hey, hey,

i've spent more time on the computer the last 3 days than i have the whole last year combined, getting addreses, and emailing people, then i walk in the poast office today with a laundry basket full of the 5x9 bubble wrap cd mailing envolopes, to the tune of $40 bucks, you want to talk about folks looking at you funny, just walk in the poast office with a laundry basket full of shit and crazy beard,


had some cool gigs this past weekend, as always dillions was a blast, thanks to all the folks for buying the new cd and the new shirts we appreciate it

saturday i played over at bills tapes and records, adam carroll was there, stayton bonner was there, the side hill gougers were there, and a bunch of cool ass people, by far my coolest bills experince to date

me and hooker probably spent a half hour shuffeling thru the old pens ben, i found one of the boss, and some good looking dude i didn't know, but he was too good looking to be left behind in the bend, and hooker got an old michael jackson pen, sometime around thriller, he still looked kinda normal

see ya
i hope
mo

change in plans again,

the gig at the vault on saturday has been canceled, we were double booked with a dj...the dj has a better much repertoire

then the phone rings, and it's dillion's, they had a band cancel, and we just so happen to be open, and we will be there next friday as well

so here's the dill
this friday night, july 28th, full band at dillions, my buddy tom curtis is opening the show for us, he's one old smooth cat,


come on out, but please go easy on the jager shots, i got stuff to do on saturday


mo

my own bed, my own shower,

i must recuperate,

woke up about 5:30 wednesday morning, went to work, then left town, headed down to new braunfels, to meet up with about 28 of my friends, we were all pyled in what is called the treehouse, 8 stories high, 3 bedrooms, and a big bathroom with 2 showers on each floor, one big kitchen, and you can walk off the back deck right into the gaudalupe river,

i slept about 5 hours a day, never went to bed before 4am, got schooled on drinking scotch by a sixty something year old man, got my ass kicked in poker by my wife, floated the comal river, and played a gig at the river road icehouse, oh yea i drank about 4-18 packs of bud light, 2 shiner bocks, a handful of coors lights, and little bit of old "black butt" smuggler, that's very rare scotch...so i was told, taste more like rubbing alcohol to me

had a great time with some great folks, can't wait till next year,

for this weekend
our private party has been canceled, so i got on the phone tonight and scored us a gig at the vault, here in paris for saturday night, it's cool little bar on the square, i've played several solo gigs there but never the full band extravaganza, the stage is about 15 foot up off the ground, i don't know how i'm gonna get lp down from there

come see if you can
it might be interesting

later
mo

packing the bags and heading down south for a few days, relaxing in the river, or just setting in the ac at the treehouse,

scored me a gig at the icehouse, happy hour on friday, maybe they'll dig what i do, and me and the boys can go back in the near future

go see a show this weekend if you get a chance...and wear your M.O.B shirt

and don't stare at the sun
it aint all that fun


adios
mo

dr. dr. here's the news,
you must quit buying the band those boos,
our eyes are crossing, and it's hard to choose,
which one of theses strings to use,

yea yea

for some reason i forget the doctor's name that bought me and the boys somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 to 30 shots of Jaeger last night at dillions, good thing or i might have called him this morning when i had to get up and go to work...last night before i left the house for the gig, the wife and i had this conversation,

she says, "don't get too drunk tonight"
i say,"i'm not, i got to work tomorrow"

damn rich doctors

the gig was a blast, it started out kinda slow, but about midnight the place packed up, and about 1:15, they shut us down, big brawl broke out, 4 dudes in oneal shirts comists to flipping over tables and busting chairs, chicks were screaming, other folks scampering to get out of the way....me and the boys just keep on rockin

when it was all over, it was all over

i want to thank my friend kyle harris for helping us out on the sound, he split before i could pay him

must hit the road to t-bones
come out if you can

later
mo

since my last blog,

i have,

talked to my old buddy casey cainan, he's been whopping hippies asses in northern michigan, and he said the weather is beautiful,

i have also,

been trading emails with crystal clear, (the cd replication company) and it looks like i drug my feet to long, and we won't have the new record in time for the big show this weekend with that guy from kentucky, which by the way has a brand new cd of his own out now as of yesterday, called enough rope, and it is killer, i mean freakin top notch, the best record i've heard this year, i went to hastings to pick it up yesterday when i got off work, and of course i couldn't find it, nor could the nice little girl who i had to ask for help, so i jumped in the van and went over to wally world because they never let me down, and there it was, so then i go home and lay in the floor to listen to the songs and read along with the liner notes (that's my thing) while abe taylor dances around, and my old buddy kevin anderson shows up at my house, tells me i need to come out to his truck and check out the new chris knight, i told him me and AT were already jammin on it...but anyway our new record, "soul shine" should be here sometime between 7-20 and 8-1

big weekend this weekend, got to break a new guitar player in, johneballgame, gonna check his chops,

dillions in paris on friday night 10ish
t'bones on saturday 9:30ish the bill's gig has been moved to 7-29 (hope we got cd's)
love and war sunday 4:oclock sharp, radio time

my wife fixed Chinese food tonight...i had to put ketchup all over it, but she proved that she is real good at that pop culture world series show

adios
mo

how's it going,

no gig this weekend, had to cancel the 3 dog in ennis, we got wedding bells again, my good buddy wayne is taking the plunge on saturday night, congrats to you guys

and on a sad note,

farewell to old eric, he's gona try the 9 to 5 with out the late nights for awhile, he's been with me a couple of years now, and he's one hell of a picker, i hate to lose him, he's put some signature licks all over my tunes, and i hope he finds his way to the stage again someday, cause the dude has for sure got the talent....the lord blessed him with it, and i think it would be ashame for the people who love music, be deprived of his skill, best of luck to him, maybe i can talk him in to setting in and cutting up with us on occasion

enter john "ballgame" pittman, he's the new slinger, he spent the 90's rockin out with lp in a bad ass rock band called paul's interview, (they opened for candle box once) it's gonna be fun, he's got a marshall stack, and a bur head, and a shit eating grin, and 2 little boys, we can swap little boy stories

speaking of, lp stopped by the house this evening, abe taylor seen him and then ran to his momma, wouldn't say a word....after lp left, abe walks around the house for next hour saying by-by lane, by-by lane

adios
mo

friday night,

best crowd we've ever had in mckinney, we took those miles from nowhere boys with us, and they done a fine job, tommy said that the boys will be coming back,

that's what it's all about, that's why you drive those miles and play those free gigs, skip the phone tag and the stacks of bs paper, and just show what you got, how they gona turn that down,

mfn's got a new tune called blood line, it's killer

saturday night,

first off i want to say congrats to my buddy willie payne, and his new bride sheri, they were hitched on saturday,

that night we played grapevine l&w, i had the shrimp, i think i should have got the nachos, jake told some old dude to f off, and lane done something i've never seen him do before, he heads but me in the chest, wayne in the arm, and then the wall, then he crawls up in the van, sits in his seat, the one by the big doors (where he always sits) and pops a beer, then he goes to the back of the van and curls up in the fetal position for the rest of the night, i wake him up when we get home about 4,...very un lanish,

yesterday

went to plano to watch linville and mcclure, but they were running a little late, and ol jake asked me if i could do a few tunes, you know to fill that dead air on the radio, so i just so happen to have my guitar on me, and i got to play 3 tunes live on the radio


now i'm off work until wed.

later
mo