A Whirlwind Week!

Wow!!! All I can say is WOW!!! met some great people, played with some great people and put on some great shows. It started last weekend when our buddy Jim Kane got married on Sept 26! Congrats Jim and Donna. Frank, Moe and I (along with Randy and Holly, our road crew) travelled to Travelers Rest, SC and jammed with some quality people. Chris Hicks performed the ceremony then took the stage and played up a storm. (For the past 12 years he played with Marshall Tucker... and 8 years with the Outlaws before that!) What a helluva nice guy! Chris and his wife Jenny were very kind and complimentary about the guys and I, and I really appreciated that coming from a talent like him. I hope to play with him again in the future. Rock On Chris Hicks Band! (even if you did try to hire Randy away from us!!! LOL)

Then Moe and I took off west to Nashville Music City USA... (Nashvegas as they call it) and WOW! What an experience. We visited with Jaime Laritz who is a childhood friend of Moe's and if you REALLY want to see a true guitar hero, then search his name on You Tube! Mindblowing talent , owner of Dog Ear Studios and a super nice guy. Class "A" all the way. While we were in Nashville, we ran around the live music district and saw some great talent play including Trace Adkins' bass player, a guitarist named JD Simo who I expect to hear alot from in the future, and then of course the few celebs who were clubbing and sitting in like members of Poison and Tommy Tutone. I told Moe Nashville was the land of beautiful women and once again it didn't disappoint!!! Everywhere you look and I mean EVERYWHERE there were nothing but beautiful women... and the majority of them were actually NICE!!! L.A. Has NOTHING on that town.

Met a beautiful country girl online named Nikki Cole. Met her thru MySpace of all places. She is a 24 year old artist that is up and coming and I would expect to see big things from her in the future. Look her up if you're into country music on MySpace. She is a real talent... its just gonna take the public a little time to realize that. She's a really nice kid and I wish her the absolute best...(and if you read this honey I hope this finds your mother doing better too)

Then Yesterday!!!! The Homewood Junction Heritage Days Festival in the afternoon AND the Alpine Inn later that night. What a GREAT crowd at both places! There were almost as many beautiful ladies at the Alpine Inn as there were in Nashville. Got a cutie for one of the bartenders, and the women in the crowd were really good looking too. Its great to show off a little talent when there are pretty faces in the crowd...Why??? cause I'm a show off....!!!! The band was smokin hot at the Alpine. We held the crowd almost all night which is saying something in this economy with the DUI laws and all. And while several of my mates didn't think we sounded that great during the day, I believe that we sounded great then too... I will admit that it was hard to hear on stage as it was an outdoor gig, but I went out front (the joys of a wireless mic) and the band was really great there too and I am not saying that either cause I'm in the band.

HEY!!! We're just playin across the street next weekend at Sims Lanes?? I dont know how THAT happened, but I've never played a bowling alley bar before either so it should be exciting.
Hope to see all of you there!!

Rick