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is anyone out there tired? after all of that emotion and passion this past long weekend > it started Thursday. then imagine how tired our man Butch must be......... ????? go Freight Train go.........:cool:

WOW! THAT WAS INCREDIBLE !!! I want to thank God Almighty for blessing me with this family. Just realized this morning that I didn't see BDOB. Hope he's OK, sad about his uncle. More when I catch up. :glow: :glow:

Hey there sweet family, Wow! What a weekend! :glow: Thank you for being such a wonderful family! :clapping: I love you all so much and am beyond thrilled to have gone hug-to-hug with you in NYC. Will write more about the weekend later (still in"re-entry" mode, incapable of doing anything but gushing! :looney: ) , but have some business to get down to at the mo', no matter how giddy I'm feeling. But it's good business, pre-sale business, so it's fun to share. 🙂 Pre-sales this week include: May 15, Rose Garden Arena, Portland, Oregon The pre-sale starts March 24 @ 10:00 AM local time and ends March 27 @ 4:00 PM Eastern time. The public on-sale for this show begins March 28 @ 11:00 AM local time. May 19 and 20, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California The pre-sale starts March 24 @ 10:00 AM local time and ends March 27 @ 4:00 PM Eastern time. The public on-sale begins March 27. Another pre-sale likely this week is for the ABB’s May 24 concert at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stay tuned. The pre-sale link is: http://abbtickets.musictoday.com/ No passwords are required, but you must have a MusicToday account. Take care and know that you are loved ... and wonderful! :flower2: Lana

Good Monday morning, all! What a wonderful weekend!! First - I loved seeing so many familiar and now newly familiar faces. The gathering at the HTN party was wonderful. Plenty of room to hang comfortably with the music just washing all over us as we caught up and perma-grins began to set in. What a fine night at Lucille's with the BFB - boys from 'bama! I really loved the the Lefty Collins trio. You want to hear some funky bass? Jon Player brings on the double funk. His bass is just as beautiful to look at as it is to hear. What beautiful wood. Major mojo going on there. He absolutely was named appropriately!! Tommy Booth got to get his hands on that 6 string for a couple of tunes. Looked like he was having himself some fun, too! Mr. Henderson on the drums kept moving all night and anytime I see someone that can drum and sing at the same time I'm amazed. I'm lucky I can strum my fingers and tap my foot at the same time. Both he and Mr. Player added some nice new songs with their vocals. Fire on the Bayou? C'mon! Spanish Moon?? Are you kidding me? Really cool. We were also lucky to have JP Vancura in the house to bring out some of the other Lefty Collins & No Mercy Band tunes. Lots of fun and smiles on the stage and around the room. And the room was packed. Even before the after ABB crowd showed up. Jr. Mack sat in for a few tunes and really kicked things up a notch. This man knocks my socks off. To get to hear him earlier at the HTN party with JJB and then a second time with Lefty was a real treat. Speaking of Jr. - last Saturday night JFC and I were all settled in watching Moogis and during the intermission there was a tune playing that was really grabbing my ear. I asked - "Who is this??" JFC didn't know, either so I said - "Text Peachnutt, he'll know." A text came back with "possible Otis Rush but not sure." Hmmmm...okay. So I start googling Otis with the last line of the song that I jotted down. "I know someday my trouble's bound to come" but nothing came up. Shazbot. Fast forward a week and JFC and I are grooving to the very tasty Jaimoe's Jassz Band and I picked up the 2 CDs from the HTN merch table. When We were back at my place on Sunday, we popped JJB in the player and BAM! After about a half hour, there's the song!!!! It's none other than a Jr. Mack original - "I believe I'll make a change" Nice!!! I found the song that was pulling on my ear. Or, it found me is more like it. Sweet!! FrimJolly - did your face end up in Chinatown, by chance?! 😀

Lana your hospitality was incredible. Thank you so much for the warm welcome on Saturday. Our long drive from Rama was worth it. I look forward to seeing you again.

What can I say...three wonderful days in NYC with great friends and music. Thursday's show was off the charts, as Lefty said to me after the show as we were walking out...very emotional, one for the ages. We agreed that we both had tears when EC was announced. Friday's first set was hot. Somewhat dissppointed that I heard the same three songs with EC but was slowly turned around. Tight and magical come to mind. Saturday's show was a great first set. very dissppointed that I heard Reed again, althoiugh a hot version it was the first time in a long time that I heard same tunes in three nights. Oh well one can not complain. Suasn, Bruce, Southside and the Juke horns were great to hear, but I could of used a few more ABB tunes. What a terrific version of Jessica by Hornsby. Lana, great see you again at BBK. Lefty, absolutly wonderful, very tight and I loved the tune selection...ZZ Top, man oh man! I gather this wil be my last year of three nights. My old body is tired. I have been coming to the beacon since it all began. The Milburn hotel was a major dissppointment, say what you want, the Beacon is a lot nicer and bigger. We were crammed into our "suite", no kitchen, well a microwave and a sink, a feezer no bigger then a six pack! Peace to all. Scott

There are many people to thank here for Saturday.The HTN party was such a blast.I saw so many people that I have really missed or just can't get enough of and that includes JJB.We had the greatest time playing for all of you.Your enthusiasm was inspiring. The ABB show was a lot of fun,too.The horns were amazing.Susan was under the weather,but it didn't stop her from delivering the goods.Don't Think Twice was incredible.Derek and Warren were terrific.......so many beautiful guitars to look at!I was drooling! My thanks to Jaimoe,Jaimie and the ABB for their hospitality.BTW,I also had the pleasure of a great backstage chat with Lee Roy Parnell and his Lady.

How about the way Warren & EC sang Little Wing together? Just so soulful and together. I swear, Warren can sing harmony with anyone.

TanDan, just google NYT and look there under the "music" section on the main page on the left side. 😎