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HI MY DARLINS' -
HOPE ALL IS GOOD WITH YOU AND LIFE IS SAILING ON CALM SEAS!!
WELL HERE WE ARE AGAIN BACK IN THE GOOD OLE US OF A - I ARRIVED IN LA ON THE SATURDAY NIGHT AND BY THE TIME CUSTOMS FINISHED RIPPING MY CASE APART IT WAS TOO LATE FOR ME TO CATCH UP WITH ALL THE PEOPLE I WAS HOPING TO SEE - BUT AT LEAST THE HOTEL WAS AMAZING! THEN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING IT WAS OFF TO NEW ORLEANS WHERE MY SCARLETT WAS WAITING FOR ME TO DRIVE US BACK TO MY BEAUTIFUL MISSISSIPPI FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS REST - AND BOY DID I NEED IT BY THEN - I FINALLY REALISED HOW MUCH MY HOSPITAL ADVENTURE HAD TAKEN OUT OF ME!!
THEN ON WEDNESDAY IT WAS BACK TO JACKSON AIRPORT AND OFF TO HOUSTON TO START RECORDING AT THE VAULT STUDIOS WITH MICHAEL ' THE MUDCAT' REAMES - MAN WHAT A TIME....AND MY GUITARS EVEN MANAGED TO ARRIVE FROM ENGLAND THE DAY BEFORE!
MUDCAT IS JUST ONE AMAZING GUY AND NOT ONLY MADE ME FEEL VERY WELCOME BUT LIKE IT WAS ALL FOR MY BENEFIT...WORKING NEVER FELT SO GOOD - AND I DON'T THINK WE STOPPED LAUGHING IN THE ENTIRE WEEK! HE IS ALSO AN AMAZING VOCALIST AND HARP PLAYER - HE BLEW MY SOCKS OFF ON LOVE SICKNESS - LOL!
WAYNE FOLSE, MUDCATS' CO-WRITER FROM NEW ORLEANS IS NOT ONLY A FABULOUS GUITARIST BUT WHAT A VOICE - REMINISCENT OF A SOULFULLY ROCKING DENNIS LOCORRIERE - AND WHEN YOU HAVE A PRODUCER LIKE DAVID WILLIAMS - A MAN THAT PLAYED WITH HALL & OATES, THE O'JAYS AND MANY OTHERS - WITH PLATINUM DISCS ON THE WALL BOTH AS A PLAYER AND A PRODUCER - FROM DAYS WHEN YOU NEEDED TO SELL A MILLION COPIES - WHAT CAN I SAY.
I RECORDED ONE OF MY OWN NEW SONGS, DID VERSIONS OF 3 OF MUDCATS' - AND WHEN WE NEXT GET A CHANCE WE'LL BE RECORDING A DUET ON ONE OF HIS AND SOME MORE OF HIS AND MY NEW STUFF - PROBABLY ENOUGH FOR AN ALBUM. THE THREE OF US WILL NOW ALSO BE COLLABORATING ON WRITING NEW SONGS. MAN I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR WHAT IT ALL SOUNDS LIKE WHEN DAVE FINISHES PRODUCING THE TRACKS....IT'S GONNA BE VERY SPECIAL THAT'S FOR SURE!!!!
IT'S TRULY BEEN AN HONOUR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE ACCEPTED AS ONE OF THEIR OWN.

THE TV GUYS FILMED THE PILOT FOR A NEW SERIES ON TEXAS MUSIC ON FRIDAY AND THEY WERE THERE WHEN I WAS CUTTING MY SONG -SO THERE'LL BE FOOTAGE OF THE RECORDING - AND THEY'LL BE USING AT LEAST A MINUTE OF THE SONG IN THE PILOT AS BACKGROUND - INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS WITH EACH OF US IN TURN - CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.
SCARLETT JOINED US FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS AND WHEN IT ALL SADLY CAME TO AN END I WAS GUTTED - SO MUCH MORE WE ALL WANTED TO DO BUT TIME RAN OUT. SO ON SUNDAY WE TOOK A LEISURELY BUT EXTREMELY TIRING DRIVE BACK THROUGH LOUISIANA YESTERDAY. BACK FROM TEXAS NOW AND TIME TO RELAX IN OLE MISS'.
MORE NEWS WHEN I FINALLY GET SOME REST - WE WORKED THROUGH 'TIL 6,4 AND 5 AM ON CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND I AM F%@ED BUT ELATED ALL AT THE SAME TIME. AND YEAH - MAYBE I AM CRAZY TO HAVE DONE IT SO SOON AFTER ESCAPING FROM HOSPITAL BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED IT FOR THE WORLD!!!
THANKS FOR STOPPING BY AND HAVE A BEAUTIFULLY CREATIVE WEEK!
LUVYAS
BRON x
4:12 AM
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