I've been scarce ...

Hi, folks. I have to appologize for being so scarce around here. As some of y'all know, I've been on a five-month work-related detail in Texas since early May. I am wrapping that up Tuesday and will begin the three-day, 1830-mile drive back to New Hampshire around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1<br /><br />There is a good chance I will be moving to Texas sometime before hard winter sets in, or early next year. If the opportunity presents itself, I'll be DFW-bound in a heartbeat. But, the instructing job, combined with three huge projects I've been involved with here in Texas, has eaten up a bunch of time. Hopefully, once I get back, get some vaction time in Maine done, and get settled back "home" (mid October) I will be back here visiting with y'all a bit more often.<br /><br />Finally, I hope you'll check out a few "live" recordings I posted here this morning. They were recorded on Aug. 31 at a festival gig me and my band did in New Hampshire while on a home visit from Texas. <br /><br />These songs ("Rumble". "Skat4Alvin/Living On The Edge", and "Mustang Driving Mama&quot are rough at best, and represent the mix of the tracks as they went through the master board (we had no control over that feed). I certainly didn't play my best, but the energy more than makes up for it.<br /><br />It's amazing that we pulled it off at all. Because of my detail in Texas, Dave (bass) and Doug (harp) and I hadn't played or practiced together since last October! Kris, the drummer, was amazing -- he has never shared the same room with any of us, even though he is the drummer on most of the "Mustang Driving Mama" CD we finished earlier this year. We captured his drum parts for the CD via electronic track swap, but we never met face-to-face or played together until the day we did this festival.<br /><br />Enjoy the tunes.