One week into my getaway tour to Chicago in beautiful sunny atumn weather here.  And what a fine place Chicago is, really love the down town life and the organised suburbs, straight from The Truman Show!

Can't believe the distances involved to get to gigs and feeling for my host and organiser of this trip, Doc Bob Macdonald.  He and co conspiritor Dan Powers have been fantastic in their organising, hostipality and taxi service.

Bob saw me play in Aberdeen around 12 years ago and bought a CD, which he thankfully played a lot ever since.  And out of the blue a few month's ago, I received an email from him asking if I'd concider coming to play in Chicago.  Being the impulsive maniac I am, and probably to Bob's anxiety, I said yes and here I am.

Bob and Dan have been great in contacting many, many venues about gigs for me.  Most said no due to the Cubs and White Sox playoffs and the fact the bars will be packed anyway.

However, the gigs so far have gone well, especially the Ballydoyle in Downer's Grove and recently the Galway Tribes in Frankfort.  And I must say a big thankyou to Katie Sullivan for her help and hostpitality on that one and good luck for her tour to Ireland later this month.

And a special thankyou to Teresa Moore, a Myspace 'buddy', who fly all the way from Detroit to here me at the Ballydolye, thanks Teresa.

Also, to Herb and Teresa Troster for heading over from Iowa to see me at the Galway Tribes.  I wrote the song 'The Songs You Sang For Me' on my new CD (And Then The Birds In Spring Again) about Herb, who I'd met years ago in Utah.

More to follow....