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"2008' News" 05/30/08 - WEBMASTER D, WHO IS AN EXPERT ON ALL THINGS REO... 04/13/08 - I CAN COUNT TO FIFTEEN, AND ASK HOW TO FIND THE BATHROOM... 04/03/08 - WELL EXCUUUUSE ME. JUST BECAUSE... 03/19/08 - Needless to say, my little ones were the stars of... 02/29/08 - The other photo du jour is of John Travolta signing my daughter's Super Bowl cap. ... 02/09/08 - Okay, here is a secret for you…I will be appearing on ... 01/27/08 - WE JAMMED FOR A WHILE ON A NEW SONG I AM WORKING ON CALLED, 01/11/08 - WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE OUR UPCOMING SPRING TOUR.. |
THE JET-LAG JOURNALS…PART ONE
CHEERS, BON JOUR, GUTEN ABEND,
I KNOW LAST YEAR I SENT A MESSAGE FROM EUROPE EVERY DAY. HONESTLY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE I FOUND THE TIME AND ENERGY TO DO SO…OR MAYBE OUR SCHEDULE IS CRAZIER THIS TIME AROUND. AT ANY RATE I AM NOW SITTING IN A TENT, BACKSTAGE IN THE GERMAN VILLAGE OF BAD NEUENAHR. EVERYTHING IS SO DIFFERENT OVER HERE. WE JUST FINISHED THE MEET AND GREET, TWO HOURS BEFORE SHOW TIME, SO I HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED SLICE OF FREE TIME.
WE BEGAN THIS JOURNEY IN THE MAGICAL LAND OF MY ANCESTORS. OUR FIRST SHOW WAS IN THE “TEMPLE BAR” DISTRICT OF DUBLIN, AT THE OLYMPIA THEATER. NATURALLY THE BAND AND CREW GATHERED AFTERWARD AND HAD A GROUP GUINNESS TOAST AT THE KEOGH PUB ON ST ANNE STREET. GUINNESS ON TAP, IN IRELAND, IS A THING OF BEAUTY NO MATTER WHAT YOUR NATIONALITY.
I HAD A COUPLE OF HOURS OF FREE TIME BEFORE THE SHOW IN NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND, SO I FOUND MY WAY TO THE CASTLE WHERE ROBIN HOOD OFTEN FOUND HIMSELF IN SHACKLES, AFTER STEALING FROM THE RICH AND GIVING TO THE POOR. I ENJOYED A MEAL OF FISH AND CHIPS AT “YE OLDE TRIP TO JERUSALEM”, THE OLDEST PUB IN THE UK, ESTABLISHED IN 1189…THAT’S EVEN BEFORE OUR FIRST ALBUM CAME OUT. I AM NOW A LEGEND AT THAT PLACE, HAVING MASTERED A MEDIEVAL PUB GAME INVOLVING A BRASS RING, A LONG STRING, AND THE HORN OF A BOAR, (DON’T ASK), ON MY VERY FIRST TRY. SO IT’S BASICALLY ROBIN HOOD, KING RICHARD THE LIONHEARTED, AND ME AT THIS POINT. THE GIG AT NOTTINGHAM’S “ROCK CITY” WAS A VINTAGE REO SHOW…A BIG, LOUD, BEER SOAKED AFFAIR, AND THAT WAS JUST ON OUR CREW BUS.
I WAS ON BRITISH TELEVISION FOR THE FIRST TIME ON “THE MORNING SHOW” IN LONDON. BRUCE AND I DID AN ACOUSTIC VERSION OF “KEEP ON LOVING YOU”, BUT ONLY AFTER I HAD PREPARED, AND THEN TASTED, EVA LONGORIA’S ENCHILADAS, (DON’T ASK ;-) THE LONDON SHOW AT THE O2 INDIGO THEATER WAS RATHER UNEVENTFUL, BUT THE FOLLOWING NIGHT OFF WAS ONE FOR THE AGES. WE SPENT OUR ONLY NIGHT OFF AT “SHEPPARDS BUSH EMPIRE”, A BEAUTIFUL OLD THEATER, WHERE KID ROCK WAS IN CONCERT…AND HE WAS AMAZING. DAVE GOT TO MEET JIMMY PAGE AT THE AFTER SHOW PARTY, AND LATER WE GOT TOGETHER WITH QUEEN GUITARIST BRIAN MAY FOR A QUIET, LATE NIGHT GLASS OF WINE IN THE HOTEL BAR. BRIAN SAT IN WITH US AT HAMMERSMITH ODEON WHEN WE PLAYED THERE IN 1981. HE IS ROCK ROYALTY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, A GREAT GENTLEMAN. WE TALKED STORY, LAUGHED, AND HE IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM HE IS MAKING WITH QUEEN+ PAUL ROGERS. OKAY, YA THINK I HAVE DROPPED ENOUGH NAMES AT THIS POINT?
NEXT WE FLEW OFF TO SWITZERLAND TO BEGIN THE HOME STRETCH, A FOUR SHOWS IN 60 HOURS MARATHON. AS I SIT HERE NOW I HAVE MY DOUBTS WHETHER I WILL SURVIVE…SO STAY TUNED. IF I MAKE IT, I PROMISE TO FINISH THE STORY. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE BEING BOMBARDED BY THE MUSIC OF ARGUABLY THE MOST HORRIBLE OPENING ACT IN RECENT REO HISTORY…INCLUDING THE INFAMOUS VENTRILOQUIST IN MEXICO CITY….TO BE CONTINUED.
KC