9/27/09: Adam Update

Hey everyone, I hope y'all are having a great weekend. I've just been here at home practicing my guitar and I'm gonna hook up with some friends later this afternoon. I noticed I hadn't mentioned anything about how the Leonard Cohen Tribute show went last week, so I thought I would fill you in. The show was a success, thanks to the great bunch of folks who worked together to make everything run so smoothly. Adam Cohen flew in from LA to be a part of the show, so even though we didn’t have Leonard Cohen present, his son was there, so that was cool. It was such an honor to work with all the talented artists, organizers and, of course, my band that backed everybody up during the show. On another note, I was actually gonna go canoeing today. It would have been my first time doing that, but there have been flash flood warnings all day here in Nashville so I'm not gonna take the chance- although a boat would probably be one of the safer places to be with all this rain. Ha-ha. Other than that, I'm excited about going home again on October 1st. I have a few shows up that way that I'm looking forward to doing. Take care everyone and God Bless!

ag)

9/15/09: Hello from Canada!

I made it home safely this past Sunday and have been spending some good quality time with my family. The Leonard Cohen show is on Friday the 18th. The first official rehearsal will begin tonight at 7:00 pm. I've been practicing a ton for this show as I've mentioned in previous journals. Learning my Leonard Cohen selection will be cool because my band is the house band for that entire show. I haven't seen the band in a little while so I'm looking forward gigging!

One of the things I love about coming come is we have a fire pit in the backyard. Sunday night the whole family hung out after I arrived from the airport. We sat around the fire, talked, roasted marshmallows and grilled on the BBQ. Nothing like good company and good food! That's the simple sort of stuff I love.

I spent the day cruising around town yesterday in my parents’ truck. I think I'm going do a little bit more of that again today before tonight's rehearsal.

I hope y'all have a great day and thank you for the continual support. God Bless!

ag)

9/10/09: Still In Nashville

Hello everyone!

I’m just here at home in Nashville gearing up to watch the Mothman Prophecies for the second time. HA! I love movies like that! The weather has been nice in Nashville lately. I went out and washed my truck the other day. It was a perfect day for it.

I wrote yesterday with Nicole Witt and Jeff Ross. We came up with a pretty cool song called "Look Inside". The writing has been going well. I'm getting a good variety of songs, which is never a bad thing.

On another note, I don't know if they sell this product up in Canada, but in Nashville they have this type of Cereal (which I'm loving) called Oat n’ Wheat Bran Swirls. I discovered it at Trader Joe's and I've been hooked ever since.

I'm heading back to Canada on the 12th for that Leonard Cohen show. Also, I missed both my mom and nephew's birthday, so we'll probably celebrate again while I'm home. My mom said just having me home will be a gift in itself, but maybe I can convince her that we should all go out to dinner!

Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well. I will be sure to update you on my Canada trip.

Have a goodnight and God Bless!

ag)