOWN WITH THAT !!!! OFF TO NEW HAVEN NOW SEE YA !!!!

WHAT A DAY !!!!AND NIGHT VERMONT

ITS 3.40 AM NOW AFTER A WEIRD DAY ALL ROUND ..WE SET OF FOR PLYMOUTH IT WAS 90 DEGREES,STOPPED FOR A BITE , AND CAME OUT 30 MINS LATER .IT WAS DARK ,BLOWIN A STORM ON TOP OF US , IT WAS NOW 60 DEGREES . WE DROVE FOR THE REST OF THE WAY AT 30MPH OVER THE HILLS OF VERMONT,AWFUL WEATHER , GOT TO THE HOTEL IN THE DARK TO FIND THE POWER LINES WERE DOWN .HOTEL =NO POWER..SO I GO TO THE GIG IN TOWN ..NO POWER ALL THE GEAR SET UP AND PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND TRYING THERE BEST TO GET THE THING HAPPENING.GO BACK TO HOTEL THINKIN GIG OFF..FALL ASLEEP.WOKEN AT 8PM POWER ON VIA GENERATOR= GIG ON //PLAY GREAT GIG .GO TO HOTEL HALF POWER . HOT AS HELL FALL ASLEEP IN CHAIR,WOKEN 30 MINS LATER .WERE CHECKIN OUT DRIVING TO BOSTON ...DRIVE TO BOSTON ...AM IN ROOM TYPING ,ITS NOW 4 AM ,CANT SLEEP...GO FIGURE ...BUT THANK U TO ALL THE EXTRA MILE OUR PEOPLE WORKED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN .THE PROMOTER WAS AMAZINGLY GENEROUS AND WORKED HIS ASS OFF.CROWD WEATHERED A WET JOURNEY TO SEE US ,AND OUR CREW.WERE THE BEST .... BYE !!!!!

albany new york

2 DAYS OFF IN ALBANY . GOIN SLOWLY CRAZY AFTER DOIN 5 ON THEN RUN ,AND JUST BEFORE I GOT HERE I PULLED BACK MUSCLE AND HAVE BEEN NURSING IT TILL TONITE WHEN I TOOK A PAIN KILLER TO GET ME THRU THE SHOW ..PROBLEM WAS IT DIDNT KIK IN TILL OVER AN HOUR AFTER WE STARTED , SO IT WASNT COMFORTABLE TO PLAY AT ALL .. NOW AN HOUR AFTER THE SHOW I FEEL NO PAIN AND LOOKING BACK ON THE SHOW IT WAS OK I GUESS . SOUND WAS TOO DRY FOR DRUMS AND A HUGE STAGE WITH THICK CURTAINS DIDNT HELP AT ALL ,BUT WE ALL ENJOYED THE SHOW AND PLAYED WELL AGAIN .. SOME NICE MOMENTS ....TIGHT AS EVER BUT I WISHED ID FELT MORE A PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS . NEVER MIND ALWAYS TOMORROW I GUESS . THE EGG IS A LOVELY GIG AND THE PEOPLE REALLY ARE NICE THERE . ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO GO THERE .. IM PACKING AND GOIN TO BED SEE YA!!!!

syracuse

GOIN TO BE quick one tonight . im done in ..lol...all the songs flowed well tonight again . we definitly have a stride going now ..I feel really fluid.......daveys singing great ,glenns flowing ,robins soaring , and im really feeling good again ... thanks to the syracuse fans that came to make a noise and have a good time . you made it easier .....time for bed bye !!!!

BUFFALO N.Y

WE HAVE BEEN TO THIS GIG A FEW TIMES BEFORE,AND ITS ALWAYS A GOOD NIGHT HERE IN BUFFALO.THE CROWD WERE PRESSED UP AGAINST THE STAGE READY TO SEE THE BAND N HEAR SOME GREAT TROWER SONGS .IT WAS HOT AND VERY HUMID IN THE VENUE AND I WAS SWEATING FROM THE OFF , AND IT HASNT STOPPED YET AN HOUR AFTER THE GIG IN MY ROOM .I LIKE THE STAGE SOUND HERE, BUT IT DOES TEND TO BE LOUD IN THIS ROOM , SO U HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ...DURING ONE OF THE QUIETEST PARTS OF A SONG TONIGHT I DROPPED A STICK, ONTO THE SNARE HEAD, AND IT WAS A CLANGER .I CARRIED ON AS THOUGH NOTHING WAS WRONG AND COVERED IT QUITE WELL , BUT TO ME IT WAS LIKE A SHIP SLIDING SLOWLY OUT OF DRY DOCK ON CHAINS , IT WAS BUT A MILLISECOND BUT FELT LIKE A MINUTE ..SUCH IS THE CONCENTRATION SOMETIMES ....WEATHERS BEEN GREAT ,,,JOURNIES NOT TOO LONG NOW AND WE ARE ALL GETTIN A TAD TIRED AFTER 5 ON THE GO AGAIN . SOON HAVE A DAY OFF ...BYE !!.

GREENSBURG...WARM AND SUNNY

JUST RECENTLY IVE HAD MORE COMMENTS AND COMPLIMENTS ABOUT MY PLAYING FROM FANS THAN EVER BEFORE WHICH IS REALLY NICE OF COURSE,AS SOME TIMES THE BAND CAN BE OVER LOOKED FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN U PLAY SIDEMEN TO ICONIC PLAYERS SUCH AS ROBIN ...SO THANKS FOR ALL THE GOOD COMMENTS FOLKS .. WE ALL NEED A KICK SOME TIMES ,GOOD OR BAD .....WE PLAYED THIS THEATRE 2 YRS AGO AND IT WAS THE SAME AUDIENCE ,NATURALLY ,BUT THEY SEEMED A SLIGHT RESERVED WE ALL THOUGHT ,BUT AFTER CRAZY GIGS LIKE DETROIT AND CHICAGO RECENTLY,I GUESS ITS NICE TO HAVE ALISTENING CROWD ...WHICH THEY DID ,VERY INTENTLY...WE HAD EM ALL UP BY THE END OF THE SHOW AND SIGNED FOR SOME REALLY GOOD PEOPLE OUTSIDE AFTERWARDS...THE SET WAS REALLY GOOD TONIGHT AGAIN AND WEVE REACHED THAT POINT WHERE ITS FLOWING SO SMOOTHLY . DYNAMICALLY IT CANT GET BETTER IM SURE .WERE ALL AT THE TOP OF OUR GAME RIGHT NOW....SO ,,,WERE HAPPY,TO BE PLAYING SO WELL AND CONSISTANTLY......TIME FOR SOME SHUTEYE,,,,BYE .....JUST IN PASSING ,IS ANYONE READING THESE BLOGS AT ALL ?I GET NO FEED BACK SO DROP ME A LINE SOME TIME ......PLEASURE TO HEAR FROM YOU BYE !!!

HOUSE IOF BLUES CLEVELAND

WE GOT INTO CLEVE.AND AND THE HOTEL WAS ACROSS THE STREET SO WE HAD EASY ACCESS TO THE HOUSE OF BLUES .I WENT TO PLAY AROUND WITH MY TUNING AT AROUND 4 PM ,SET MONITORS AND HAD A LIE DOWN ....WE SET OFF FOR THE GIG AND WALKED ON.. 9 SHARP, AND I GOT TO SAY IT WAS THE BEST GIG FOR SOUND AND WE PLAYED SO WELL TONIGHT I HAD GOOSEBUMPS WHEN WE HIT CERTAIN THINGS . WHEN U KNOW ITS SUCH A GOOD THING GOING ON STAGE IT MAKES YA SHIVER WELL TONIGHT WAS ONE OF THOSE GIGS....DURING DAYDREAM AT THE END I WAS FLOATING AND SWAYING ALONG WITH THE SONG ,EVERYTHING WA S SOOO SMOOTH AND ROLLED,N BOBBED ALL NIGHT ...I HAD A BALL THESE LAST FEW NIGHTS ,ALL GOING WELL ..SO CLEVELAND I THINK YOU SAW N HEARD SOME THING REALLY SPECIAL FROM US ALL TONIGHT .IT WAS SO EASY, AND I HOPE WE CAN BRING IT BACK AND DO IT AGAIN SOME TIME ......THANKS TO THE CREW BOYS LAURIE N . STEVE AGAIN DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US ALL ...BYE !!

COLOMBUS OHIO

WE HAVE PLAYED THIS GIG AT LEAST 4 TIMES NOW , AND ALWAYS ENJOYED COMING TO COLUMBUS,CAUSE ITS AGREAT CITY WITH LOTS TO SEE N DO.ITS GOT AGE ,YOUTH DUE TO THE COLLEGES HERE , GREAT SHOPS AND NICE EUROPEAN RESTRAUNTS...IT WAS ABOUT 94 DEGS WHEN WE GOT HERE AND IT WENT DOWN TO 70 THE NEXT DAY WHICH WAS MUCH MORE LIKE IT .THE GIG WAS REALLY BUSY CONSIDERING IT WAS A WEDS NIGHT GIG .THEY WENT NUTS FOR US AND HUNG ON TO EVERY NOTE AND WORD SANG. I RESTED ALL DAY WITH FRIENDS I HADNT SEEN IN YRS WHICH WAS NICE TO GO OUT N EXPLORE AND EAT SOME INDIAN FOOD ....AFTER THE SHOW WE GOT OUT QUICKLY AND SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS FOR THE ONES THAT WAITED . AND AM NOW GETTING PREPARED FOR TOMORROWS JOURNEY....TEA IS FRESH AND IM HAPPY TO BE HEALTHY AND BUSY ...THANKS COLUMBUS IT WAS A PLEASURE TO VISIT ..... BYE

grand rapids michigan

STAYED OUTSIDE OF TOWN FOR SOME STRANGE REASON 20 MILES TO THE GIG ALMOST..HOTEL FINE EXCEPT THE DAMN TV SET DECIDED TO FALL ON ME , AS I PULLED IT OUT OF THE CABINET ,ON SLIDERS TO WATCH A MOVIE .IT KEPT COMING AND FELL OFF THE STAND ON TO ME ..IT WAS AN OLD MAGNAVOX BEAST OF A THING . AND WEIGHS ABOUT 70 LB.TO STOP IT FALLING ON ME COMPLETLY , I HAD TO CATCH THE DARN THING AND WRENCHED MY NECK AND BRUISED MY THUMB QUITE PAINFULLY SO I WAS JACKED UP ON VERY STRONG PAIN KILLERS TONITE ..WHICH WAS FINE ...I PLAYED REALLY WELL AGAIN AND HAVE FOUND THE LEVEL AGAIN ....WE ALL DID TONIGHT , SOME GREAT SYMBIOTIC MOMENTS WE ALL LIVE FOR OUT HERE .IT MAKES FOR EXCITING THINGS TO HAPPEN ...IT HAD STOPPED RAINING ENOUGH FOR US TO NEARLY FILL IT TONITE ,SO ON A SUNDAY NIGHT IT WQASA GREAT TURNOUT . MANY THANKS FOR THE NOISE Y'ALL MADE . WE HAD A BALL !!!! BYE........

