Galveston

This past Thusday, I had a gig in Galveston at Whisky's All-American Pub. It was my first time to play on the Island. I left early so I could miss the traffic. The weather was great & it has been quite a few months since I had seen the ocean water so I decided to stop over at the Seawall and relax for a little while. I stopped by the Flagship Hotel since it is right at 25th street which is also the street that I need to turn at to get to the venue.

It was really a nice day. There was traffic cruising by on Seawall Blvd and People were buzzing by on bicycles, skates, & other contraptions. There were a few surfers & other people hanging around also but it was still very relaxing to be at the ocean. The breeze was coming from the water so the air was fresh and the sound of the waves was there also. I walked out on the jetty and made a (cell) phone call & basically just looked at the water and the sea gulls for a while. There was dude fishing at the end of the jetty but it didn't look like he was catching anything.

After about an hour, I headed over to the venue and unloaded & set up my equipment & also put out my "Live Blues Tonight" signs and then took it easy for a couple of hours. I brought my own pillow from home and took a nap in the truck & ate some home-made chicken vegitable soup that I had brought in a thermos.

I had no idea what to expect about Whisky's Pub and it turned out to be a nice place with a good stage & they did have blues and classic rock playing on the Juke Box which is always a good omen. Overall I had a good time and everybody was very kind and made me feel welcome.

I am scheduled to be back over there on April 6th and am looking forward to it.

There was a guy there from California who is a photographer for a Surfing Magazine and he took several pictures. If he emails them to me, I will post them here or on my web site.

Also, If you happen to read this before tomorrow (Sunday March 5th), I got an email from the Blueshound his ownself saying that they were going to play a song from my CD on the show which will be between 2 and 4 pm Central time on KPFT 90.1 FM which you can also hear on the web site at www.kpft.org