Well its 4:30 am and my brand new cold is keeping me from sleep. Only a sliver of moon and a few Texas mosquitos to keep me company. I would hate to wager how many times I have sung that tricky little song "Sleep" over the last 10 years, but it couldn't be any more true today than that morning I wrote it. So much has changed since then. Those days I was a gardner by day recording music by night with a rusty 86 Jimmy I had named "The Hendrix" overloaded with gear getting me from event to event. Today its a 40 foot diesel pusher named Henry with a car and family that we pull along... actually I don't pull the family, they get to ride inside. Back then I would awake each morning and set to work forging new opportunities for my art to be heard. These days are the same but its gotta wait till after Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and
the Doodle-Bops pay a visit to start the day. My little boy Zeffren raises his arms and sounds a jubilant "cheerios" like he discovered gold in the Yukon. Crazy thing is he has them every morning, and yet he reacts with the same excitement each new time.

I guess what I am trying to say is that life looks so much different now, a better different. The girl I used to dream about is now my co-pilot and the kid I never thought I would have is imitating the sound of rumble strips as I over correct this steering wheel. 10 years is a lot in dog years, and this dog is finally ready to sit still. I am retiring from the wonderful world of contemporary christian music... I'm guessing thats what they call it, what ever it is that I do. I will always write music both the satirical and serious. I will always share the gospel with the story God has given me. I will always find great joy in making people laugh. But my days following a grueling calendar all over North America will come to a close at the sun rises on 2008.

I do have one last project soon to be available that I will tell you about in the next few weeks, and if any one would like to have me come by with a concert one last time please let me know at rileyarmstrong@gmail.com I will be open to fill a few events this coming fall spilling over into the spring if the Lord blesses that way. We will be keeping our myspace and website updated as best we can from now until the Lord returns, so please keep in touch.

peace to you on the journey,

Riley, Shannon, and Zeffren