SOUTHBEND INDIANA........WET WET WET

WELL ITS NOT STOPPED RAINING FOR 2 DAYS SOLID AND LOOKS LIKE ITS GOING INTO ANOTHER DAY OF GREY SKIES N WET ROADS ..BUT ....WE GOT TO THE GIG PLAYED A STORM AND LEFT AS QUICK AS WE COULD . NOT BECAUSE WE WANTED TOO THE CLUB TURNED INTO A DISCO AN HOUR BAFTER WE FINISHED SO OUR POOR CREW < STEVE> MAINLY HAD TO DO A DASH JOB ,..THE CROWD WERE LOUD N WILLING , AND IF THE SECURITY HAD ALLOWED THEM SOME BREATHINBG SPACE TO AT LEAST STAND UP OCCASIONALLY IT WOULD HAVE MADE FOR A BETTER ATMOSPHERE .BUT WE GOT EM UP IN THE END AND WENT OFF TO A SCREAMING CROWD OF HAPPY DRUNK PEOPLE ALOT OF THEM ..WHY NOT ? SATURDAY NIGHT IN A SMALL TOWN . GO FOR IT !!!!! WEATHER STILL SHITTY OUT THERE , AND IVE GOT MY TEA AND GETTIN READY FOR SOME SERIOUS SHUT EYE NOW .. DRUMS SOUNDED KILLER ON STAGE TONIGHT AND IT FLOWED OUT OF ME , ENERGY GROOVE ,SWEET GRACE NOTES N SHALL I DARE SAY JAZZ RYTHMNS IN CERTAIN SONGS ,ALL NICELY DISGUISED OF COURSE ....LOL BYE !!!!!

CHICAGO HOUSE OF BLUES

ONCE AGAIN THE NOISIEST CROWD, APART FROM DETROIT AND WE HAD A BALL . SOUND WAS WEIRD AT FIRST AND MYSELF N ROBIN HAD A BIT OF TROUBLE LOCKIN IT DOWN , BUT AFTER 2 SONGS WE SETTLED RE GROUPED THEN STEPPED IT UP A NOTCH ... DAVEY WAS SINGING SO STRONG THIS TIME OUT , ALWAYS SINGS GREAT BUT HE HAS SO MUCH MORE IN RESERVE...GLENNS ROLLIN LIKE A BIG DOG , AND PUSH THE BOSS AS MUCH AS WE CAN .THATS OUR JOB , TO CREATE THE COLOURS ON THE CANVAS FOR THE FINAL BRUSH STROKES, THAT ROBIN SUPPLIES ..ITS A MONSTER TO SEE WHEN IT IS RIGHT ...IF ANYONE HAS A HICCUP THE OTHERS STEP TO COVER IT ..AND SOME TIMES ON TOUR THE BRAIN DETACHES ITSELF FROM YOU FOR A FEW SECONDS SOME TIMES ON STAGE , AND ITS LIKE WHOA!!! THEN U GET IT BACK AND ALL U CAN DO IS LAUGH , CAUSE WE DONT FUCK UP ALMOST NEVER , AND WERE PROUD OF THAT ...THE HOUSE OF BLUES IS ALWAYS A FUN GIG AND WE ALWAYS ENJOY COMIN TO THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY. HUGE FAN BASE HERE ,,ON WARDS TO .... UMMMMM..AHHH,,NOPE AINT GOT A CLUE HAHAHA BYE !!!!!

ROAYL OAK DETROIT

yeah I KNOW I MISSED A NIGHT OR TWO ,DUE TO LATE NIGHTS AND EARLY STARTS . ANYWAY,THE ROYAL OAK !! WHAT A GREAT NITE WE HAD THERE ,ITS OUR 4TH TIME IN ABOUT 3 OR MORE YRS . I THINK IT WAS THE BEST SHOW WE EVER PLAYED THERE HONESTLY.WE HAD SUPPORT FROM SLIGHT RETURN AGAIN WHO LOOKED AFTER US ALL BY MAKIN CAKES N BRINGING THE SHOPPING IN FOR US TO TRAVEL WITH . GREAT GUYS AND ALOT OF FUN . THANKS BOYS ....SOME ONE EVEN MADE HOME MADE BREAD PUDDIN AND IT DONT GET BETTER THAN THAT I CAN TELL YOU ...THE GIG WAS GREAT AND WE ALL PLAYED VERY WELL I FEEL....HAD LOTS OF FANS OUTSIDE IN THE COLD TO GET A QUICK MEET WITH SOME OF US ,ALWAYS A PLEASURE AND ON TO CHICAGO NOW ...GREAT NIGHT DETROIT , MANY THANKS AGAIN ....BYE !!

TOLEDO..LONG HOT HUMID NIGHT

WE HAVE STOPPED DOING SOUND CHECKS RECENTLY, DUE TO THE LONGISH JOURNIES WE DO PLUS WE GET MORE TIME TO RELAX IN THE HOTELS . IT SEEMS TO BE PAYING OFF CAUSE WE ARE VERY RELAXED AND FULL OF ENERGY,WHEN WE GET ON STAGE... .NOT THAT LACK OF IT HAS EVER BEEN A PROBLEM ,BUT ITS NICE TI HAVE THE TIME TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN RUSH AROUND WHEN U GET TO THE HOTEL,, AFTER BEING COOPED UP ALL DAY IN THE TRANSPORTER .. TOLEDO WAS RAINSWEPT WITH THREATS OF TORNADO:S,AND WORSE BEFORE WE GOT TO THE GIG TONITE..BUT IT CLEARED UP AROUND 8 30 AND WE HIT THE STAGE ,WHICH WAS VERY HUMID AND VERY BUSY..NO SOUNDCHECKS ALSO BRINGS ITS OWN PROBLEMS . GLENNS IN EARS WERE DISTORTED FOR A FEW SONGS TILL I8T WAS SORTED .MY MONITORS WERE LOW AND LIFELESS . HENCE I GOT BLISTERS ,AND WE PLAYEED VERY WELL CONSIDERING . CROWD WERE GREAT , AND VERY HAPPY TO SEE US AGAIN . ITS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE WE WERE LAST HERE ...THANKS TO ALL WHO BRAVED THE WEATHER AND OFF TO DETROIT TOMORROW ....SEE YA !!

MILWAUKEE,PABST THEATRE

AND THE HEAVENS OPENED UP, THE SKY WAS FILLED WITH LIGHTNING RAIN THUNDER,AND A DEEP GROWLING NOISE WE THOUGHT WAS THE DEVIL HIMSELF , BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT IT WAS THE LULL BEFORE OUR OWN PESONAL STORM WE CREATED IN SIDE THE THEATRE TONIGHT . IT WAS NO PRISONERS TONITE ..WWE HIT THE STAGE RUNNING AT 9 SHARP.THE PLACE WAS PACKED AGAIN ,ALWAYS NICE EH ? AND WE STORMED THRU THE SET WITH NO LET UP ...THE SOSUND I WAS TOLD OUT FRONT VERY GOOD INDEED . DOOBIE BROS CREW TURNED UP TO SEE US PERFORM AND THEY SAID IT WAS TIGHT N PUNCHY ,AND FLOWED WELL . THE CROWD WERE GREAT AND VERY UP FOR IT ON THIS DREARY NIGHT IN MILWAUKEE.AND WE LEFT THE STAGE VERY HAPPY WERE ALL ROLLING ALONG NICELY NOW ... A DAY OFF TO RECOUP AND ON TO TOLEDO ......MANY THANKS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WAITED FOR US TO SIGN IN THE RAIN ..YOU ALL LOOKE D VERY SATISFIED AS WE WERE . TA TA

INDIANAPOLIS..EGYPTION ROOMS

THIS IS A VERY LARGE .GREAT SOUNDING ROOM WITH ANOTHER THEATRE ON THE OTHER LEVEL .FANTASTIC ARCHITECTURE,AND HISTORY WITH THIS ROOM .ANYWAYS IT WAS A GREAT GIG WE MET SO MANY PEOPLE FROM CINNCINATTI, AND ST LOUIS TONITE THAT TOOK THE TROUBLE TO COME SEE US HERE AS WERE MISSING THERE HOME TOWNS ON THIS TOUR ,WHICH IS A SHAME BUT IT GOES THAT WAY SOME TIMES DUE TO AVAILABILITY OF VENUES WHEN WERE TOURING ... SO MANY THANKS TO ALL THOSE THAT DID COME SEE US . IT WAS A GOOD SHOW EVERYONE WAS HAVIN NG A GOOD TIME IT SEEMED AND APART FROM AN OVER ZEALOUS LIGHTING GUY BLINDING ME MOST OF THE NIGHT ,WE MADE IT WORK TONITE .WE HAVE DEF HIT A STRIDE FROM THE FIRST GIG THIS TIME OUT ,ITS WEIRD BUT TRUE ......I WAS LATE GETTING READY TONITE AS I WENT INTO A COMA IN MY ROOM, AND FELL INTO A DEEP SLEEP AND WAS LATE SETTING OFF.....DUH!! IM USUALLY THE FIRST TO GO BUT TONITE ? I WAS SO TIRED BEFORE THE GIG ,BUT PLAYED OK I THINK ...AGAIN THANKS EVERYONE FOR STAYING BEHIND FOR US TO SIGN TONS OF AUTOGRAPHS ,ALWAYS NICE TO SEE N MEET THE FANS ..LONG DRIVE AGAIN TOMORROW , SO GOODNIGHT ALL

