Just got home from playing a great show at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. Despite all the people who were boycotting yesterday, we had a full house. I spent a lot of time talking with people who have been coming to see us play music for forty years or more.l always like that part of doing this. I like to let people know that I really appreciate them taking time to come see us after all these years. Except for one song that became a Trainwreck we played very well.. There is an old saying among musicians…”as long as the audience doesn’t know.. keep playing”. People who have been coming to see you play music for a long time usually have a story..”we met 35 years ago at one of your shows, and we have raised four kids to adults ” ..or my favorite. A person fat with all gray hair who tells you stories about how they bought fake lD to go see you play in 1983.. Every gray hair on my head screams when I hear that. But then I think about all the musicians who ran with us in the 70s 80s and 90s who are gone from the planet now..in the ground….or the ones who couldn’t find the right combination of players to have a good band…or the ones who were really good people but just couldn’t play worth a damn… We used to do this about six or seven times a month in some years. My kids ate well. Now once a month or two months is more than enough… but most of all l still love it that people come out and still enjoy the show… Thank you to each and every person who supports local musicians
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