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When
we finish Andy and me adjourn to the Empire Diner for Fish 'n' Chips
and Sam Adams. Hardly the nectar of the gods, but more than a passing
imitation after 6 hours in a rehearsal room. We then wind up at
my hotel watching baseball or basketball (sort of) and imbibing
even more. Sony have seemed to pick up interest in the double CD
"Once Bitten Twice Shy" over here. It is coming out on
or around July 25th.
If you are at
the Bowery show you will hear a couple of tunes you're probably
unfamiliar with, but they are on the Sony set. The only new song
is, "Death of A Nation." That's not on the Sony set, that's
going to be on the new album we're working on. DOAN sounded great
yesterday.
The annoying
thing about rehearsals is that you always get the songs right the
second time you do them. I wonder what would happen if we did an
entire set playing each song twice in a row. It takes one time around
to get into the mood, and the second time, you're there. Fire brigade's
all over the place. I hope it's not us. Another day in NYC.
June 4, 2000
Not bad, eh!!
I've
never rehearsed so much in all my life! First with the Bash Street
Kids and then with "The Americans." Holley being my transatlantic
partner. It's a good band - potentially a great band.
A word of praise
for Paul Bevan, the sound man at the Bowery gig. He came to one
rehearsal and then did the gig the following night. I've had no
complains about the sound at all - so thank you Paul. I hope we'll
be working together again soon.
Will we tour? I
can't say as of yet. We have some sorting out to do logistically.
There is interest - and we're interested too, but we ain't doing it
for nothing! I think our first priority is to go back to the record
that Andy and I are in the early processes of recording. People seem
to like "Death of A Nation" which will definitely be on
it. To those of you who were at the Bowery gig I have to thank you
for a great night out. Especially who traveled so far to be there.
What with my birthday and the reaction you gave us, I was frankly
a little stunned after the gig. Then there was a feeling of peace
you always get when you know something special happened. Yes, there
were a few cock ups - I can't remember exactly where or when, but
all in all it was a great night and the band were great and I was
proud of them.
After the gig
we had the chaos of the gear - where does it go - mine's sitting
in my mate, Rick's garage in Danbury at the moment. Rick is not
a roadie, but he helped me out for the day and thanks for that Rick
and thanks to Andy's mate, Frank. That was it - our crew! John Conte,
poor lad, was having a problem with his bass rig. It was perfect
all week, but decided to cut out indiscriminately on the night (Murphy's
Law). Fortunately, he was going direct as well so the audience probably
didn't notice.
Thank you James
for the superb mandolin. Stout fellow!
We
got home yesterday afternoon sometime and I lay on the floor most
of the evening and watched TV. Then Jesse's band, American Degenerate,
turned up and started up in the basement - so there ain't no peace
for the wicked...
Song of the
year: Kitty Lester's "Love Letters Straight From My Heart"
PBS old time special. The most moving and convincing performance
I've seen in a long while. Great lady too.
Just having
a look at the e-mail from the web site. There's an awful lot of
e-mail. Please understand that I can't get to you all individually.
Additional
photo's on this page contributed by Phil
Holbrook, Thanks Phil!!!
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