BARRY MORE THEATRE MADISON WCSN

LONG DAY TODAY.SET OFF AROUND 11AM GOT TO DESTINATION AROUND 4PM SOUNDCHECKED N HAD HOUR BEFORE GIG ..JUST ENOUGH TIME TO SHOWER AND WE WERE AT IT AGAIN .GREAT ROOM THE BARRYMORE THEATRE . GREAT SOUND LIVELY SET ,ALL PLAYED GREAT AGAIN, ALTHOUGH ACOUSTICALLY TOO LIVELY FOR DRUMS , AND THE ONSTAGE CYMBAL SOUND WAS OVER BEARING , WE HAD SOME GREAT MOMENTS AND ITS SETTLING DOWN NICELY..IM GOIN TO KEEP THIS SHORT CAUSE ITS LATE AND IM REALLY TIRED TONITE .....MADISON WAS A GREAT TIME AND LOVED THE RECEPTION WE GET EVERY TIME WE COME HERE AND ITS BEEN 3 YRS NOW I THINK .THANKS TO ALL THE SECURITY STAFF THEY WERE GREAT ,FRIENDLY AND ALL THE FOLKS WHO CAME OUT TO SEE US ON THIS WARM MAY EVENING ,THANK YOU WE HAD A GREAT TIME SO DID YOU BY ALL THE NOISE YOU MADE LETS DO IT AGAIN .....ALL THE BEST ..

GREAT START IN MINNEAPOLIS

COULDNT BELIEVE WE HAD AN EARLY SHOW TONITE 7 30PM,WAS WAY TOO EARLY I FEEL BUT THE CONTRACTS SAID THAT,SO WE OBLIGE ..THE PLACE WAS PACKED TO THE GILLS , AND THERE WAS AN ELECTRIC BUZZ IN THE ROOM . WE HIT THE STAGE AND TORE INTO THE FIRST 4 SONGS BACK TO BACK ,SETTLED INTO THE GROOVE AND THEN PUT ON A REALLY SOLID , ENRGY FILLED, TIGHT CRISP SHOW AND HAD A DAMN GOOD TIME DOIN IT . WE ALL WERE SATISIFIED WITH THE 1ST SHOW OUT ON THIS LEG SO ,...........JOBDONE !! GLENN WAS BOUNCY . DAVEY SANG LIKE A KING AS ALWAYS . ROBIN WAS FINDING VERY COOL NOTES IN HIS SOLOS AND I WAS DRIVING ALONG RELAXED AND CONFIDENT .THE CROWD WERE VERY NOISY AND SEEMED TO LOVE IT .IT WAS OVER TOO SOON ..... A COUPLE OF ENCORES TOO AND UP CAME THE LIGHTS WE COULD HAVE DONE 4 IM SURE . THANKS ST PAUL WHAT A GREAT START ,HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN SOME TIME ..BYE

MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL REHERSAL DAY

AFTER A 2 HOUR FLIGHT,AND MY LUNCH GOIN SIDEWAYS AFTER A TURBULENT LANDING ,WE TOUCHED DOWN ON TIME AT 6PM TO BE MET BY BTHE BOYS COMING IN FROM THEIR DESTINATIONS ALL OVER USA AND UK..EVERY BODY ACCOUNTED FOR WE SET OFF FOR THYE HOTEL FOR A NUIGHT OFF TO CATCH UP, AND SAY HELLOS ALL ROUND ...BAD NIGHTS SLEEP NOTHING NEW THERE THEN AND HAD A LONG MORNING TO WAIT TILL WE HIE THE DTAGE FOR REHERSALS AT THE MAJESTIC FITZGERALD THEATRE,,,,
WE REHERSED FOR 5 HRS AND GOT THE BALL ROLLING AFTER A FEW STOPS N STARTS .EVERY THING IN PLACE AND A WHIOLE SET AND A HALF LATER WE GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL TO RELAX N HAVE SOME DINNER . I HAD FRIENDS OVER , A NICE GREEK MEAL AND AM NOW GETTING READY FOR THE SHOW TOMORROW..CANT WAIT TILL THE OFF .. NITE ALL ......

Snoqualmie

Hi Folks! Pete has asked me to be his "guest contributor" for this post. So here it goes...

I flew into Sea-Tac from Dallas on Friday, drove down to Portland to catch the show at Roseland Theater. It was a beautiful day and I had a hard time keeping my eyes on the road for the amazing views of Mt. Ranier & Mt. Hood. What a fantastic country we have. I arrived at the hotel just minutes before the boys, I get to put another check mark in the win column :) Pete took me to Jake's for a wonderful seafood dinner and then off to the show. As Pete said, the show was great. Davey commented to me during one of his offstage moments that they were really on it and the crowd that packed the Roseland assured them they were. Thanks, Portland! It was my first time to your city and I will be back soon!!

The next morning, Pete & I headed out for Snoqualmie. The weather had turned rainy, as it does, but an easy drive through trees, trees, trees. We don't grow em like that in Texas! Snoqualmie Casino is beautiful and the room was amazing, great PA, stage, and lighting. The staff is highly professional and took very good care of everyone. Speaking of everyone, I got to meet Derek Sutton and Steve Shail for the first time in person. Mike Gladstone was there too! It was great seeing friends, old and new. The show, like Portland, was great. The house was packed, the sound fantastic, the light show one of the best I've seen, and the performance supreme! Laurie, Dave & Steve, you guys are amazing. Thanks for all you do taking care of the boys in the band on the road. And special thanks to all you fans out there, you folks make it all worthwhile. Now, before the next leg gets going....

It's time to paint the house....

All the best
Mrs. Thompson.......

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PORTLAND OREGON . ROSE LAND THEATRE

NOISY? JUST A BIT ! THE NOISE LEVEL WAS LOUDER THAN THE BAND AT ONE OR TWO POINTS IN THE SET .I COULDNT HEAR THE COUNT INS !!! WE HAD ALONG DRIVE TO GET TO THE AREA AND WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING ON ALMOST AN EMPTY TANK FOR A WEEK .I DONT KNOW WHERE WE FIND THE ENERGY SOME TIMES ,BUT IT ALWAYS COMES FLOODING THRU WHEN WE HIT THE STAGE ..ITS THE LAST GIG TOMORROW AFTER A 7 WEEK TRIP.... MANY THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME TO SEE US PLAY .ITS BEEN A BALL REALLY . LOOKIN FOR WARD TO THE NEXT ONE ALREADY JUST NEED TO RECOUP SOME ENERGY,AND SEE FRIENDS N FAMILY WHO HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT I LOOK LIKE //PORTLAND WAS GREAT REALLY GREAT NIGHT OUT THANKS AGAIN . APART. FROM THE FILLMORE IN S.F IT WAS POSSIBLY THE BEST ONE ...THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY BUT IT WAS ON FIRE LAST NIGHT . BYE XXX

SPOKANE ..A NIGHT OF TRAGEDY FOR SOME . JOY FOR OTHERS

I GOT INTO MY HOTEL ROOM TONIGHT TO FIND TV LIVE PICTURES OF A WHOLE TOWN BEING SWEPT AWAY IN THE JAPANESE ISLANDS,AFTER A TSUNAMI CAUSED BY AN EARTHQUAKE OUT IN THE OCEAN OF UP TO9.8...IT WAS A TERRIBLE SIGHT , AND AFTER PLAYING SPOKANE AND HAVING A GOOD GIG . SUDDENLY WAS VERY UN IMPORTANT,AND TRIVIAL....ITS LIVE ON TV AND WILL SOON HIT THE OUTLYING ISLANDS IN ROTATION , SO NO WHERE IN THE PACIFIC IS SAFE AT THIS MOMENT .....A TRAGEDY WHICH MAKES U FEEL SO USELESS AS U WATCH IT UNFOLD,AND THATS ALL I CAN SAY RIGHT NOW ....BYE !!

BOISE IDAHO..RAINY SNOW N CLOUDS DIDNT KEEP EM AWAY 1

A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET OVER THE LONG SLOG THRU THE HILLS N MOUNTAINS, GETTING OUT OF LAKE TAHOE , AND INTO THE MONOTOMY OF FLATLAND NEVADA INTO IDAHO....,WAS MUCH NEEDED I CAN TELL YOU .. NICE HOTEL , GREAT IRISH PUB ROUND THE CORNER AND A KARAOKE SINGER THERE , THAT U JUST WANTED TO SLIT YA WRISTS OVER ....A GREAT TOWN BOISE , NOT BEEN HERE SINCE THE 1972 TOUR WITH SILVERHEAD AND URIAH HEEP, SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE THE COSMOPOLITON STYLE OF THE PLACE ...THE CROWDS WERE IN TO SEE THE SHOW , SOME FLEW IN FROM SALT LAKE CITY TO SEE US TONIGHT , AND THEY LET US KNOW IT WAS GOIN TO BE A ROWDY RECEPTION .....AND ABUSY ONE TOO ..THE PLACE WAS PRETTY JAMMED AND WE GOT OFF TO A GOOD START AND SETTLED IN QUICKLY .NOT ALL OF US WERE COMFORATBLE, ME INCLUDED , BUT AFTER NO SOUND CHECK , NO EXCUSES IS MY MOTTO , AND WE PLAYED A GOOD TIGHT SET .THE CROWDLOVED IT AND U COULDNT ASK ANY MORE OF THEM .
THEY WERE BRILLIANT THANKS BOISE LETS DO IT AGAIN SOME TIME !!!!!1 BYE

HARRAHS LAKE TAHOE .

