MUSINGS & RAMBLINGS

I didn't put out the word to the Roadtrip gang but word got out and before I knew it....I had a crew in the van.
Dee, Kris, Rolf, and we picked up Jack along the way.
That was pretty darn good for a Wednesday night.
Got a late start but we made it in the middle of the first set.... not bad.

Walking in the first thing I noticed was the band and what a band it was!!!
Steve Gannon on guitar; Henry Oden on bass; Pockets on drums.
Of course Craig singin' and playin' the blues on dat guitar!!!

Aaaah man.... is he soundin' better than ever. It's so pure and raw. and it's got a roughness around the edges but yet smooth and then there's his singing....real sweet.
I don't know how to explain this stuff but we ain't talkin' rockin' blues here....no siree.
Just the blues, baby and that's it.

Steve Gannon on the other guitar is nuthin' to sneeze at neither. Just the way Steve and Craig are conversating with one another now on them guitars is a whole lotta fun to listen to.

Henry Oden..... well we all know about Henry. What else is there to say about him except when you walk in and see Henry up there, you know it's gonna be solid.

Never seen this guy, Pockets (Spelled wrong but pronounced as such) before but he was really good. Mz. Dee's Brother.
Pockets was in the pocket!!
Bet he never heard that one before.

And speaking of Mz Dee, she was hangin' out in there the whole night. And yep, we had the honors of getting to hear her sing a couple. Wish it were more than a couple because that gal there can sing!!!
Mz.Dee has always been one of my favorites and her with Anthony Paule on guitar/vocals, Tim "The Iceman" Wager on bass, Tony Lufrano on keys, and Paul Revelli on drums, is one of my favorites shows ever. Been way too long since seeing them and lastnight made me all the more anxious.
She's a class act that Mz Dee.

What a great night of blues.
Craig has still got it and got it more than ever.

I got to sleep in a bit today and that was nice. Took the dogs for a hike at the regional park nearby and it was so beautiful out there. Best part is that nobody was out there that early on a weekday and our dogs, Petey & Dale, got to roam a bit more. They're Boxers and two of the most spoiled dogs you'll ever see. Couldn't ask for better family dogs. They sure miss thier "siblings", that meaning our kids. I do too.

All the creeks are runnin' real good like mini-rapids, everything's green, and the bay laurels were smelling so good. The clouds broke and the sun was shining and there was those bigass fluffy white clouds that had a bit of darkness in them but were harmless. A hawk would occasionaly make it's presence known with a screech as it flew by and it was low too. That was pretty cool.
It was nice and I felt the most peaceful I've felt in long time just walkin', listening to the creeks, the birds chirping, the wind blowing through the trees, (the dogs panting and peeing on everything ;-) and thinking about the great night of blues and hanging out with friends it was.

Thanks Craig, Henry, Steve, Pockets, Mz Dee, The Saloon- along with all it's regulars, and especially the crew that came along for I had a great night.

See you out there,
Mo