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a partial account of summer 07
Category: Music
a partial account of summer 2007
I'm back from national guitar workshop, its good to
return to Nashville and relax. I stopped over in lexington to hang out
with my family which was also very pleasant. The last handfull of days
have been like a giant exhale. I'm pleased to see that my frogs are
well and fat as can be with the exception of Little Spot the eastern
spadefoot toad who passed away while I was gone. He had been sick
previously so it came as little surprise for toads rarely recover from
illness. My only consolation was that I was able to leave my little
friends in the care of a well experienced sitter, who used to take care
of the amphibians at the Nashville Zoo, so I know that he had the best
care available. He will be missed. Goodbye Little Spot.
It was fortunate that schedules permitted me to spend
some catching up time with photographer and our webmaster Thorne which
had previously been thought an impossibility. He impressed me with
tales of his teaching experiences in Saudi Arabia this past year. For
an example of his skillfull work you need only look at the back of the
new CD. If this compells you further, visit http://www.justthorne.com
It is regretable that while in the northeast that I
didn't get to spend more time with my old friends and musical
collaborators there. What little time that was spent was quality.
Work will not be missed but my coworkers will be. Deep down they're a good lot.
Nashville will be considerably less blessed by the
absence of four friends who have split for greener pastures(both
literally and figuratively due to a grass browning draught). Two social
pillars and two bandmates. Lisa, Gary, Gabe, and Mike - I'd cut off a
piece of my ear to get you all back.
My brother Rick is returning to Iraq for a second
tour. To him and my other friends in the hot zone we wish safe journey.
(Possibly an oxymoron?) In which case an Irish blessing comes to mind
"may the sand rise to meet your boots and may the fellow watching your
six be at least as good a shot as you are." Bring
yourselves back in one piece friends.
On a brighter note , I'd like to thank two musicians
whose generosity kept me a fairly regular gigging schedule while so far
from home. Jon Coates and Mike Griffin, thanks for helping a brother
out. http://www.myspace.com/mikegriffin89
http://www.myspace.com/iamjoncoates
Nearly finished reading a book on entomophagy, bug eating that is, called "THE EAT-A-BUG COOKBOOK
33 Ways to Cook Grasshoppers, Ants, Water Bugs, Spiders, Centipedes and Their Kin by David George Gordon"
It contains alot of great insect facts both trivial and nutritional. It
is interesting to note that many insects have a protien content that
rivals that of beef. Surely this is a much overlooked source of food
espescially in dire situations. If you want to keep it Kosher crickets,
grasshoppers and Katydids are still an option. While sharing a handfull
of pan fried crickets this summer with one bass player friend of mine,
he commented that the taste and texture was reminiscant of pastaschios.
One man's plague is another man's feast. For me, this is the brand of
optimism that always elicits a wide grin.
A classical guitar has always seemed about as foriegn
to some of us steel stringers as a glass full of fountain soda with no
ice seems to an american southerner touring europe. I found a deal on a
classical with a finish defect that was too good to pass up. After an
initial awkward period of getting to know one another I predict that we
will get along just fine. I'm even starting to like her wide neck.
A show is scheduled in ye ole hometown (lexington KY)
on my birthday, august 23rd, at the Dame. It is with some regret that I
admit that my plan to have everyone who played on my first two albums
join me onstage has fallen through. We knew that it would be a logistic
nightmare but were prepared to meet the challenge anyway. Unfortunately
due to circumstances beyond our control some key players will not be
making the scene, however, we remain undaunted and there will be guests
and surprises nonetheless. Hope remains that it will be an event worthy
of attendance.
That is all that is fit for print. This perhaps catches us up somewhat.
Yours,
~L
10:54 PM
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