WHAT A JOURNEY OVER THE MOUNTAINS, WHAT VIEWS. IT HAD BEEN SNOWING SO IT WAS STILL VERY PRETTY UP HERE . WE ARRIVED AROUNS3 PM AT THE CASINO N SETTLED IN . I HAD A SOUNDCHECK AND MET SOME PEOPLE ,AND IT SEEMED WE WERE ON ALMOST STRAIGHT AWAY .NICE LIGHTS TONITE FOR A CHANGE .THE SOUND WAS VERY DRY LIKE ALOT OF THEM , THE STAGE CEILING WA SO HIGH AND WIDE THE SOUND FOR US WAS LOST .NO OOMPH AT ALL /WE PLAYED REALLY GOOD BUT WAS GETTING NOTHING BACK FROM THE SOUND IN THERE . BUT THE CROWD MADE UP FOR IT .. ALL WALKS OF LIFE . LOTS OF WOMEN AGAIN GREAT , SOME KNEW ALL THE WORDS TO ALL THE SONGS AS WELL . IT . THEY HAD A BALL AND REALLY DUG IT ... I GOT SEVERE CRAMP IN MY BASS DRUM LEG WHICH MADE ME HAVE TO STAND BETWEEN SONGS, AND ONE TIME HAD TO HALT THE SHOW TILL I COULD FREE MY MUSCLES UP IN MY CALF AGAIN ..IT WAS LACK OF OXYGEN GETTIN TO MY LEG THAT CAUSED IT AS THE AIR IS SO THIN UP HERE I WASNT GETTIN ANY WHERE NEAR ENOUGH TO PLAY DRUMS FOR 90 MINS ....IT STAYED WITH ME ALL THRU THE SHOW AND RUINED IT FOR ME FRANKLY .I WAS PLEASED TO BE OFF STAGE .... BUT WHAT A GREAT VENUE THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF , STAGE CREW REAL PROS ///LONG DRIVE TOMORROW 500MILES.....NOT MY IDEA OF FUN AT ALL AT THIS STAGE OF THE TOUR OK IM OFF BYE !!

CHICO CALIKFORNIA

CHICO WAS NEVER GOIN TO TAKE THE EDGE OFF OF LAST NIGHTS GIG BUT IT CAME DAMN CLOSE .THE THEATRE WAS A LOVELY OLD CINEMA, STILL IN USE AND WAS DECORED REALLY NICE N 40S STYLE,RUN BY STUDENT NETWORK VERY WELL I MIGHT ADD .WE DID GOOD TOO ALL RELAXED N STILL BUZZING FROM S.F..SO WE COASTED ALONG AND BOUGHT IT UP N DOWN ,AND REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME WITH THE CROWD WHO WERE HANGING ONTO EVERY WORD AND NOTES PLAYED .........SEE YA AGAIN WE HOPE CHICO OUR FIRST AND SUCCESSFUL VISIT ...BYE ALL IM TIRED !!!! SEE YA

WE SMOKED SAN FRANSISCO TONIGHT .BIG TIME ...

IM SORRY , AND IM NOT ONE TO BLOW ONE S TRUMPET HERE ,I TRY NOT TOO?BUT WE SMOKED SAN FRANSISCO TONIGHT . I MEAN BURNT IT UP!!! THE PLACE WAS PACKED , THE CROWD REALLY READY TO LET GO , AND THEY HUNG ON TO EVERY NOTE WE PLAYED ..ALL NIGHT !! IT WAS FUN,AND I WAS RELAXED N DIGGING PLAYING ALL OVER AGAIN . I FELT STRONG, IN CONTROL AND KICKING LIKE A BIG DOG ....THATS AN EXPRESSION IVE HEARD ALOT ON THIS TOUR WHEN PEOPLE MENTION MY PLAYING SO I WILL STEAL IT HERE WITH PLEASURE ...I LOVE THIS GIG,. I CANT SAY ENOUGH TO PRAISE THIS GIG , THE WHOLE SET UP AT THE FILLMORE IS JUST SO.......YES!!!!!!...AS U CAN SEE IM HIGH AFTER THE GIG , AND MET SOME VERY COOL PEOPLE BACKSTAGE , AND ONE I MUST MENTION IS DR BRUCE <> PATTERSON, OUR SAVIOUR ON THE ROAD . HE DIGS THIS BAND LIKE A YOUNG KID AND HE SAID WE WERE JUST INCREDIBLE TONIGHT ,AND ITS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO MEET N CHAT TO HIM . ONE VERY COOL GUY ..THANKS BRUCE ONCE AGAIN ...FOR EVERYTHING !! SAN FRANSISCO . ?YOU WERE SMOKIN TONIGHT ,AND WE HAD A BALL .ITS WAS ########## GREAT...IM SO UP JEESE ......WONT SLEEP ....BYE !!

MYSTIC THEATRE..PETALUMA CALIFORNIA

IT RAINED ,IT STOPPED WE WENT ON AT 8 45,AND I THINK WE DID THE BEST SHOW WE HAVE EVER POSSIBLY PLAYED TONIGHT ..EVERYONE WAS ON THERE GAME AT THE SAME TIME . WE SHOULD HAVE RECORDED IT !!!!!! WHAT A SHAME IT WASNT ....OH WELL !! THE SOUND WAS VERY KIND TO US UP THERE ,SOME THING TO LATCH ON TOO, A BIT DREAMY HERE N THERE ACOUSTIC WISE BUT STABLE ENOUGH TO MAKE IT WORK IN OUR FAVOUR..FOR EARTH BELOW WAS MAGICAL.WE PUT IT IN THE SET AS A REPLACEMENT FOR DAYDREAM , AND IT WAS SILK .......IM GOINT THRU ANOTHER CHEST INFECTION , THAT STARTED YESTERDAY , AFTER TWO DAYS OFF ,AND CAME BACK AGAIN WITH A VENGEANCE,,SICK OF COUGHING ALL THE TIME HERE ..ITS BEEN ROUND THE BAND ONCE THIS TOUR , ANOTHER BOUT WE DONT NEED .....MANY THANKS TO THE MYSTIC LOOKING AFTER US . IT WAS AGREAT NIGHT . THE FANS LOVED IT , AND WE MET SOME NICE PEOPLE AFTER THE SHOW AGAIN ALL VERY HAPPY...I THINK THEY GOT TO SEE SOME THING SPECIAL TONIGHT ,,,,BYE .....

WET.WINDY,AND VERY HOT INSIDE ..

IT WAS A WET NIGHT , WE ARRIVED AT THE GIG ,HAD TO WALK ACROSS THE FRONT OF STAGE TO GET TO DRESSING ROOM . THE PLACE WAS HEAVING , RIGHT UP TO DAVEYS FACE .CRAMMED IN LIKE SRDINES . WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE FOR SAFETY I THOUGHT ,BUT THE CROWD WAS ROWDY AND READY...WE HIT THE STAGE AT 9 AND IMMEADIATLY THE MONITORS BEHIND ME WENT OFF .I HEARD NOTHING BUT MY KIT FOR 3 SONGS . THEN THEY CAME BACK ON AND OFF THRU THE WHOLE SHOW .MADE A MOCKERY OF ANY SOUNDCHECK ...WE PLAYED FINE . I HAD A GREAT TIME PERSONALLY. AND WAS IN COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE WHOLE NIGHT , EVEN WITH MY PROBLEMS ...THE SOUND OUT FRONT WAS GREAT, THANKS LAURIE YET AGAIN FOR MAKIN IT WORK ....AND WE LEFT THE CLUB ALMOST IMMEADIATLY, DUE TO THE FACT WE HAD NEARLY 30 MILES BACK TO THE HOTEL ,OUTSIDE OF TOWN ....THE SET WAS WELL RECIEVED AND THE FOLKS OF SACRAMENTO SEEMED VERY HAPPY INDEED...ON TO PETALUMA ..BYE !!

DAY OFF

GOOD JOURNEY TODAY WENT TO DINNER IN WALNUT CREEK ON WAY TO SACRAMENTO . SUNNY ALL THE WAY . HAD A DRINK OR 2 IN THE BAR . WATCHIN OSCARS HAVIN A REALAXING EVENING ALONE . BYE

GETTING COLDER , BUT WARMING UP THE CROWDS JUST RIGHT

THE FUNNY THING ABOUT BEING TIRED IS THAT YOUR SENSES ARE AWAKENED,AND YOU REACT IN DIFFRENT WAYS .WHEN I WALKED ONSTAGE TONIGHT I WAS VERY RELAXED AND PLAYED WITH ,IT SEEMED ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO NEXT IN THE SONGS .IT ROLLED NICELY TONIGHT WITH LOTS OF GREAT MOMENTS BETWEEN THE 4 OF US..ROBINS IDEA OF USING OPENED BACK MARSHALLS HAVE CLEANED UP THE STAGE SOUND QUITE DRAMATICALLY,BUT RETAINED AN OPENESS THAT WORKS REALLY WELL .HE ALSO USED A DIFFRENT GUITAR,WHICH HAS BEEN I N STORAGE FOR MANY A YEAR ...HES WORKING HIS WAY THRU THE NEWNESS OF IT ,BUT SOUNDS GREAT ..ALL THE SAME ...MYSELF AND GLENN, ARE ROLLING ,SLIDING ,GROOVING AWAY WITH APPARENT EASE NOWADAYS AND ITS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HIT THINGS SYMBIOTICALLY,AND WE SMILE WHEN WE DO THAT .AND ITS DIFFRENT MOST NIGHTS TOO AS ROBIN SEARCHES FOR TONES AND MELODIES, WERE RIGHT WITH HIM . THE DYNAMICS, SOME TIMES INCREDIBLE ...THE CATALYST , WE HAVE BEEN TO A FEW TIME S . GREAT STAFF , NICE PEOPLE TO WORK WITH , AND AGREAT STAGE SOUND .....THE CROWD WERE INTENSE AND LISTENED ALL NIGHT ,THEN ERUPTED IN LOUD APPLAUSE N SCREAMS..A GOOD NIGHT ...2 DAYS OFF NOW !! OH YEAH !! BYE !!

