back in blossom, sure good to be home, we got in about 9 this morning,

let us see if my mind can retrace the week,

we arrived in holland on monday, about 2:30, unloaded all the guitars, and amps, and the drum kit, enter: john moore, he was this cool cat that was working at the studio, who happened to a drummer, and he immediately told us that waynes drums needed new heads, so we sent wayne back to temple, where the nearest music store was, to pick up some new heads, thank you very much john,

my goal monday was to lay down the beef on 4 tracks, the beef being, drums, bass, and rhythm guitars, hell we laid down the 9, i only intended to put 8 full band tunes and 4 acoustic, but we now have 9 full band and 4 acoustic, we worked until about 2am, all them gigs paid off,

i roomed with mcclure all week, never a dull moment, it's like there's always a song in his head, he just sings lines to cool ass songs at random, all the time, and he had some very cool ideas for our tunes, he tried some things on us he had never done before,and i'm very proud of the way it turned out,

tuesday was kind of a slow day, lp was down and out because of the goodtime he had on monday, we laid down the acoustic tracks, and added a few things to the rhythm on the tunes we did on monday, the tunes are taking more shape, then about midnight wesely joe and lindsey came by on there way to austin, and had a few beers with us, good to see those boys

steve palousek was the engineer, and it will blow your mind how he hears the music, it's really cool to watch him work that big board with all those nobs, he also played the lap steel on a couple of tunes, and he broke out the dobro for one,

wed was alot like tue, more just tweaking on what we had, fixing this and that, redoing this and that, i also resang all the vocals that day,

but the coolest thing of the day, was when mcclure told me that the record is going to get mastered by joe hardy, he was the head engineer on several records for zz top, and he also produced "the hard way" which is a steve earle record that came out in 90...made my jaw drop

sara came in late on wed., and done some harmony, plus "screamin" is now a duet, i think it sounds awesome, thank you sara,

thursady things got real cool, we had to start late because we went until 4am the night before, but once we started, every tune we did took the final shape,

jermey watkins came in and put some fiddle on a couple of tunes, eric put all the leads down,

and johnny from the deadringers came out to hang, he picked me one of his tunes and it blew me away, the dude is 20 years old and he writes like he's 50, if you ever get a chance, check out the deadringers,

i found out that tom skinner was coming to the motel that night, so i asked mcclure to see if he would come down to the studio and record the song called "i love this game", because i can't get my hands on it anywhere, and i remember a couple of years ago i heard skinner play it, and i've never forgot about it, or been able to find it, i just wanted my own little copy...for myself, of one of the coolest dudes, with the coolest voice, doing one of the coolest tunes i've ever heard,

the tune is called "i love this game" and it's a story about a minor league ball player, it's freakin killer,

then i get to sit listen to a few old stories, one about gram parsons, that was cool

well i'm sure i left something out

but we got a good record out of the deal,

and it's coming at you real soon,

adios
mo

i found it, i been 4 days tryin to find this site, and do a little bloggin, but i'm am a dumb ass on a computer,

the session is going cool, acutaly about over, all i have left to do is some harp on soul shine then it's a wrap

i will do more from my computer when i get back home



adios
mo

enough already, cant even go holler at my dogs without the water seepin over my shoes, and you know what else this means...lawn mowing time...that sucks

had a couple of good nights in a row, the 3 dog down in ennis went well, had a real good crowd, and got some good vibes, hooker had a couple of dudes buy him a beer or two, (what?) yea, a couple of dudes took a liking to my boy hook, and bought him a brew or two, good job hook

had the most fun that we've ever had down in mt. vernon last night, well maybe the second best time, but it was still cool, thanks to mary for the comp on the tab, and the nice lady that had 5 different dudes buy her 5 different shirts, she now has all the m.o.b. shirts...nicely done,

we did have a first time situation, right in the middle of the promise ring, one of the dancers took a dive, right in the middle of the dance floor, we stop the tune, everybody rushes over to check on him, turns out he's having a seizure, one chick starts sitting on his chest, (just so happens to be the chick that got all the shirts), 911 is called, the law is called, we take short break, the big guy seems to be ok, and they escort him out...Next set, the dancing machine reapers, and guess what, he falls out again, no ems or law this time, just the chick with all the shirts yelling at him...as i think to myself, damn give the dude a break, he just wants to dance

got my bags packed, and i just talked to mcclure, meeting at the studio about 2 tomorrow, maybe the red roof has a computer, and i'll hit a blog or 2, to let you know how it's going this week

stay dry, if you can

mo

t-bones is starting to mean...hangover from hell...again

but man is that a cool bar, thank you mike t, for the gigs

piling in charles tomorrow, and heading back down to ennis, to play the 3 dog tavern, and it's st. pattys day, hooker called and said he's in, so it ought to be one of those nights

saturday we will be back at the honkiest honkytonk we play, the players club in mt. vernon, that's the joint where the dude yells after every song...play some country

check out the road dairy if you get a chance, lp is in sole control of it, and i think he does a fine job, (on occasion he will call me and ask what the hell happened at a gig, because he might have, let's say, lost his camera), but never the less he does a fine job, thank you lp

go watch some live music this weekend, and wear your m.o.b. shirt

adios
mo

oh it feels so good gonna be in bed before 4 am,

been a busy couple of days,

played the xwire on friday night and had a house full of homers, thank you for coming out and showing the support, we appreciate it

sat. we played over at the hangout again, i booked these hangout gigs back in november of last year, and didn't notice i had two so close together, (we just played there 2 weeks ago) and on top of that it's spring break time...but we had the best crowd so far, go figure? they even new the words to the tunes, thank you anna for turning on commerce to us, the hangout is starting to feel like home, bunch of free beer and somebody always bring us a bottle to the stage...by the way, eric lost his camera saturday night, (that means he got real drunk, and did a couple of solos while standing on top of the speakers, and he even played the drums with his ass, and once he knocked over the mic stand...but i think he meant too


today we played the historic sons of herman hall, what a cool venue, thanks to ol'hippie bobby for the hook up, and the burgers, we needed'em

adios
mo

i found it, i found it,

i been flippin the place upside down for the last day, looking for my wallet, just about to make that call, the one that i usually make about twice a year, the call to cancel all my cards, and order new ones, but i had one place left to look, the dirty clothes, and there it lay, just where i left it, nice and safe in the back pocket of the jeans i had on saturday night,...you think that's funny don't you lane,

talked to mcclure tonight, getting all the business squared away for the recording, that's the main part of the worrying on this end, or at least for me, now i can just focus on writhing some good tunes for the thing

see ya
mo

the living room looks like a toy box exploded, we had abe taylor's bday party today, the big #1,

ok now to back track the last few days...

i've played waresville halle 5 times, i've opened for mcclure, austin cunningham, chris knight, and jack ingram, which were all awesome shows,

the 5th show was last night, i must say the best of my 5 trips to the halle, one of those nights not soon forgotten, i can't remember if the band has ever played a tighter set, the crowd was hanging on every word (but what else would you expect at the halle), the rain even started falling in the middle of soul shine, i thought that was cool,

if you love music, you must check out www.waresvillehalle.com and find someone you dig that's coming, and go see them, if you don't have a true musical experience, then let me know and i will give you back your money on the ticket! for real

friday night had to be one of the biggest crowds we've had at dillions, we played with our buddies, miles from nowhere, and had a blast, thanks to all those folks that come jam with us

played bills tapes and records on friday @ noon, bill hooked me up with a cool ass neil young poster,

15 days till we head south for some soul shine

adios
mo