Early Thanks

On a rare Saturday night off, I managed to stumble into an invitation to play a mini music festival with six bands at a club we go to every Wednesday. Amy and I were more than up to the task.

We even had some of out friends from the headliner (as well as our friend Kaci) finish the set with a Harry Nilsson cover.

We sang a short set of covers as a duo before the closing number, and I loved seeing Amy throw off all that energy, despite having a bad cold. You couldn't tell she felt awful all week. For my part, I just love playing guitar and listening to my friends perform. Just another reason why I moved out here and decided to stay all these years.

Photos by J Andrew World

 

Pinball Wizard

My band played a Holloween costume ball at a brewery in Connecticut. Almost Famous Brewery is located just off of Route 20 in East Granby next to the airport. They have good beer and a bunch of pinball machines!

I was dreseed as Satan, and decided to put my skills to the test.

Satan lost quickly

But we had a good sized crowd and enjoyed ourselves very much. I look forward to returning.

Earlier in the week, I was hosting an open mic event in Florence, (where we always go) and I had to run sound (something I rarely do)

But my nerves calmed down once I got the hang of it, and it ended up being a great night filled with music and friends.

 

More Fall Feels

Autumn Colors are in full this week, and now that the sun is out, so am I with my camera to capture it.

Also a neighbors cat, who was looking to ca;pture things as well.

So I get to enjoy the day off after a Friday night show in Connecticut (where else)

 

Wonders Never Cease

 

September came to a close in grand fashion this weekend, as Amy and I performed at Foxwoods casino for an early 6PM show.

The night before, I was playing a festival in Bristol with the Savage Brothers.

and the morning after Foxwoods, I was setting up for a private party in Somers, and feeling a little underslept.

I rolled home by 4PM and felt relaxed & satisfied with the results of three events to wrap up September. October has several gigs with very few weekend dates open. I've been busy as usual, and grateful that I'm able to fill in some gaps with my duo with Amy. The beat goes on!

Blazing My Own Trail

There are massive cornfields around the corner from where I live, and it has been part of my routine walks to pass them by. This year, they let one of the sections fallow to revitalize the soil, so I was able to walk across this enormous plowed field to take photos from a slightly different perspective.

after several minutes of slow pace walking, I made it to the other side.

Let's Go Girls!

 

I've been a part of a particular concert that takes place every late summer for the past 15 years, formerly called Transperformance (now called Transformance) Seven years ago, I met the woman who has been performing with me ever since. 

I used to be the lead singer for the bands I would put together over the years, but started moving to playing the guitar and providing supporting vocals, letting Amy front the show. Things have gone quite well, and for the past four, she has taken on Janes Addiction, Aerosmith and U2. 

This time around show was Shania Twain (and I got to be her duet partner in Keith Urban)

I bought a really cool guitar for all of $199 and decorated it for the show. 

The place was packed and we had the whole crowd singing along to "Man! I Feel Like a Woman" and a good time was had by all. I couldn't be more proud of everyone involved in the event this year, especially my bandmates, who are all friends first and musicians later.

Summer Feels Revisited

 

Summer is flying by like it always seems to. Amy and I celebrated her birthday with a visit to Tanglewood, where comic John Mulaney gave us all some much needed laughter in times of dark uncertainty.

Then it was back to work for me!

A crowd of 10,000 people  showed up for the 4th of July festival in Enfield. 

We've played this event a few times before and they always treat us very well.

We played a large number of outdoor shows and had a great time at all of them.