STATE THEATRE MODESTO CALIFORNIA .

WELL I CAN ONLY SAY WOW!! WHAT A GREAT NIGHT TONIGHT .IT BLEW ME AWAY JUST HOW AN AUDIENCE CAN LIFT YOU WHEN YA NOT FEELING THAT GREAT ...I , PERSONALLY HAD A GREAT NIGHT TONIGHT , IT FLOWED . THERE WAS NOTHING I FELT I COULDNT DO TONIGHT AND THE ENERGY WAS IMMENSE...WE LOCKED IT DOWN AND GROOVED,EBBED AND FLOWED LIKE THE TIDE ON THE BEACH ...THE THEATRE WAS BRILLIANT GREAT ACOUSTICS ON STAGE , MY DRUMS NEVER SOUNDED BETTER , AND THE CROWD WENT NUTS FOR THE SHOW ....YES THAT ONE WILL GO DOWN IN MY BOOK AS ONE OF THE BEST WE EVER PLAYED .WISH I HAD RECORDED IT..I GOT SOME FILM BUT NOT THE JUICY BITS .....I FELT SO MUCH BETTER UP THERE TONIGHT . IWASNT BEING BLINDED BY SOME OVER EAGER LIGHTING CREW MEMBER,YET WAS LIT UP ALL NIGHT BY SOFTER COLOURS AND IT WORKED FOR ME ...ALL IN ALL A BLINDER FROM ALL OF US ....BYE !!

FRESNO.VITAMIN C, AND FEELING WEIRD STILL

WELL IT DIDNT TURN TOO NASTY, THE COLD .JUST LEFT ME FEELING WEAK AND DISORIENTATED..I DID THE SHOW TONIGHT,IT WAS OK ,BUT FELT REMOVED FROM THE SHOW AT TIMES CAUSE THE STAGE SOUND WAS DIFFICULT TO GET ANYTHING OUT OF THE ACOUSTICS ,WE HAD TO KEEP ADJUSTING THE MONITORS THRU OUT THE PERFORMANCE ...IT SOUNDED GOOD OUT FRONT ,IM TOLD . WHICH IS GOOD .I MEAN ,ITS U GUYS THAT PAY FOR THE SOUND TO BE A S GOOD AS WE CAN GET IT ....THE CROWD TONITE WERE READY TO GO FOR IT AND THEY MADE AS MUCH NOISE AS THEY COULD ALL NIGHT . THE ENERGY PUSHED US ON .....THE TOUR IS ON THE DOWNWARD SLOPE TO SEEING OUT THIS LEG OF THE 2011 TOUR NOW ..11 SHOWS TO DO NOW .WOW!! WHERE DID THAT TIME GO ? FRESNO WAS FUN , AND THANKS TO ALL THE FANS THAT CAME OUT N ROCKED THE THEATRE TONIGHT ....TIME FOR A PILL AND SOME REST . HOPE TOMORROW ,IM FEELING BETTER EH ? BYE !!!

DOWN WITH A HEAD COLD

WELL,LAST WEEK IT WAS THEN TURN OF SOME OF THER OTHER MEMBERS TO GET THE DRY INCESSANT COUGH THAT PLAGUED US . TODAY IT WAS ,AND IS ,MY TURN TO BE COUGHING ALL DAY & NIGHT ..I WAS COUGHING ALL THE WAY THRU THE SHOW ,AND WAS DIFFICULT TO BREATHE SOME TIMES AS I PLAYED ..MADE THE WHOLE SHOW FOR ME , VERY UNCOMFORTABLE,WHICH WAS A SHAME CAUSE I DONT LIKE TO JUST TURN UP ..I LIKE TO GET INVOLVED IN WHATS HAPPENING UP THERE , BUT WITH A HIGH RISER , WAY ABOVE THE BAND ,BRIGHT LIGHTS .DAZZLING ME ALL NIGHT AND NOT FEELING THAT GREAT ANYWAY . IT WAS LIKE PAINTING BY NUMBERS IM AFRAID ,, ,AND NOW IM BACK IN MY ROOM SITTING HERE ,FEELING LET DOWN AND QUITE DIZZY ...I HAVE TEA WHICH WILL SETTLE ME FOR A WHILE THEN A ROUGH NIGHT AHEAD .....SO HERES TO TOMORROW..LETS SEE WHAT IT BRINGS ...THE CROWD WERE FINE , THE ROOM AN OLD THEATRE . LOVELY BIG ROOM ,OUR FIRST TIME AT THE FOX ..THANKS BAKERSFIELD BYE !!

MAJESTIC THEATRE VENTURA CALIFORNIA

HAD ALONG LAY IN TODAY ...WENT FOR A WALK TO THE THEATRE THIS AFTERNOON .TWEEKED THINGS ON THE KIT, SOUNDCHECKED, AND WENT FOR A BITE TOO EAT . WE WALKED ON STAGE AROUND 9, AND IMMEADIATLY FOUND A GROOVE AND AN ENERGY LEVEL THAT DIDNT LET UP ...THE SOUND WAS PLAYABLE AND WE DID A GOOD ROUND SET ALL OF US PLAYING OFF EACH OTHER....ALWAYS FUN THAT ...THE CROWD HAD A GREAT TIME AND AFTER THE SHOW MET SOME REALLY YOUNG FANS SOME AS YOUNG AS 15 , SEEING US FOR THE FIRST TIME .THEY WERE BLOWN AWAY AND I WAS TO SEE THEM AT THE SHOW ,IT BEARS WELL FOR THE CREDENTIALS OF ROBINS MUSIC, AND THE LEVEL OF PLAYERS WE HAVE IN THIS BAND , THAT REALLY YOUNG GIRLS AND GUYS CAN COME SEE US PLAY AND REMEMBER THAT EXPIERIENCE,AS A FIRST LIVE SHOW ..YOU NEVER FORGET THAT ONE ..THE MUMS N DADS THAT HAVE LOVED ROBINS MUSIC FOR 30 YRS OR MORE HAVE LED IT DOWN THE LINE FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATION TO LATCH ON TO...AND IN TURN GIVES US A BUZZ...TO PLAY FOR THEM AS WELL AS THE OLDER FANS ....THANK YOU VENTURA. IT WAS A GREAT DAY ,BYE !!

REDONDO BEACH MY BIRTHDAY GIG !!

A ROWDY CROWD MET US LAST NIGHT ,SOME VERY DRUNK. SOME A TAD TOO WEIRD DOWN THE FRONT OF THE STAGE LAST NIGHT , AND SOME TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT.THATS MY OPINION, AND IT FELT STRANGE ONCE AGAIN TO HAVE THE AUDIENCE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE , AFTER DOING SO MANY THEATRE DATES ...BUT HAVING SAID THAT.. WE DID A GREAT SHOW , NO SOUNDCHECK ,AND THE CLUB WAS HEAVING .THE SOUND WAS REALLY DRY ON STAGE ,NO REAL ATMOSPHERE ... WE WORKED FOR EVERY NOTE WE PUT OUT .AND PULLED IT OFF AGAIN ....WE ALL PLAYED GREAT,IF IM ALLOWED TO SAY SO HERE ,AND IT WAS ALL OVER VERY QUICKLY .LAURIE WORKED WONDERS WITH NOTHING TO USE OUT FRONT , AND STEVE WAS AS ALWAYS THE MAN .IT FEELS GREAT HAVING HIM BACK IN THE FAMILY THAT IS RTB....WE HAVE A DAY OFF BEFORE WE DO VENTURA THEATRE .LOOKIN FORWARD TO SEEING SOME OLD FACES , AND LETS FACE IT ,THEYRE MOSTLY OLD THESE DAYS ..ANYWAY OFF TO ENJOY A DAY OFF FOLKS ...THE POOL BECKONS, THEN OFF TO GET SOME ICE FOR MY WRISTS, WHICH ARE KILLING ME RIGHT NOW .... I HAD A GREAT BIRTHDAY. AND MANY THANKS TO ALL MY FRIENDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT TOOK THE MOMENT TO WISH ME WELL ...NEARLY 300 BY BTHE WAY , AND I KNEW ALL OF EM .WOW!!!!!!! BYE !!

SANTA ANA GALAXY THEATRE

WE HAD A JOURNEY INTO CALIFORNIA TODAY THAT WAS ONE MINUTE SUNNY , THEN WINDY THEN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS,BUT WE MADE GOOD TIME AND HIT SOUNDCHECK AROUND 5 PM ..THE THEATRE , WE HAVE DONE 3 TIMES NOW , IT WAS SOLD OUT SO SET THE STAGE FOR A GOOD ONE TONITE ..WAS IT ? OH YES ,SANTA ANA WAS READY TO LET IT ALL HANG OUT AND WE HIT THE STAGE AROUND 9 ISH,AND GOT RIGHT DOWN TO THE MEAT OF IT . WE ALL PLAYED AS ONE TONIGHT AND IT WAS SOLID ROCKED LIKE XXXX, AND FLOWED REALLY NICELY WITH A GOOD PACE .THE CROWD WAS REALLY NOISY AND WERE WITH US ALL THE WAY . SO THAN K YOU GUYS <> ALWAYS A PLEASURE AT A GIG DOMINATED BY GUYS USUALLY ,THE GORLS SANG ALONG TO ALL THE SONGS AND A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL THERE .. I MET MY PAISTE CYMBAL MAN FROM LA BREA IN L.A. AND IT WAS NICE TO PUT THE FACE TO THE VOICE ON THE PHONE FINALLY . THANKS FOR COMING WAYNE ,AND TO LAURIE FOR MAKIN THE SET UP SOUND GREAT AS USUAL ...IM OFF TO SLEEP INTO MY BIRTHDAY AND DO SOME SERIOUS CATCHING UP ON SOME ZZZZZZZZZZ,S BYE !!!

