I'm not sure enough can be said for just how beautiful the hills of Virginia are, especially in the early misty morning on the first day of Fall. I'm sure Thomas Jefferson took a pretty good stab at it. either way, today I'm writing from the front lounge of the tour bus as we make our way down to Nashville after a fantastic Sunday night at Jammin' Java in Vienna. we enter the home stretch of the tour today with a night off before playing 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville and Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta, then finally heading on out to the Isle Of Palms for the Hotel Carolina event. this has been hands-down one of the sweetest tours I've been on yet. it's been really great making our way from coast to coast these past 4 weeks. I certainly want to thank everybody who's made it out to share in the Evening of the Feeling Song. what a nutty thing. if you haven't seen the tour video blogs, please, do yourself a favor:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=8D1FD5084F35D8F9
gonna be laying low after this, getting in the studio, spending some time in LA before heading back out with my good friend Josh Hoge for our little Holiday revue. very excited about that tour as well. Josh and I are assembling a little band for the two of us to play with, having some fun with the whole Holiday theme. tour kicks off the weekend after Thanksgiving, through Chanukah and pretty much goes right up till Christmas. not sure where Kwanza falls but we'll be doing our best to recognize those practitioners as well.
it's weird to already be thinking about "the Holidays" and subsequently, the end of yet another year. man, they seem to be flying by. the cool thing is, the quicker they go the more appreciative I become of all they usher in. this has been a fantastic year so far and it only seems to be getting better. could be that I've recently spent a considerable amount of time away from the news media and all of the unsolicited analysis of just how "dire" things are. yeah, these are tougher times than normal but the truth of it is is that it's times like these that seem to put people more in touch with themselves and thus, each other. I love my job. I take pride in my work and more importantly, I love getting to know the folks who choose to support it, strangely so at a time when there seems to be a little more vulnerability to go around, hence a bit more honesty. I realize that what I do affords me the time and space to have such a perspective but seriously, I might recommend, to anyone looking for a little fresh air, to take stock in the things you do on a day-to-day basis and make note of the things that don't really add anything of honest value but rather detract from true happiness, those things that only seem to further distance ourselves from a steady peace. I certainly don't mean to wax all philosophical and new-agey on you, just something I thought I'd share.
hope the change of season finds you well.
namaste
Tony