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 !!