I've been really lax with the news section--sorry! Ive been so busy with TRYING to book a short tour that Ive just ignored other things. Now lets see, I have to think back to May----

Our little tour went real well. The Dali Museum show was terrific-the audience ranged in age from 14 - 65 and they all loved it! Richard did his debut performance at Hotshots--I decided he really shouldnt enter the building at all because if caught, each employee would get a $600 fine and I didnt want to put them in that position---so Richard stood outside the front door! He was a HUGE hit-I'm sure the customers liked his song (Jimi Hendrix bluesy thing) better then us, but what the hell!! Richard had a GREAT time and was really thrilled--he later said "thats what I want to do with my life". So after being humiliated by him we headed to the north of Georgia to finish the tour--all the shows went very well, but especially Dotties in Atlanta. It's a great place to play-great audience, very, very nice (and honest!) club owner/manager. We also had an excellent show in Savannah. Athens was wierd-guess it wasn't advertised at all cause there were about 50 people! We have played there lots of times before and done real well, so maybe there were finals going on or something. OR maybe theyre just sick of me--that's always a possibility. But overall we had a good time and did fine.

Ive just finished booking another week-long tour. We were asked to play at a release party for the children's cd in Atlanta on August 7th (at the Cotton Club) and had been asked to play in Chicago on the 11th so I thought this would be perfect for a quick little jaunt from Atlanta to Chicago and back. However, i hadn't reckoned with Kentucky and Tennessee! There is no interest whatsoever in rock and roll in either state--------the only show i managed to get was one in Nashville. Louisville, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Lexington---not interested!! so now i have to cut THEM out of my map. its getting smaller and smaller!

We're going to spend a day in Clay Harper's studio (Casino in Atlanta). I dont have any songs really, but we'll come up with something to make it worthwhile. Any ideas?

Today (August 1) is the first day in about 6 weeks that it's below 90 degrees outside. Its been a horrible summer here.

Our dog Yanni is recuperating from treatment for heartworms. Poor little dear isn't allowed to run around for three weeks (she's an outdoor dog and is not having any fun at all inside!).

Sonny, my guitar player, was in an accident in Los Angeles and has had to have facial plastic surgery. He's okay, thank God, but he lives in Holland and has to stay here (in L.A.) for weeks and weeks of recuperating/getting checked, etc. and of course he's lonely. If you want to send him a message, email it to me and I'll forward it.