Newsletter

The dog days are here, it seems. May was nice and cool, but it’s spicy warm now. Congratulations to graduates and friends who are moving on after school. I can barely remember graduating from LSU in 1984 – 20 years ago! I’ve never known exactly where I was heading since then, either…. hehe. And, I’ve definitely taken some wrong turns along the way. But, I’m happy to still be playing music and being my own boss. Many of you have traveled the path, alongside me. Thanks so much for being there.

A quick overview of this month: Sundays at Spanky’s in P’ville and Thursdays at the new Bulldog (5135 Canal Blvd. @ City Park) are weekly gigs. I’ll also show up at the Caterie twice, the Vineyard twice, the Half Shell, Superior Grill, and the Station. I decided to layoff of Seafood Ya Ya on Tuesdays for this month. A few new gigs are in the making – New Orleans and Lafayette are options.

Don’t forget to check on my links page for all kinds Baton Rouge and New Orleans bands. Great things are coming up for friends like the Cam Pyle Band and Chris LeBlanc.

Ya’ll know I keep up with festivals and such. There aren’t a lot of happenings this month, but you can look for the Back to the Beach Festival at Lake Ponchartrain,
June 4 – 6, French Market Tomato Festival, June 12 – 13, and the Bayou Lacombe Crab Festival, June 25 – 27. July has the Essence Music Festival the first weekend, along with many 4th of July celebrations. And, Happy Birthdays go to my sister, Kim, and my buddy Joel’s wife, Angie Fitzgerald (my friend, too!).

I just got back from a nice weekend trip to Memphis, with some buddies. I’m telling you all that you must see the Dempsey’s. I think there is a link to their site on my links page. Fantastic, hard working, supremely talented, hilarious, and eclectic rockabilly band! And, in Memphis, eat ribs at Blues City Café and a burger at Huey’s – both easy on the wallet and taste buds. The Flying Saucer is up there with any of my favorite beer joints in New Orleans, like the Bulldog, Lagers, and Cooter Brown’s. Sorry to The Chimes – you don’t even hold a candle to any of these, except for food. But, The Chimes is all we got, so I go there for something besides Coors Light.

For you wealthy folks who may have missed Paul McCartney on tour here in the States, he is doing a European tour. Just jet on over to Spain or France and tell me all about it! It was the best concert of my life, no doubt. I’m gonna check out Al Green this month in Biloxi.

I look forward to seeing you all soon. At my shows, you can now buy the CD for $10. We gotta move these units, baby! I hope your summer is going well. Geaux Tiger baseball! It’s a long shot, but I hope they can make it back to Omaha.

Later,
Kirk