Hey everyone, I hope y'all had a great Easter. I just wanted to say hi to let you know you haven't been forgotten! I do apologize for the cancellation of shows, but I will come back energized and more eager then ever. I could look at this time off as a complete negative if that's the path I choose, but I only shoot for the positives in life and I know the good Lord will make the grass greener on the other side allowing a recovery. I do hope y'all are doing well and were able to spend Easter with friends and family. Although I've been put on rest, that didn't stop me from at least spending time with some family and friends for Easter, so everything worked out. Anyways, God bless y'all and I'll be in touch!
ag)
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
4/8/09: Vocal Rest
It is with great disappointment that I must announce the cancellation of several of my dates and appearances for the next few weeks. I am battling a throat condition from being sick which the doctors have informed me can only be properly treated with rest. Unfortunately, that means I will be unable to perform until further notice. I truly hate this, but I want to take the best care of my vocal chords, which are my lifeline! I want to be back touring and seeing you guys AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! My fans mean the world to me, and I want to thank all of you for your concern, support, understanding, and prayers. I will make this up to you, and can't wait to see you all soon.
God Bless,
ag)
God Bless,
ag)
Thursday, April 2, 2009
4/2/09: Wisconsin, Pittsburgh, & Canada Album Promotion!
Wisconsin - land of the famous cheese curds and home to none other then Brad Austin (known for his top notch DJ'ing skills on Q106). He's one of the coolest dudes out there. He stops at nothing to make every one of our visits to Wisconsin as memorable and fun as possible. I also want to mention the tremendous support that he and everybody at the station has given me on my records. We were lucky enough to be able to play the Scatz club in Madison. Not only was it a great club atmosphere, but the people were awesome and treated us very well. It was ladies night at the club so there was a nice little crowd to play for.
The next day we flew to Pittsburgh where the band and I played another Soles4Souls show at The Saddle Ridge. We played along with Kate and Kacey (The Coppolas). I definitely like to thank Frank and everyone from FROGGY for all their support on my records from day one. I would also like to thank Chachi for helping us have a great visit to the station.
Canada, Canada here we come!! I was super excited to be able to fly home and do the Ronald McDonald event for the 5th year in a row. We were able to raise about $30,000 for the Ronald McDonald House and managed to break the $100,000 mark for all the five years combined. Thanks to my good friend, Cathy Fowler, for her continuous belief in me, and all that she does on behalf of the house. What really puts things into perspective for me is to hear the stories every year directly from the people the house has helped. I can't tell you what a sense of joy it brings my heart to offer a helping hand and see the difference it makes in peoples’ lives.
From Red Deer, AB my family, most of the band, and I drove back to Edmonton. I had Sunday, the following day, off with my family. Barry, my road manager, flew up to Canada with me. There was snow covering the ground, but, as Barry would say, he had his Jimmy Wayne coat to keep him warm - lol. We made the best with the time we were given, and my family and I took Barry over to West Edmonton Mall. Needless to say, I think Barry was quite blown away with how big the mall actually was! I believe that Barry may now be obligated to take his wife and daughter to the mall sometime down the road for a shopping spree – haha. Sorry, Barry, I had to do it man. Sunday went by all to fast then Monday rolled around. I had a promo day in Edmonton for my new album "Crazy Days." Megan, my record rep from Canada spent all morning taking us to different locations. I visited BT (Breakfast Television) where I did an interview and played both “Crazy Days” and “What It Takes” live. Following that, I did an interview for Access TV/C-TV. Once I finished that we headed over to CFCW, and I had an on air interview with Stella. I've been through CFCW a lot in the past ten years of my career, so it was great seeing them all again. CFCW is situated right inside West Edmonton Mall so when people walk by they can actually see into the studio headquarters. I was pleasantly surprised when my good friend Hank showed up to say hi. Hank and I go back a little ways. We used to sing around the campfire at our friend Hal's yearly fish fry. Unfortunately, Hal has passed on so I'm not sure if the fish fry will live on or not, but there certainly were a lot of good memories made. So all in all, as I'm sure you can tell, it was a very productive day. That's not even mentioning my CD release party that Chris Sheetz from CISN hosted for me later that night. Before the release party I stopped in at the CISN Country station and did an interview on air with Chris. I also performed a live acoustic version of "Down The Road.” The original thought behind my CD release party was to have a small intimate crowd; however, after Chris heard that I would be bringing about 40 family members, he opened the flood gates. The night of the show there was a crowd of over 300. I was just as excited to see the fans as they were to see me. Mark, Robin, David, and myself played about six songs acoustically. I signed autographs after to practically everyone in the house and sold close to 100 CD's. It sure is nice to see and feel the support I still get from my dedicated Canadian fans to this day. Y'all know that you ROCK! I felt kinda bad that night because I didn't get the preferred amount of time I would've liked to have to chat with everyone. We had to rush off because we were in such a hurry to catch a flight to Calgary. Chris mentioned to everyone I had to rush to catch a plane, and, thankfully, they all understood.
