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AS I sit here in Delray Beach , FL, processing what we've done, played and travelled through. Lots of miles , planes , cars , homes and hotels as well as yes-MUSIC!!
On the plane to Las Vegas, sat next to Kiralee and Patrick from Boston and they became friends for life. More on that later. Vegas was epic with birthday show for Chris Doell and wife Lisa had every detail handled down to the Elvis appearance, champagne tree with a beautiful gal in the middle to The Space (club where the gig was) and The Police Experience too who had a lead singer that sounded remarkable like Sting. The gig was awesome and featured Ted Sablay on guitar from the band “The Killers” who was a gentle soul who loved the jam and delivered some great geetar!. Also the always talented Drew McKeon slayed the drums and was glad to get to hang with my longtime buddy (20 + years), see the ins and outs of Vegas and get to meet the local cats too. That leads me to Eric Runquist on the bass thru Drew. He also layed down some fat bass and was a pleasure to hang with. Also , was great tp have my spiritual advisor and bud Joe Eddie along to keep it all together and also win $1000 with his ONLY $5 bet at the slot machine!! Go Joe!
Chris had an amazing birthday bash and all were happy.
Next stop L.A. as Drew and i drove together across the desert to the land of Angels. Home base was Palos Verdes at old pal Matt Brannans pad on the hill of PV overlooking the bay. Pretty sweet. I arrived and passed out to then head to La Canada and the home of former UWP cast member Scott Erickson and a mini reunion with Sarah Clarke, Randy Faber, Jeff James and Theresa Parra. Always hard when a friend is sick and Randy has a failing liver and is in need of a new one. He awaits daily but for now is soaking in friends, his partner Dwight at home in Portland, OR and seeing loved ones. Thanks to Scott for making this happen.
The LA show was epic at Trip in Santa Monica with Carmine Rojas (David Bowie, Tina Turner) on bass, Drew McKeon (SEal) on drums and Martin Guigui and Phil Lopresti from long ago in VT and CT as well as from Billy Gibbons band. Special guest Lauri Reimer on percussion as well as longtime pal Marky Lennon on vocals. What a night!! Special guests Kid Again opened the show with an etherial , thoughtful and introspective set. Can't get enough of Katies vocals!
Next eve took up to Santa Barbara and Cutlers Artisans Spirits and Ian Cutler. His father and grandfather on the walls with Cutlers bottles of whiskey behind them at the bar. A great crew for a first time in and thanks to Dustin Janson for the gig and the PA too. Next time, we'll rock it together. Also get to reconnect with buddy Ryan Dafoe for some new jewelry (bracelet and necklace) and a good catch up as we stayed on his home above the hills of Santa Barbara on the property of Alan Parsons (yes , that Alan Parsons). Late night haircuts for Joe Eddie and a visit from a bobcat too as he flew past our late night fire to smell our whiskey!
From Santa Barbara, we had an amazing tour of The Foo Fighters studio and can't tell you much more than that per their request of location or other deets but I can tell you we've made some friends for life and will be doing some recording there-WOW!! What a beautiful spot with killer gear and the right people turning the knobs too!
NAMM was overwhelming but great. I was able to connect with my cool endorsement peeps, Alan Venitosh at Telefunken, Fred Disanto and Simon Godin at Godin and Chris Demaria at Fishman. Thanks for all the years of support and all the amazing gear too.
That's a wrap and East Coast run is in progress as I type and will let you know more about it soon.
Peace, chad
