And thats just me. The last time I wrote up here on the internet I was on the back end of a US tour and what fun that was, we then went into the next leg around the UK and Ireland. In total we had played 61 […]
The final week of the American tour was hard work, but so rewarding, long bus journeys and some chocolate chicken, touring at its best. From Phoenix to Austin and across Texas, up to Kentucky and back down to Atlanta, all in one week, what a week. Dave […]
As the tour reaches its mid way point I look back and see the days have just flown by, each day like a leaf in the wind tossed up spinning then landing asleep on the ground. I look at pictures of the first few shows and wonder, was that me, did that just happen. I […]
Days off on tour are mostly dull affairs, treading water and waiting for the hangover of no sleep to catch up with you. Its labour day here in the US so everyone is on a break, downtown Minneapolis is empty, some dodgy looking fish on a Sushi counter and a few drunks sitting on thick […]
After a sold out Pier 17 show in New York I stayed at the Soho Grand and made my way to Boston on the midday train, it was full to capacity and unlike our bus, tranquil and safe. I had regrets about leaving the bus but another night in a bed seemed like the right […]
When you separate puppies and they go off to different homes it’s very sad, for the mothers and the puppies, when they for some reason ever come back together, in a park or a field, they have this instinctive knowledge about themselves and start to play. As if they have never been separated, a sense […]
I sat in my seat and wept like a baby as the plane veered right then left, up then down, shuddering like a transit van on a cobbled street. The pilot said it would last 40 minutes, and it did, the email from the weather pilot said the same thing. I was so tired, and […]
Why am I so surprised when I look out of a hotel window and find myself stolen from life, schizophrenia and the travelling musician. For over 40 years I have checked in and out of hotels on the road and found myself at this point during my stay. Home has mostly been the other place, […]
Since my Irish jaunt I have been playing mostly all of the time, up and down the country to some small audiences and some larger ones too. It doesn’t matter, its all part of my journey. The sad thing is that I have not had time to be at home, a lovely home it is […]
Castlebar was a total surprise as I drove into town all I saw was kids hanging about in track suits and things looked a bit grim, but the club I played in and the people there were beautiful. My B&B was pine city and quite, a nice place to say but the crowning glory was […]