As Musicians, our general mode of travel is the Bus, and we love ours.  “Blue” is a 40 foot long Eagle 15.  She’s almost a member of the Band, and if she could speak we’d likely be buying her silence on the regular.

That said, any way you can get yourself to New Orleans this weekend is highly recommended.  Personally, I would advise you to go if only to catch Jon Cleary for his Friday Night Residency at the Maple Leaf.  He’s a true monster player with a great Band and has just put out a new album.
And then there’s Mr. Blotto going on after…and then again on Saturday…
And then there’s a Gumbo Fest in Louis Armstrong Park on Saturday…

Finally, for all of you travelers, we can’t wait to see you.
I saw a bunch of people chatting about how they are taking the Train down. Here’s a link to a song that I think sums up a lot for me personally.
There’s a line in it about how
“All along the south bound Odyssey/ the train pulls out of Kankakee”.

Paul and I lived in Kankakee for 10 years and that’s where we learned to play Music and joined our first Bands. Not to put too fine a point on it, but our trip to New Orleans started in Kankakee too.

For those flying, here’s something you need to see, especially if you’ve booked cheap flights…

We have been loving the enthusiasm we’ve been getting from everyone about these Shows. We will try to Stream them, so stay tuned to this Blog and to both Facebook and Instagram for details.  The plan is to record a CD from these Shows and if it turns out well, we hope to have it out by Hotel Blotto in February, if not sooner.

That’s it for now. See you there…

-Chief