Nine months of discussion and internet collaberation gave way to a very fun set of live music last night!
A huge thanks to Don Peterson and his band, Person2Person, for the opportunity to blast out some smokin' tunes during my first-ever trip to the Windy City.
JANUARY 2, 2009... KANSAS CITY
I'm very pleased to unveil my vastly overhauled website, with all thanks to the expert work of Driven To Design.
While the site aesthetically looks very similar, it's what's been added 'under the hood' that really sparkles. A comprehensive press kit. An exhaustive account of my song knowledge-base, listing over 2100 songs in all. Recordings hot off the hard drive. And of course, this handy-dandy News section that keeps track of all my shenanigans as they develop.
Are you buckled up for 2009? I sure am! It's gonna be a very good year...
JUNE 18, 2008... NEW ORLEANS
Despite a disappointing audition process with Bourbon Street mainstays Rockbox (during which I had to turn down their lead vocalist opening not once, but twice), I'm having a great time performing as a substitute lead vocalist for Karno Companies party-rockers No Quarter (now known as Out Of Order) and the Sonny Kane Project.
There's a synergy on Bourbon Street - among partiers and musicians of all stripes - that doesn't exist elsewhere. It's nice to see that rock and roll is alive and well here.
MAY 29, 2008... KINGSTON, ONTARIO
The challenge of recreating all the unique voices that have accompanied Carlos Santana's signature guitar over the years has been a daunting one, but I'm jacked to finally put them all on stage this coming weekend with Don Masters and company in Herndon, Virginia. Supernatural North American tour, here I come!
For a nice testimonial from Supernatural regarding my involvement with the band, please click here.
(All dates on this tour were cancelled after Supernatural and its agency, Producers Inc. of Tampa, Florida, misunderstood the Canadian band members' US work visa requirements in the wake of Homeland Security border-crossing rules changes for 2008).
FEBRUARY 26, 2008... FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO
Yeah, I don't know where this is, either!
Actually, Farmington is in the Four-Corners region, not far from route 666. Sounds like a highway to hell to me! And I'm riding this stretch with Brian Ward, a touring variety band that hails from central Florida. Livin' easy, livin' free, baby!
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007... DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA
I'm wrapping up a several-month stint as substitute lead vocalist for B-room circuit variety band 4 AM. The folks out here on the Plains sure know how to party, and how to ROCK - especially during the Black Hills Rally, when Sturgis, South Dakota becomes the center of the universe.
(The group 4 AM subsequently disbanded in 2008...)
