One of my all-time favorite gigs is The Greys in Brighton. A lauded music venue that almost went the way of so many other venues around the world that put on live music……….but some folks stepped in to show their commitment to keeping it alive.
I’ll be there on Monday, June 20th! It is a very intimate venue, so grab your tickets now!
So, I just booked an afternoon/dinner gig in Kenley, England at a lovely little OLD SCHOOL Italian place called Santini’s. Doors are at 4pm……..music starts at 4:30pm. There will be a three course meal interspersed with music. I’ve been allotted 10 tickets to make available to my fans/friends.
This show will be about as intimate as it gets! We all eat together, laugh together, and I’ll sing some songs for you.
So, grab your tickets now! They will go quickly.
On the way up to play Scotland last month i stopped into The Junction Pub in Saint Helens, Merseyside for a meeting and meal with Stephen Manley. I was blown away by the atmosphere the owner has created. He is a musician and that very night they had a traditional session downstairs and about 100 folks upstairs for a mass Ukelele night!!! Awesome!
Anyway, I’ve decided to play a matinee gig there on Sunday, May 22nd at 3pm. The pub is perfect for a sunday lunch at 12pm and a show at 3pm…………maybe food after?
Either way, I hope my folks from Manchester and Liverpool area will convene here for the afternoon. Stephen will open the show.
Seating is limited, so get your tickets here!
I’ll play “Some Comfort” from the most recent cd……….
Tomorrow night (Friday, March 11th) I’ll be playing my first show in Cardiff, Wales in about 10 years. I’m looking forward to it. Beau will be my merch guy for the first time! If you missed the Bristol show, then come over if you can. Sean Snook will be with me on guitar. Come and bring a friend. Get on the blower and tell your friends! There are a few tickets left, so grab them!
Get your tickets now!
“Some Comfort” from the latest cd………….
On the eve of the mini-Scottish tour……I sit here with so much on my mind. The day Buddy Holly died was 57 years ago tonight. Dad passed away at 77 a couple of Decembers ago. I think a lot about death lately, and the fleeting time we have on this earth, and what it all means.
The things I felt important as a young man hardly even have relevance to my current life. I feel guilty at times that I don’t desire the things I lived for in my youth. Maybe I’ve let life beat me down and I’ve given up, or maybe i’m just in another phase?
As I write this…..I’m listening to “Late for Your Life” by Mary-Chapin Carpenter……..beautiful. Fitting. Found it while searching for the duet Chapin and I did on Dad’s song “Wishing”…………
So, my “career” and my website mostly went dark over the past year. I had some things I needed to attend to.
I’m back now……and ready for the next phase…………….whatever that will be.
Last week, well, I found myself taking a train from London to Sunderland to deliver a car for a used car dealer on tuesday, and then while the train grime was still on my boots, being given a guitar commissioned by the Buddy Holly Foundation at the behest of Maria Elena Holly and Peter Bradley Sr and Jr. The ceremony took place at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios, and “oh, by the way, would you like to join some other writers in writing songs with this young Irish duo on Sony Records?”—-uh, yes, thank you. Whispering Bob Harris from the BBC presented me with a beautiful guitar called the “Flower of My Heart” by Alister Atkin from Atkin Guitars. I’m in love. It is beautiful. I’m honored. And……well….I almost wrote a song with Graham Gouldman from 10CC, but the lineup changed at the last minute and I ended up with Gary Clark from Danny Wilson’s “Mary’s Prayer” fame……….and I think we wrote a hit song with the boys from Ireland.
Life is funny sometimes.
In the morning I will drive myself from England to Scotland to begin a three day tour with dates in Kinross on Friday night, Glasgow on Saturday, and Yarrow in the Borders on Sunday at 3pm. It will be so good to see my Scottish friends again.
Bristol, England on Feb. 27th is already sold out……….and I’ll be back in Cardiff, Wales on March 11th. Wales…….so beautiful.
The Emerald Isle is on the horizon…….booking that now.
I’m looking at life like this……..the future is wide open. The coming months will see o new cd of some sort, and a smattering of house concerts. I’m always open to house concerts. If you’d like me to come play a house concert………….just get in touch. Actually, I prefer house concerts to “regular” gigs. So intimate.
I will be traveling to the US in July……..so, US house concerts? Australia?
Ok, I better go to bed. If you can send some folks my way…….please do. Oh, and if you want to follow me in realtime on tour……this is where I am. Wave and say hello if you see me!
