last night was freakin killer

the house was packed,
mcclure and his boys were on fire, as usual

i even felt like we nailed our set,

it was so good to see the waresville hall crowd, great people

no gig tonight, but we will be jammin, meeting the boys at 6, and going into the garage, got to shape up the kid

also gonna finish up the video today, talked to my buddy doug thompson, who is one of paris's finest, and looks like i'll be going to jail for a little while this afternoon, should be my most pleasant stay yet


feels like a good day for some john prine
adios
mo

enter lindsey killingsworth,

tall, scrapy, soft spoken, 21 year old, drummer

the new drummer

welcome aboard lindsey,

last night we played dillions, and we threw the knew kid in, and he done a fine job,

in a few short weeks we will be back rockin again, all the old tunes and even some new ones

thanks to wj for helping us out on the skins, and thanks to all the folks who come to check us out on a wed. night, we appreciate it

i told lindsey the 2 rules i had for him,

1. don't sit by hooker on road trips longer than 1 hour
2. don't do anything lane says after his 4th wild turkey

hanks on friday night
we will go on around 9:00 i think

see ya
mo

Timing is everything,

going in the studio in a little less than 2 months, to make record #2,

working out a couple of new drummers tomorrow night,

i hate to say it but we lost my buddy wayne, he had to get a real job,
wayne was with me a couple of years, good times my friend

i been busy on the phone the last couple of nights, my boy jake has hooked us up with some cool gigs, we will be playing with gary p in the near future,

talked to my old buddy casey cainan, he's about to head to the woodshed in memphis to record another cd, he's going be working with kieth sikes, casey is what i call a maniac songwriter, every time i talk to him he has a new tune

dillions tomorrow night,
hanks on friday with mcclure and his boys

wesely joe will be setting in on the skins until we can nail somebody down

bedtime
mo

"the pale rider"

i gonna try to tell this story as quick and as accurate a i can possibly remember,

friday night jan 20,
i have no gig,
so i'm chillin at the house,
the phone rings,
it's jacob hooker, it's his first night off after 12 straight (12-12's, that means 12 hours a day for 12 days straight)
says he just got his old truck running, and wants to know if i want to go for a spin,

so i check with boss, the boss says it's cool,

hooker shows up about 7,
brings an old jam box in the house and fills it up with new batteries, tells me to get some tunes, so i grab a fred eaglesmith cd and we split,

the pale rider is a 1982, white, short wide, chevy, that belonged to the late justin hooker, (jacobs dad)

inside the pale rider is a case of natural light and a 5th of kd, and a guitar, things not needed for a short spin

so we start riding these old country roads out around my house, which i might add can go forever, and all of the sudden we pass an unmarked police car, you know the white crown victoria with the big lights on the mirrors, and the lights in the grill, and the black walls out,

so after we round a corner, hooker stands on it, trying to put some space between them and us, sliding all over the gravel road, i'm holding the jam box so it won't skip, fred's singing spookin the horses, i'm scared shitless, hooker says "if you can ride it, i can guide it" then ...boom

back left tire,

now this happened close to deport, and that's hooker's old stomping grounds, so he makes one call and we get a 4 way, at least we had a spare in the pale rider

short time,
back on the road,

hooker says he knows where a little picking party is in minter, so there we go, it was a very cool old barn, and i knew a lot of the players, and those that i didn't know, knew my dad, and one said he used to come to my house when i was a kid and jam with my dad...he said they always sent me to bed

well we finally get away, and hooker says he wants to buy me some grub, it's already midnight, so i thought to myself ( how mad will another 30 minutes make her?) so we go towards the allnight cafe in paris

now the bellys full and we head back to my house, cruisin down the road and...boom

back right tire blows,

then i see a highway patrol crossing the street right in front of us, we were trying to make it to the nearest gas station on the rim, and we did, but when i told hooker to be cool because there was a highway patrol, the truck jerks a little and the passenger side mirror clips a mail box,
i'm still holding the jam box,

we make the station, call wesely joe, he arrives about an hour later, i arrive home about 3 am

damn it hooker

6th street bar and grill tonight
ft. worth tx

come on out
we gonna be there

mo

went to the studio today, laid down some new tunes,

holly bond studio to be exact,

one tune just me and my axe, and my harp,
the other was me and my axe and mr lanny teague on mandolin, i thought it turned very nice

one gig this weekend,

6th street bar and grill, ft. worth

come if you can,
we gonna be there,

adios
mo

ft. worth is tough
but we gonna knock'em dead

we survived,

played at babe's in krebs oklahoma last night (lp was right)

we pull in the parking lot, and hooker says "hell yes! my kinda dive"

had a really good crowd,
everybody seem to listen,
a few even bought some cd's,
met the owner,
name is floyd,
he slipped me some cash,
said he like to have me back,
i look at the cash,
i said i like to come back,

thanks to my old buddy ron leonard for the hook up on that one

i got the coolest complement i think i've ever gotten,
there was this nice older lady sitting in the corner, listening and clapping to every song, she came up to me after the show.... and tells me she thinks i've got an old soul,

her name was valerie

mo

i'm standing at the end of the bar, in dillions on friday night , talking to a friend of mine and listening to miles from nowhere, when i see this dude come through the door, dude looks real familiar, but i have to take... 2 takes

and sure enough, it's my good buddy shad blair, and he's got everything he owns outside in his truck, he just left cashville and came back home,

so needles to say we had us a killer night, mfn played first and put on a hell of a show, then we got up and did our thing, i had shad join us on a few tunes, the place was packed, i thank everybody for coming out, we had a minor problem the day before the gig, we were double booked with farris and booth, but we worked all that out...it's easy working out the bs when your working with good dudes, i appreciate it

last night we played the hangout over in commerce, thanks to anna and ashley we had a real good "listening crowd"

seen a brawl,

today i might need a gun,
or maybe just hooker and a knife,
i'm headin in to oklahoma here in a few hours to play a solo gig a joint called babe's,
in krebs, i think, i thought it was kribs but lane informed me it was krebs, (what does he know he spilt jack daniels all the way home last night, but at least he spilled it out of the bottle and not himself)

tonight since your not going to krebs, listen to www.dallaslive.net it might be www.dallaslive.com but a t 7:00 our show from hanks last week will be on, check it out and let me know what it sounds like.


alright then
mo

one hundred and 84 times,
last year,
i strapped on my axe,
a bunch of solo shows, a handfull of 2 piece gigs, a bunch of full band stuff,
and one three piece show...that was the night that eric got a hold of some bad mayo,

a good year

thank you www.dallaslive.net for the live recording last night at hanks, and thank you to all those good folks that came out to yell, the show will be aired on 1-15 at 7:00 on www.dallaslive.net

today we shot some more of the video, this time at the crosswire, thanks to harry and mrs jones for opening up on a sunday, and thanks to all the folks that came out, i appreciate the support,


"[DESTINY] is a feeling you have that you know something about yourself nobody else
does. The picture you have in your own mind of what your about will come true. It's a kind of thing you kinda have to keep to your own self, because it's a fragile feeling, and you put it out there, then someone will kill it. It's best to keep that all inside."

Mr. Bob Dylan said that

5 gigs the next 7 days... hit the year running

i said that

adios
mo

sorry for the delay,

i'm 30 now,

no longer in my 20's,

lazier than i once was,

hanks, tomorrow night, bring your friends that make lots of noise...in between songs...noise like clapping and cheering, we getin us a live recording, thanks to our friends at www.dallaslive.com

gonna be shooting on the video the next 2 days,
i hope my hair looks ok

see ya
mo