Hey everyone, how's it going? I'm here at my loft, and I’ve been practicing a bunch on the Leonard Cohen songs. I'm feeling more and more confident the more and more I practice them. I'm sure some of you are reading this and wondering what I'm talking about- well, let me just fill you in a little. Leonard Cohen is known for the countless number of songs he's written over the years for himself and for other well-known artists. There's going to be a Leonard Cohen tribute show in my hometown of Edmonton, AB, on August 18th, which I've been asked to be a part of. It's a great opportunity as well as an honor to have been asked. I'm learning 5 of his songs right now, so that's kept me pretty occupied today. Since the last e-mail, I've had some shows here in the US as well, in both Wichita and Kansas City, which went over very well. The show in Wichita was originally an acoustic event, but Chad and Dustin both accompanied me, giving the audience a little bit more. The show itself was to raise money for the American Cancer Society, so hopefully we were able to help out a little bit. Thanks to Melissa Easterburg and everyone else involved with the organization- we had a great time. Earlier in the day before the show, I stopped in at Kissin Country 102.1 and went on-air with Rick Reagan. We chatted for a whole hour, had a bunch of laughs, and it was just an all-around great interview. Rick was able to make it out that night and catch our show at Sam's Place, which was the name of the club. Thank you to Rick and everyone at Kissin Country for all the support. The next thing on my to do list is obviously the Leonard Cohen show on the 18th in Canada, but up until then I'll be hooking up with some writers here in Nashville and hopefully with enough prayers we'll be able to get some good songs writing. Anyways, hope y'all are healthy and have a great night. God Bless!
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
8/1/09: On The Road
How’s everyone doing this weekend? I'm doing well, but at the moment I have a headache I'm trying to get rid of. I think it has a lot to do with the heat and humidity here in Nashville.
Yesterday my manager and I drove to Owensville, Missouri. We met up with my band to do a show at the Owensville fair. Trent Tomlinson was also on the bill for the evening’s entertainment. It was good to hang out with him and his band again, not to mention it was a great evening show and crowd wise. There was a lot of livestock at this fair, as well! I took some time to walk around the grounds to take it all in. There were cows, horses, a couple elephants, dog shows, so as you can tell there was a lot of entertainment for the families. It was good that I drove my truck there because after the show we dropped the band off at their hotel. Then, Lawrence and I headed back to Nashville. Five hours later (at about 5:00 in the morning) we arrived back to Nashville.
I'm getting excited for the 4th of August to roll around because I'm heading back up to Canada to do a show in Darwell, Alberta. I'll get to see my family, which I'm always thankful for. My parents are super excited about the deck my dad is building on our house. I'm looking forward to lounging around on it with them. He has had plans to build a deck on the front of the house for quite sometime, but was just waiting for the right time do it. That time is now! I saw the progress of the deck the last time I made it home and it looked awesome, can't wait to see it this time around!
Anyway, I hope you all have a great rest of the weekend and have a good night. God Bless!
ag)
Yesterday my manager and I drove to Owensville, Missouri. We met up with my band to do a show at the Owensville fair. Trent Tomlinson was also on the bill for the evening’s entertainment. It was good to hang out with him and his band again, not to mention it was a great evening show and crowd wise. There was a lot of livestock at this fair, as well! I took some time to walk around the grounds to take it all in. There were cows, horses, a couple elephants, dog shows, so as you can tell there was a lot of entertainment for the families. It was good that I drove my truck there because after the show we dropped the band off at their hotel. Then, Lawrence and I headed back to Nashville. Five hours later (at about 5:00 in the morning) we arrived back to Nashville.
I'm getting excited for the 4th of August to roll around because I'm heading back up to Canada to do a show in Darwell, Alberta. I'll get to see my family, which I'm always thankful for. My parents are super excited about the deck my dad is building on our house. I'm looking forward to lounging around on it with them. He has had plans to build a deck on the front of the house for quite sometime, but was just waiting for the right time do it. That time is now! I saw the progress of the deck the last time I made it home and it looked awesome, can't wait to see it this time around!
Anyway, I hope you all have a great rest of the weekend and have a good night. God Bless!
ag)
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