LAS VEGAS ROCKED AGAIN

LONG DRIVE AGAIN ..WEATHER WAS PRETTY WINDY , BUT BRIGHT , GOT INTO VEGAS AROUND 4 PM LOST AN HOUR TIME CHANGE,AND DID SOUNDCHECK WITH NO PROBLEMS...THE SHOW WAS EARLY AND WE PLAYED OK I GUESS , I WASNT AS ALIVE AS I COULD HAVE BEEN IN SOME SONGS , I WAS JUST OVER COME WITH TIREDNESS AND ACHEING MUSCLES,AND WENT TO BED EARLY TO RECOVER FOR TOMORROWS JOURNEY AGAIN AND SHOW ON THE WEST COAST . THE WEATHER IS ABOUT TO TURN NASTY I HEAR ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS SO WE WILL SEE . SANTA ANA LOOMS AND ITS A GREAT PLACE TO PLAY . BYE ALL !!

THE MARQUEE TEMPE ARIZONA.........

WHAT A GREAT TOWN TEMPE IS ..NICELY LAID OUT AND FULL OF PLACES TO GO N SEE THAT JUST JUMPS WITH ENERGY...THE CROWD WERE VERY LOUD WITH LOTS OF ENERGY TOO TONIGHT,SHOUTING OUT AND BEING HEARD FROM THE TIME WE WALKED IN THE BUILDING ,AND GETTING READY TO WARM UP BACKSTAGE.....WE HAD A RELAXED DAY SWIMMING AND GETTING SUN , AFTER A LONG WEEK OF GIGS PREVIOUS..WE WALKED ON TO A THUNDEROUS ROAR AND WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ,SETTLING IN STRAIGHT AWAY..ROBIN USED TWO SMALLER CABS TONITE WITH OPEN BACKS AND IT WAS PURE AND CLEAN . THE GTR SANG ALL NIGHT , GLENNS BASS SOUND WAS CLEAR AND PUNCHY AND THE KIT WAS BRIGHT ,WITH LOTS OF DYNAMICS,THE CYMBALS SIZZLING ..YUMMY!! I FELT RELAXED AND HAD A GROOVE FROM THE OFF .. EVERYONE FELT THEY HAD PLAYED GOOD AND THE CROWD WAS AS NOISY AFTER THE SHOW , VERY HAPPY IT SEEMED . THANKS TEMPE A GREAT FEW DAYS HERE ...BYE !!!

day off no 2.

feel like a gold fish.all this swimming stuff....lots o sun and really nice thai food that wakes you up .....great !! looking forward to playing tomorrow, and ready for the off as well ...feelin good !! bye

TEMPE...........NICE !!

GOT OFF THE PLANE . CHECKED IN TO HOTEL , AND LITERALLY FELL INTO THE POOL WAITING FOR ME . TEMP WAS AROUND 75 AND SUN HIGH IN SKY NO CLOUDS ..DID 2 HRS SWIMMING WITH SOME RAY CATCHING ...VERY NICE INDEED .WELL NEEDED SWIM AND AM NOW WATCHIN THE PINK SKY OVER PHOENIX SETTLE TO DARK.....HAD A GREAT DAY OFF, AND THE POOL HAS MY NAME ON IT FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS TOO .MET UP WITH SOME FRIENDS , MET A PRO FOOTBALL PLAYER WITH ARMS THE SIZE OF MY THIGHS,AND AM NOW REFLECTING ON A LONG WEEK AND HOW I CAN IMPROVE MY PLAYING AND PERFORMANCE FOR THE SHOWS COMING UP ........THE STATIC SHOCKS HERE FROM THE DRYNESS IS ASTOUNDING .U TOUCH SOMETHING AND IT GIVES YOU A BELT LIKE A CATTLE PROD ........BYE !!

SAMS WAS A GREAT GIG !!!!!

LAST GIG OF A RUN OF FIVE ,,WITH A FEW DAYS OFF NOW ,TO KICK BACK N RELAX BEFORE WE HEAD INTO THE WEST COAST ..SO WE ARRIVED IN SAN ANTONIO,AFTER ANOTHER 5 HOUR DRIVE AND WE WERE TOO WASTED TO DO A SOUNDCHECK .WE ALL NEED A REST BEFORE WE HIT THE STAGE AGAIN .AND THATS WHAT WE DID ......JUSTA S WELL !! THE PLACE WAS PACKED TO THE GILLS WITH AVID TROWER FANS SCREAMIN .IT WAS AN EARLY SHOW , AND WE GOT STUCK IN WITH A SOLID WELL PACED SHOW AND WE KNEW IT WAS GOIN TO BE A STORMER FROM THE FIRST SONG . WE DROPPED A SONG ADDED ANOTHER , AND IT FLOWED AGAIN . THE ROOM WAS DRY BUT THE AMBIENCE WAS PERFECT . ROWDY VERY NICE PEOPLE . WE MET AFTERWARDS .THANKS ANTONIO IT WAS A GOOD GOOD NIGHT . SO ON TO PHOENIX FOR A FEW DAYS ...OH AS A FOOTNOTE , THIS HOTEL WERE IN IS THE HOTEL THAT ROBERT JOHNSON RECORDED HIS 13 SONGS IN ONE OF THE ROOMS COOL PIECE OF HISTORY,METHINKS EH ? BYE !!

GREAT TIME WE HAD IN DALASS......

OH TEXAS ~~!!!!! YOU JUST KEEP GETTING NOISIER DONT YA ? DALLAS WAS A COOL GIG WITH LOTS OF FAMILY N FRIENDS THERE SO IT WAS A LITTLE MORE SPECIAL TO DO A GOOD SHOW ,,I THINK WE DID TOO .....THE CROWD WAS HAPPY , WE CHANGED THE SET ADDED EARTH BELOW FOR A CHANGE OF PACE , AND WE PLAYED IT GREAT .....SOMEONE FAINTED AT THE MID SHOW POINT , BUT WAS OVER COME BY HEAT WE THINK ..WE ALL HAD A GREAT TIME RELAXED AND POWERFULL WITH ALL THE RIGHT NUANCES AND DYNAMICS ...I GOT TO SEE MY GIRLS OUT IN FORCE , HAD FUN THERE ...,AND MY STEP SON , A BUDDING DRUMMER TOO WAS IN ATTENDANCE TAKING IT ALL IN .ALL IN ALL A GREAT HOME COMING GIG AND THANKS TO ALL WHO CAME OUT SEE US AGAIN .....LAURIE DID HIS USUAL AMAZING JOB BEHIND THE BOARD AND STEVE WAS ALWAYS WATCHFUL KEEPING ALL RUNNING ..THANKS GUYS BYE !!

HOUSTON TEXAS ...WHAT A NIGHT !!!!!

OK I WAS EXPECTING A SMALL CROWD TONITE , I DONT KNOW WHY , JUST HAD A FEELING IT WAS GOING TO BE LIGHT ...WRONG!!!!!!! IT WAS JAMMED SOLID , AND THE TEXAS WELCOME WAS IN GOOD VOICE TONITE . I COULDNT HEAR THE COUNT INS FROM ROB TONITE THE DIN WAS SO LOUD .AND DIDNT STOP ALL EVENING . THE NEW SONGS WENT DOWN WELL AGAIN , AND WERE TWEEKING THE SET ALL THE TIME AT SOUNDCHECKS ..,THE FLOW WAS THERE ,THE ATTITIUDE AND THE DYNAMICS JUST OOZED OUT OF US ....AS DID THE POCKET. NICE NICE NICE ..GLENNS A TREASURE TO WORK OFF OF
!!!!,WE HIT A SOLID NUANCE FROM THE GET GO . ROBINS PLAYING OUT OF HIS SKIN AT TIMES AND WEE DAVEYS NOT HIT A BAD NOTE ALL TOUR , EVEN WITH A JUGGERNAUGHT SNAPPING AT HIS HEELS .!. ALL IN ALL WELL WORTH THE VISIT TONITE AND WE THK ALL THER FANS THAT TOOK THE TIME AND SPENT THE MONEY TO SEE US YET AGAIN ..NICE GIRLS IN THE CROWD TOO, ALWAYS A PLEASANT SIGHT AT A TROWER SHOW EH ? BYE !!

NEW ORLEANS...WHAT A GIG !!!!

OH WHAT A NOISE YOU GUYS MADE WHEN WE WALKED ON , AND YA DIDNT STOP ALL THE WAY THRU THE SHOW ....GREAT VIBE NEW ORLEANS THANK YOU ,MADE US FEEL VERY WELCOME AND SHOUTED THE HOUSE DOWN ....THE SETS FOUND A NICHE NOW ,FLOWS NICELY , LIKE THE TIDE COMING IN AND OUT, THEN ,THE TSUNAMI HITS AND BALLS TO THE WALLS,THEN WHOOSH IT HITS ALL OVER AGAIN...THE GEAR CHANGES ARE NICE , AND APART FROM NEED ING A 2 ND WIND , 3/4 OF THE WAY THRU,IT ROLLS OVER YOU AND WERE GONE ......LONG JOURNEY TOMORROW, THEN A SHOW , SO WERE LOOKIN FORWARD AGAIN TO SEEING HOUSTON , THEN DALLAS.HEADING WEST ALL THE TIME NOW ON TO CALIFORNIA............IN A GROOVE NOW .....BYE !!!

BOOM BOOM SHAKE THE ROOM

I WAS UP IN THE GODS TONITE . THE RISER WAS AS HIGH AGAIN AS THE STAGE AND I SPENT THE WHOLE NIGHT WONDERING HOW I COULD KEEP THE POCKET GOIN WHEN ALL I COULD HEAR WAS RUMBLING AND AMBIENCE....ITS WAS FINE BUT TOOK ALL OF MY CONCENTRATION AND I COULDNT ENJOY IT AS MUCH AS IF I WAS AMONGST THE BAND ,, BLOODY SHAME BUT THEREYA GO !!...
GREAT CROWD AND WE DID GREAT BUSINESS AGAIN .IT RAINED HARD TONITE AND TURNED COLD ..I BELIEVE NEW ORLEANS IS GOIN TO BE COLDER AS IS TEXAS .. GOIN TO SEE MY FAMILY IN 2 DAYS .YAY!!NOTHING TO REPORT EXCEPT WE ALL PLAYING WELL, GOT A GOOD FLOW TO THE SET NOW ,SO I DONT SEE ANY CHANGES COMING UP YET , SO IN GOIN TO BED FOLKS ....ALL IN ALL A GOOD FEW DAYS.....A RUN COMING UP , ANOTHER 5 BEFORE A BREAK , BUT IM HERE FOR THE SHOWS NOT THE BREAKS. BYE !!!!

