God Bless!!!!!

Off to North Carolina again to, "tie up a few loose ends, I'm gonna work a week, make a hundred dollars and hit the road again, so I don't want you to think you're the first one to leave me out here on my own, no this ain't gonna be the first time this old cowboy spent the night alone." Marshall tucker that is, and it is just the way I feel. Things are tough all over now and the love of my life and I are in a heck of a mess and I'm searching for the answers. Nevertheless, the good news is after 16 years I went to the crossroads again, this time with no shots of Thorazine or One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest or Pink Floyd's, "there be no more ah!!!! but you may fell a little sick." So there it is, I'm ready to do what I am to do in life with this record and all to follow the Lord and his paths of direction. We will release, so I'm told, soon in the next month "Altar Call" as the first single, so it is our newsletter free download again for this month.  Call all radio stations and request the song to help, and keep Melissa and I in you prayers -- this is our record and I will put it out undaunted as a tribute of how and where love finds a way to fulfill and to last through it all.  I love you Melissa and always will, you changed my life. Thanks to all the fans for your support, Sincerely, Neil Carswell

I'm in NC now with family - came to go fishing and haven't even hit the water yet, TCB all the time it seems. I'm starting a small acoustic show tour to set up the new "Keep you Guessing" record. I'll be doing live performances and radio, regionally, and to get the band ready.  My keyboard player is in the Orient and we are all in different spots now including me and my mind; still working on artwork and trying to get in on the shelves. We did land an old Copperhead song I wrote a few years back called, "Get Out Of My Way,"  with NASCAR, an appropriate title I guess and always good to get mailbox money. Thanks for all the support and record sales, God bless all you fans, Neil Carswell

Back home safe from Switzerland on the 6th of Feb. I will be posting a few pics of the slopes and of Wes and I skiing, in my newsletter this month (if you haven't already done so, you can sign up for the newsletter on my website).  We skied at three resorts, the Jungfrau region on two mountains the Jungfrabuhan, The Slitzerhorn and then by train 10 hours to St. Moretz, where we skied the two mountains Cravatch and Corvella. Had a horse meat steak platter and then went by train, The Glacier Express, on to Zermatt at the Matterhorn, skiing out three days on the Swiss side under the Matterhorn and into Cervania Italy. What great long distance runs they were - some of which were 50 miles from top of glaciers to the valley below.

I 'm now finishing up the credits on the record, thank you credits, etc. working on artwork also, but the record is done, mastered and done!!! We will officially sign the deal at the end of the month and start warm up to radio while PR starts and records get replicated. This record is a 15 song record and has been a work of four years, with an array of great musicians and family. I will never write a record like this again or work on one this long, so you better get a copy ASAP.  Too much work in task that has been, a record dear to everyone's heart involved in it. The title, instead of South Wind, will be "Keep You Guessing," the epic song of the record.  I will feature a free download of the song in this month's newsletter. Hold tight, the CD will be on the shelves soon.  I know we have an overwhelming response asking when, but for real here it comes end of next month. Thanks for all the support. Neil

Just wanted to catch all of you up on the project and where we are at. This month on the 15th and 16th we will record the last 2 songs to be added to the album at The Sound Emporium in Nashville TN We will have Stu Kimball on guitar and co producing along with Chris Anderson, Johnny Neel on keys, Wes Powers on drums, Randy Threet on bass, and Donnie Herron on steel, banjo, mandolin, etc. Donnie and Stu are currently with Bob Dylan on the road, and Chris and Randy were with the Outlaws until the untimely death of Hughie. Johnny has worked with an array of players from the Allman Bros. to the list that never ends. I have worked with all these guys for the last few years and have made some great records to date. Engineering will be done by Mike Poole, a Nashville guy and Ben Fowler on mixing, who I have worked on and off with the last few years. We will master on the 22nd with Richard Dodd, an Englishman with a major list of clients from Tom Petty to George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Joe Cocker, Roy Orbison, Dixie Chicks, just to name a few with 5 Grammys under his belt to say the least. We are all really excited to have him on board to put the final touches on the record. Wes and I will leave on the next day to Switzerland to ski for 14 days on the old reunion trip and what a better time to celebrate the finishing of a 4 year long project. After we get back we will finish up the last 2 songs on final mixes and touch up mastering and get ready to manufacture. We have also completed the contract negotiations with Asperion Records/CEO/George Collier, so he is just waiting on the finished project. I hope this fills you in a bit on music, instead of most months' tragic news I seem to post. Thanks for all the fan mail and album sales. God Bless, Neil Carswell