Late Summer Skies

What a wonderful summer it's been for the band. The addition of Tom Hagymasi (of Last Fair Deal) made our summer shows real special and fun for both the band and the audiences.

With only one outdoor concert remaining (Saturday September 20th at 3 pm) on the green in New Hartford/Pine Meadows we will wrap up the summer shows and look to the fall.

It's also time to go to the drawing board for new songs. We've been busy rehearsing and performing the new material off of Move On but history dictates new songs tend to show themselves to me in the fall. It just works that way. Not sure why.

The studio is presently being set-up for the arrival of the new material. In other words tape recorders and instruments all in position for when the moments strike. Typically I don't "try" and write songs because when I do...the songs suck. Simple as that. Instead, I leave myself open to the "visitations" and once either the melody or words come .... off I go.

Writing is an extremely personal thing for me. Close to a meditation of sorts. So when the urge hits I chase them down. Otherwise...I wait. They show up eventually.

We were honored to perform at Music Mountain this summer. Percussionist Bob Gaspar and I had a blast playing the famous stage of Gordon Hall at Music Mountain and there is already talk of the whole band returning next summer.

Kenny's Castaways in New York City was magical as well. What a wonderful room filled with history and that night in particular - filled with a wonderul audience. Bassist Dan Hocott (also of the Wild Notes) and Bob Gaspar played their asses off that night. Like every other night. What a time.

Too many great experiences/shows this summer to list but our thanks goes out to each and every venue for having us.

We are also receiving airplay from our friends in Amsterdam and Belgium and our publicist/promoter Peter Holmstedt continues to work that area of the world in the hope we can plan a European tour before too long. Stay tuned for that as well as other great things....