PLEASE COMMENT

FEEL FREE TO COMMENT IF ANYONE IS READING THIS DAILY BLURB ..DONT BE SHY .......CAUSE IF YA DONT SOON I WILL BE STOPPING IT ITS BLOODY. WEARING ME OUT !!! SO GET TYPING TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THIS OK THANKS

GETTIN COLDER AGAIN AS WE HEAD WEST

SORRY TO REPORT NOT MUCH TODAY!! SAT IN VEHICLE. DOZED . GOT OUT OF VEHICLE .,GOT BACK IN VEHICLE DOZED WOKE UP AND WE WERE THERE SOME WHERE BETWEEN .BATON ROUGE AND LAUREL MISSISSIPPI....NOW I KNOW I SPELT THAT WRONG BUT BET YA CANT SPELL THE BLOODY WORD EITHER , NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN CAUSE ITS A STUPID WORD WITH TOO MANY LETTERS IN IT ....IT 5PM , HAD THE WORST OF NIGHTS LAST NIGHT AFTER ME THINKIN IN WOULD GO OUT LIKE A LIGHT .NO SUCH LUCK , I SAT UP ALL NIGHT, GETTIN WOUND UP , TRYING TO GET TO SLEEP....ON TOP OF ALL THAT I WENT DOWN STAIRS TO LEAVE FOR THE DAY 1 HR /45MINS EARLY,SITTIN THERE LIKE A PRAT, WAY TOO EARLY ....ANYWAYS WERE HERE SAFE ABD WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF AGAIN TILL WE PLAY AGAIN ... BYE !!!

DAY OFF TODAY

HAD A GREAT DAY OFF TODAY...I DID NOTHING EXCEPT KICK BACK , ENJOY THE FACT WE HAD NO SCHEDULE, AND POPPED OVER TO THE BAR AND WATCHED THE GAME THIS EVENING , HAD A NICE MEAL AND LET MY ACHING ARMS HAVE NOTHING TO HIT / LOL .....LONG JOURNEY TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY ALSO,SO WERE ON A 3 DAY BREAK FROM PLAYING.. SO WEVE GOT TO WIND UP AGAIN IN A FEW DAYS .....ALWAYS TOUGH THAT ......BUT HEY ,IT AINT ROCKET SCIENCE ,ITS JUST GETTING THE CHEMICALS TO FLOW AGAIN AND ADJUST THE ATTITUDE .......FEEL GREAT NOW IVE FOUND MY GAME .....AND HAVE CLEAN CLOTHES TO WEAR !!!! SEE YA !

OH ATLANTAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I GOT CONFUSED WHERE I THOUGHT IN WASLAST NIGHT ,BUT I WAS THERE ,I THINK ..ANYWAY ON TO ATLANTA..GREAT THEATRE IN A SOME WHAT FUNKY AREA ,ALL BOHEMIAN TYPES N RASTAFARI ....WE HAD A LONG DAYS TRAVELLING ,AND WERE ALL TIRED FOR THE SHOW ,BUT HAD A GREAT TIME ,DUE MAINLY TO THE CROWD BEING SO UP FOR IT !! I NEED ABREAK AND TOMORROW ,I DO NOTHING , NADA,NEIT!!EXCEPT FOR FINDING SOME WHERE WHERE THERE IS FOOTY ON THE BOX MAYBE ..I MET SOME GOOD PEOPLE TONITE AAND IT WAS APLEASURE TO MEE TUP WITH YOUNG JERRY JAC KSON ,MY MOST AVID BLOG READER .NICE TO SEE YA THERE JERRY ..SOME FRIENDS FROM THJE CLASSIC ROCK DRUMM MAG , AND SOME OLD FRIENDS FROM THE BAND DAYS IN THE 80S ....A GOOD NIGHT GREAT PEOPLE AND GOOD PLAYING AND VIBES NUFF SAID SEE YA !!!!!!1

NO TONITE WAS CHARLOTTE .

GREAT SOUNDING STAGE , AND ALTHOUGH A QUIETER NIGHT THAN WERE USED TO ,MAINLY DUE TO WEATHER AND BIG NAMES IN TOWN ,ITWAS A GREAT SET / FULL OF PUNCH AND SOME REALLY GREAT MOMENTS OUT THERE TONITE ..WERE OFF TO ATLANTA, FOR A SHOW THEN A DAY OFF FOR SUPERBOWL ....MY NEW DRUM HEADS FROM EVANS ARE LOVELY,SNAPPY AND DEEP TOO .. IM OFF TO BED , EARLY START AGAIN TOMORROW FOLKS ..SHORT N SWEET TONITE ALL THE BEST .....SEE YA !!

FILLMORE...CHARLOTTE... NICE GIG .

WHAT A NICE VENUE THIS IS !!NOT BEEN HERE BEFORE SO IT WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO SEE IT WAS WELL KITTED OUT . LAURIE HAD TOYS TO DEAL WITH HE WAS HAPPY ....SOUND GOOD ON STAGE .. WELL IT WAS AT SOUNDCHECK WHEN 1600 PEOPLE WERE IN IT WAS A DIFFRENT STORY . IT DRIED UP COMPLETLY AND WE STRUGGLED TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN .THE DRUMS WERE LIFELESS THE GTR WAS SQUASHED SOUNDING AND THE BASS END WAS NON EXCISTENT..WHICH WAS A SHAME CAUSE WE CAME OUT WITH ALL GOOD INTENTIONS AND I THINK W E PULLED IT OFF BUT IT WAS A STRUGGLE , AND THERE FORE NOT SO ENJOYABLE AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN . OUT FRONT I WAS TOLD IT WAS GREAT SO GOOD OLD LAURIE EH ? I MET UP WITH SOME FAMILY AND HAD A NICE MEAL BEFORE THE SHOW , AND AFTERWARDS HAD A COUPLE OF DRINKS TO RELAX ..BOY .... I ACHE ALL OVER NOW, TIME FOR A SIT DOWN ,,,SEE YA !!!

GREENSVILLE ROCKED HARD ....

LAST NIGHT WAS THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY FELT MY KIT UNDER ME SO TO SPEAK .FELT MORE NATURAL TO PLAY THAN ALL THE OTHERS ,AND IT FELT GOOD TO BE BACK ON PAR WITH WHAT I FEEL WAS A GOOD SHOW ...WERE DOING LONGER THAN USUAL SETS NOW , SO I GOT TO PACE MYSELF ALL OVER AGAIN ... WE MISSED SOME OF THE AWFUL WEATHER THE NUSA ISGETTING RIGHT NOW , BUT IT IS THE EAST SIDE AND ITS NORMALLY BRISK OUT THERE .
THE SOUND ON STAGE AT THE HANDLEBAR WAS REALLY GOOD IF A TAD DRY , AND THE MONITORS WE NOT TO ,LOUD SO I COULD PLAY A.LOT QUIETER IF I CHOSE , AND I LIKE THAT ....POUNDING ALL N,IGHT HURTS YA SENSES.. THERE WERE SOME MAGIC MOMENTS FROM US ALL DAY DREAM WAS TO DIE FOR LAST NIGHT ,STILL MY FAVE SONG AFTER ALL THESE YRS . CLASSIC !!!!! GLENNS GOT A NEW TOY IN HIS RIG , WHICH GIVES HIM THE DEEPEST BAD ASS SOUND OUT FRONT , AND IT FEELS GOOD .OH YEAH ....MY DEAR MATE DAVEYS SINGING HIS ...... OFF......YES ITS OK OUT HERE ..SEE YOU SOON .COME SAY HELLO BYE !!!!!

TENNESEE, YOU ROCKED TONITE ,..

THE TRIP TO THE GIG WAS QUICK ,JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE HOTEL ,AND WE PILED OUT INTO THE THEATRE JUST AS SUPPORT WAS CLOSING ....WE NEVER GET TO SEE THE BANDS THAT PLAY WITH US , AS WERE ARRIVING AS THEY FINISH ...SO IN CASE ANYONE GETS UPSET AT THIS ,IE BANDS /ARTISTES /ITS AS ITS ALWAYS BEEN .TIME IS THE KEEPER OF THE REGIME AND WE ARE VERY STRICT ABOUT ALL OUR SCHEDULES...ASK ANYONE IN OUR ORGANISATION ..ITS A TIGHT SHIP ALRIGHT .
ON TO THE GIG .WAS A SELL OUT THANK YOU KNOXVILLE FOR THE 2ND SELL OUT IN A ROW , AND FOR BEING VERY POLITE AND FRIENDLY AFTER THE SHOW . I WAS GLAD THE RAIN STOPPED FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN LINE AS WE SIGNED ....AND WE PLAYED OK TONITE ,THE SOUND ON STAGE WAS A TAD WEIRD , BUT IN A ROOM WITH SUCH HIGH CEILINGS IT ALL GOES SKYWARD , AND U FEEL LIKE YA PLAYING IN SEPERATE BOXES . BUT HAVING SAID THAT IT WAS A GOOS SHOW SOME GREAT MOMENTS AND ROCKED HARD .......WE ARE OFF IN THE MORNING , WE HAVE ANOTHER 5 ON THE TROT ..SO IM OFF . SEE YA !!!!

TIME TO KIK BACK

ARRIVED AROUND 4PM HAD A COFFEE AND WATCHED A FILM ...CLOSED MY EYES FOR AN HOUR , HAD DINNER AND NOW IM RELAXING WITH NETFLIX ..GONNA DO 3 MOVIES TONITE BACK TO BACK ......LOVELY STUFF .ALL RESTED FOR THE NEXT GIG .WEATHER IS CLOSING IN AROUND US HERE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS GOING TO BE COLD N WET AND VERY WINDY .......BYE !!

