2022 Started playing to a large festive indoor crowd. Something unheard of the past few years. But then I was thrust into the bleak winter slowly getting back to normal playing wise. I got COVID by the end of January I recovered very quickly, and was back at it a week later.
Valentines Day was on a Monday. Super Bowl Sunday was the night before. I booked a Grand Suite at the Hotel Northampton, so I could wake up on Valentines Day with a hot tub, two balcony porches and all of Northampton surrounding us outside.
April was about family, as my girlfriend's dad passed away, and we flew down to Florida for a memorial dinner in Fort Meyers. We rented a U-Haul to bring back a few family belongings, and visited Saint Augustine on the way back. I had never been to Fort Meyers, and I'm sad to see the damage from the recent Hurricane that struck the area. Just as I was getting to know the place and have it be a part of my life. It won't stop me from coming back, but the next visit will be just as sad as the last.
In June, I took Amy's two kids up to New Hampshire and stayed in an old house near the boardwalk at Lake Winnipesaukee. A throwback to my childhood.
Summer is flying by at a massive pace. I get a guitar gig in Brattleboro playing Beatles songs for Rock Voices. Then We get to see Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe at the Pines Theater, which was an amazing show. A few weeks later, we would be on the same stage playing a Janes Addiction tribute for a tribute concert benefitting the Northampton Arts Council.
Fall was in full swing, and we took a road trip to North Carolina, where Amy and I performed an alumni event at Greensboro College. We stopped in Chincoteague, VA on the way back.
Not long after playing the part of Janes Addiction, we got to see the real band play in Boston (opening for Smashing Pumpkins). We found a hotel right on top of the TD Garden.
Halloween had its usual craziness, and we managed to land a fun gig as a duo playing at Six Flags in Agawam. One of the last outdoor shows of the year.
Winter closes in, and the club gigs just keep on happening. So many weddings that got put off due to COVID and so many fundraisers and private events. All of it came rushing back in at once.
Hey! Bring it on, it's been three years after all!
Brewfest. Mohegan Sun.
The Big E
Mystic
Avery Point. Groton
The Pavilion. Olde Lyme.
Crystal Bees. Southington
The year winds down. and a few more holiday parties fill out the schedule.
Saint Clements Castle. Portland.
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