My family took us to the airport after that, and we were on our way to Calgary. I pretty much had the same kind of promo day in Calgary as I did in Edmonton. First I visited the Country 105 studios for an on air interview and acoustic performance. After that I made an appearance at Calgary's BK (Breakfast T.V.). I wanna thank Greg, another record rep., for all his help in Calgary while we were there. I did a taped interview with The City Show, CITY T.V. in the same building as BK. This time it was just an interview segment for the show. After having been away from Canada for quite some time, there's a lot that people are interested to know such as what I've been up to and about the album, etc. The next visit I made was to Calgary FM. I was interviewed by Phoenix and then had a two song acoustic performance. It was my first time in that studio because it's fairly new, but I left with a positive feeling about it. To end the day in Calgary, we stopped by another Ronald McDonald House. Not only did I have the honor of once again meeting the families staying there, but I also had the chance to sing for them as well. There is so much LOVE and WARMTH running through that house. It tugs at the ole heart strings to know the difference being made there by helping these families out.
From there Greg rushed Barry and I to the airport, and we caught our flight to Las Vegas. I'm here in Vegas now and excited about attending the ACM Awards on Sunday. You guys have a great night, okay, and I will talk y'all soon!
God Bless!
ag
The next day we flew to Pittsburgh where the band and I played another Soles4Souls show at The Saddle Ridge. We played along with Kate and Kacey (The Coppolas). I definitely like to thank Frank and everyone from FROGGY for all their support on my records from day one. I would also like to thank Chachi for helping us have a great visit to the station.
Canada, Canada here we come!! I was super excited to be able to fly home and do the Ronald McDonald event for the 5th year in a row. We were able to raise about $30,000 for the Ronald McDonald House and managed to break the $100,000 mark for all the five years combined. Thanks to my good friend, Cathy Fowler, for her continuous belief in me, and all that she does on behalf of the house. What really puts things into perspective for me is to hear the stories every year directly from the people the house has helped. I can't tell you what a sense of joy it brings my heart to offer a helping hand and see the difference it makes in peoples’ lives.
From Red Deer, AB my family, most of the band, and I drove back to Edmonton. I had Sunday, the following day, off with my family. Barry, my road manager, flew up to Canada with me. There was snow covering the ground, but, as Barry would say, he had his Jimmy Wayne coat to keep him warm - lol. We made the best with the time we were given, and my family and I took Barry over to West Edmonton Mall. Needless to say, I think Barry was quite blown away with how big the mall actually was! I believe that Barry may now be obligated to take his wife and daughter to the mall sometime down the road for a shopping spree – haha. Sorry, Barry, I had to do it man. Sunday went by all to fast then Monday rolled around. I had a promo day in Edmonton for my new album "Crazy Days." Megan, my record rep from Canada spent all morning taking us to different locations. I visited BT (Breakfast Television) where I did an interview and played both “Crazy Days” and “What It Takes” live. Following that, I did an interview for Access TV/C-TV. Once I finished that we headed over to CFCW, and I had an on air interview with Stella. I've been through CFCW a lot in the past ten years of my career, so it was great seeing them all again. CFCW is situated right inside West Edmonton Mall so when people walk by they can actually see into the studio headquarters. I was pleasantly surprised when my good friend Hank showed up to say hi. Hank and I go back a little ways. We used to sing around the campfire at our friend Hal's yearly fish fry. Unfortunately, Hal has passed on so I'm not sure if the fish fry will live on or not, but there certainly were a lot of good memories made. So all in all, as I'm sure you can tell, it was a very productive day. That's not even mentioning my CD release party that Chris Sheetz from CISN hosted for me later that night. Before the release party I stopped in at the CISN Country station and did an interview on air with Chris. I also performed a live acoustic version of "Down The Road.” The original thought behind my CD release party was to have a small intimate crowd; however, after Chris heard that I would be bringing about 40 family members, he opened the flood gates. The night of the show there was a crowd of over 300. I was just as excited to see the fans as they were to see me. Mark, Robin, David, and myself played about six songs acoustically. I signed autographs after to practically everyone in the house and sold close to 100 CD's. It sure is nice to see and feel the support I still get from my dedicated Canadian fans to this day. Y'all know that you ROCK! I felt kinda bad that night because I didn't get the preferred amount of time I would've liked to have to chat with everyone. We had to rush off because we were in such a hurry to catch a flight to Calgary. Chris mentioned to everyone I had to rush to catch a plane, and, thankfully, they all understood.
My family took us to the airport after that, and we were on our way to Calgary. I pretty much had the same kind of promo day in Calgary as I did in Edmonton. First I visited the Country 105 studios for an on air interview and acoustic performance. After that I made an appearance at Calgary's BK (Breakfast T.V.). I wanna thank Greg, another record rep., for all his help in Calgary while we were there. I did a taped interview with The City Show, CITY T.V. in the same building as BK. This time it was just an interview segment for the show. After having been away from Canada for quite some time, there's a lot that people are interested to know such as what I've been up to and about the album, etc. The next visit I made was to Calgary FM. I was interviewed by Phoenix and then had a two song acoustic performance. It was my first time in that studio because it's fairly new, but I left with a positive feeling about it. To end the day in Calgary, we stopped by another Ronald McDonald House. Not only did I have the honor of once again meeting the families staying there, but I also had the chance to sing for them as well. There is so much LOVE and WARMTH running through that house. It tugs at the ole heart strings to know the difference being made there by helping these families out.
From there Greg rushed Barry and I to the airport, and we caught our flight to Las Vegas. I'm here in Vegas now and excited about attending the ACM Awards on Sunday. You guys have a great night, okay, and I will talk y'all soon!
God Bless!
ag
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