DAY OFF TRAVEL DAY

WE SET OFF FOR KNOXVILLE YESTRDAY,FROM 11AM TILL 7 30 PM AND WE GOT HALF WAY...WENT OUT TO GRAB A BITE SAT IN THE BAR WITH THE BOYS,AND WENT BACK TO WATCH A BIT OF TELE TILL SLEEP . WHICH DIDNT COME BY THE WAY ,AND TOSSED N TURNED ALL NIGHT . SO I WILL CATCH UP TODAY IN THE TOUR VEHICLE....FEELING STRONG AND READY FOR THE NEXT GIG ,AND HOPE TO SEE SOME NICE SOLID FANS THERE ..
THERES A NICE ROLL TO THE SET NOW ,COMIN ALONG NICELY...SEE YA THERE !!! BYE

MY MUM WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS ONE ...

WE GOT TO THE GIG AROUND 8.30.I SAT ON THE SIDE OF THE STAGE AND CHATTED TO FANS FOR A WHILE,ANSWERING ALL SORTS OF QUESTIONS,AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE INTRO MUSIC STARTED AND WE WALKED ON TO A ROAR THAT PINNED MY EARS BACK . I COULDNT HEAR ANY OF ROBINS COUNT INS ALL NIGHT ,SUCH WAS THE CACOPHONY OF NOISE ..,<> ANYWAY WE ROLLED ON THRU ABOUT 6 SONGS BEFORE WE HAD A BREATHER FOR DAYDREAM,AND IT WAS JUST MAGIC ,THE SOUND , THE PLAYING ,AND THE ATMOSPHERE WAS ELECTRIC ALL OVER THE VENUE . THE STARS WERE OUT THE SKY CLEAR,AND WE HAD A BLAST PLAYING FOR THE FANS HERE AT JANNUS LANDING, ALWAYS A FAVE OF OURS....THE RAIN STAYED AWAY ,AND WE DID A VERY LONG SET AGAIN .ALL PLAYING ,IF I SAY IT MYSELF,ON THE MONEY .THANKS TO ALL WHO TURNED UP AND ROBIN AND US WERE SIGNING STILL AN HOUR AFTER WE CAME OFF..LONG JOURNEY TOMORROW.7 HRS BY ROAD BUT SEE YOU ALL SOON .BYE !!

NOISY HOUSE OF BLUES , GREATTTTTT!!!!!!

ORLANDO........YOU NOISY BUNCH . WOW WERE YOU READY TO ROCK OR WHAT?
EVERY SONG WAS A PLEASURE TO LAY ON YA CAUSE YOU WERE SO ENTHUSIASTIC..DAMN YOU WERE NOISY, AINT IT GREAT ?..ALL THE NEW SONGS HAVE SETTLED NOW , AND THE INTENT IS POWERFUL FROM THE STAGE ....MAKIN SMALL ADJUSTMENTS TO KIT LAYOUT TILL IM SETTLED,AND TRYING OUT NEW FOOTWEAR IS MAKIN MY LIFE HARDER AS I USUALLY PLAY IN SHOES , BUT HAVE ADJUSTED TO BOOTS NOW AND ITS ALL DIFFERENT...GREAT TO SEE STEVE OUR OLD ROADIE BACK WITH US .THE MAN IS A CONSTANT, AND FUNNY, AND A GOOD FRIEND ,ALWAYS THERE .
SO , I GOT MY MICKEY MOUSE HAT ON AND IM LEAVING FOR ST PETERSBURG ,WHICH IS AN OPEN AIR GIG , AND WE ALL LOVE THIS ONE . IT RAINS EVERY TIME WEVE DONE IT , SO FINGERS CROSSED IT STAYS DRY ......ALL THE BEST BYE

IT WAS A WARM NIGHT , THE PLACE WAS PACKED AND WE WALKED ON AT 9.05. DRUMS SET UP ALMOST LEVEL TO THE FIRST BALCONY . SOUNDED LIKE I WAS PLAYING IN A HULL OF AN EMPTY SHIP,ALL BOOM AND ROOM ...BUT I WAS TOLD THE GIG SOUNDED GREAT AND THATS A GIVEN . WE DID AN EXTRA LONG SET TONITE ,AND THE NEW SONGS FROM 7 MOONS WENT OVER WELL AS DID THE NEW CD TRACKS....GLENN WAS A MONSTER AS ALWAYS DAVEY SANG REALLY PROUD N LOUD AND ROB WAS FLYING...ME ? I WAS IN A HULL OF A SHIP STRUGGLING TO FIND A POCKET , BUT AS I SAID 1ST GIG WOBBLES ,AND NO MAJOR COCK UPS ,ALL IN ALL A FINE SHOW ......

WE HAVE A NICE THING.........THIS BAND... WHERE WE ALL HAVE A EBB AND FLOW IN THE MUSIC WE PLAY , AND NOT ONE NIGHT IS THE SAME ,ITS ABOUT THE MOMENT ...AND SOME GREAT MOMENTS WERE ON SHOW TONITE ..............BYE !!

BUILD UP

THE WEATHERS NICE N MILD ,BREEZY HERE IN FT LAUDERDALE.SUNS OUT TIME FOR A SWIM THEN SOUNDCHECK THIS AFTERNOON ...GOT SOME SLEEP AND FEEL READY TO PLAY NOW ....ALWAYS THE MOST NERVY OF GIGS THE FIRST ONE I THINK , IM ALWAYS GLAD TO GET IT OUT OF THE WAY ,BUTIT SETS A BAR FOR THE REST ..... WILL POST AFTER THE SHOW

READY TO GO NOW !!

Go Back To My Site IT SEEMS IM ALL UNDELINED TODAY,,GREAT REHERSAL , NEW SONGS CAME TOGETHER REALLY GOOD , AND FELT LIKE WE HAD NEVER HAD A REST FROM THE LAST TOUR .BADES WELL FOR ALL ...MY NEW HEADS N CYMBALS ARRIVED ON TIME AND SOUND GREAT ALSO . LOOKIN FORWARD TO THE SHOWS EVEN MORE NOW .N OW IF I CANGET MORE THAN 2 HRS SLEEP A NIGHT SINCE IVE BEEN AWAY I WILL BE HAPPY ...MY SHOULDERS AND ARMS GOT A GOOD WORKOUT TODAY ,AS DID MY MEMORY.....WILL POST AFTER THE GIG TOMORROW ... SEE YA !!

1st day back

Go Back To My Site The first day back on the schedule and by rights , after a longish layoff , it should be a tad ropey..It wasnt..it went really well , the new songs were played like we had been playing them all week,and we flowed thru the new longer set with ease ..the room is dry , nasty , and not very welcoming , and hard to play in , cause of the dead acoustics,and I got blisters ,on my feet and my hands ,so go figure , havnt had one for years . So, all in all a really good way to kick off . My new cymbals from PAISTE,were great ,and nice to be back behind the uss thompson again .. Im goin to get cleaned up here ..,and might just watch this huge storm roll in from the east ,should be fun ...bye

GETTING READY

THANKS FOR THE REPLIES IVE HAD HERE ALREADY .AS I SAID WE WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE SHOWS FOR MEET N GREETS,MAINLY ROBIN AS HE USUALLY DOES AFTER MOST SHOWS ,AND MYSELF DAVEY N GLENN ARE ALWAYS ABOUT ,SO JUST COME SAY HI .......,.THE BUILD UP TO THIS TOUR HAS BEEN BUSY ,AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL AGAIN , SO MANY NEW FACES ON THE LAST TIME OUT ,AND LOTS OF YOUNGER FANS THESE DAYS .GOOD OLD YOU TUBE EH?DAVEY WILL OF COURSE BE THE MAIN TAMBOURINE PLAYER,AS HES THE ONLY ONE WITH A FREE HAND AT ANY GIVEN TIME ....AND WE CAN WELCOME BACK OUR OLD FRIEND STEVE RUSSELL FROM A FEW TOURS BACK , AND OF COURSE SOUND MAN SUPREME LAURIE BRACE ..DAVE WILL BE DOING MERCH AGAIN AND DRIVING US ABOUT ..ITS A GOOD TEAM ,WHY BREAK IT UP EH ? SEE YOU SOON . GETTING READY TO PACK MY BAGS TOMORROW AND SEE WHAT FITS ME AGAIN ALWAYS A CHORE . BYE










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LONG LAY OFF FROM BLOGGING.....

YEAH I KNOW ITS BEEN A WHILE .IM NOT SHOUTING FOLKS . IM BLINDER THAN I WAS LAST YEAR I GUESS....ALL THE PIECES ARE IN PLACE FOR US TO GO OUT AGAIN NEXT WEEK, AFTER REHEARSALS ,AND HAVE A GOOD LOOK AROUND THE USA, AND PLAY SOME MUSIC FOR YOU ALL..ITS BEEN A BUSY YEAR FOR ME , AFTER PURCHASING A HOME STUDIO SET UP,I FORMED A LOCAL BAND WITH GREAT GUYS FROM THE AREA ,AND WEVE BEEN PLAYING ALL SORTS OF MUSIC THAT WE LIKE , SOME OF WHICH ARE POSTED ON FACEBOOK, AND REVERB NATION, UNDER GROOVE SHAMAN..HAVE A LISTEN IF YOU SO DESIRE, AND LEAVE A COMMENT ..
WE HAD A GREAT EUROPEAN TOUR ,INTRODUCING NEW SONGS FROM THE NEW CD . VERY WELL RECIEVED TOO,AND WE ENJOYED PLAYING THEM .
IF YOUR ABLE TOO,COME SAY HELLO AFTER THE SHOWS, ALWAYS WELCOME, AND FUN TO MEET THE AUDIENCE YOUVE JUST PLAYED TOO..
SO AFTER THE FIRST GIG I WILL BE BLOGGING EVERY DAY AS BEFORE ...LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ...BYE