FRI 10th -

After catching up on some zzz we hit the vendors , thumbing thru the new releases & checking out the vintage threads . we collected some cd's that Steve Chapman had taken into the country for us & set about putting em together for selling at the gigs . That nite we checked out the great James Intvelt , hooked up with my cuz Lloyd & his girlfriend Regina .

SAT 11th -

This was Darren's wedding day !! we headed to the car show , some killer line to get in , with all the prowess of a top crimbo , we snuck in thru the out door...result ! some great motors on show & real busy , we had to cut it short to get back to our hotel to get ready for the wedding . once we had a shit , shower & shave we headed to the taxi rank outside our hotel ...the local fire brigade had closed the strip outside our hotel so it was impossible to get out ....we ran out to the next hotel which involved crossing 4 lanes of traffic twice & nabbed a taxi driver pronto ...he started slowly , til we told him we were late for a wedding ...then the dukes of hazard in him , kicked off !!! u-turns in traffic , running red lights ..it was great , i had to holler YEEEHAW , just for good measure ! we hit the little white chapel 10 mins late but just in time for all the proceedings ....Darren & Kim looked great & so did their bridesmaids ...The rest of JRS looked pretty sharp too ! ELVIS ( who was present & gave kim away ) called us his " Rockabilly brothers !" ...the vows were said & we rocked it up at the end with Elvis singin' baby lets play house !! after a few foto's we all jumped into the limo & headed to the venitian for drinks ...COOL !!

SUN 12th ...GIG NITE !! -

We kicked the day off doin abit of shopping on the strip then headed over to the Hilton hotel to try gettin abit of inspiration from the King , ELVIS . we checked the pix & the statue but really wanted summat else , i tapped up a security guard for a look in the showroom where Elvis had played all them years ago ...Wayne was only too glad to give us a mini tour , it was great , we got right up to the stage & could almost feel the spirit of that old truck driver from tupelo , miss...AWESOME !!

we prepared for the gig with a couple of drinks in Lloyds room , got our glad rags on & hit the stage running !! For us it was a great reception , the VLV crowd has never let us down & we let rip all our favourite toonz plus a few new ones too !! all too soon we got the nod for one more & was really pleased to be asked back to do 2 more ...CHERRY PIE is always asked for by the US audience so we played that , then a wild kick ass version of JUSTINE !! the crowd still wanted more so we indulged in abit of GENE ...a near perfect version of B-I-BICKEY-BI with BIG SANDY joining in on the last chorus ....what a gig !!!we hung about meeting people for fotos & signin cd's after but we were just about beat , the gig had taken it outta us , so we hit the sack cos next day we had a 10 hr drive to SACREMENTO !!!!

more in part 2 .....