Newsletter -
March 05
Just want to start this
month’s newsletter with best wishes
to Clay Jenkins in Iraq. You should be
home soon, pal! Hope you and your crew
are doing OK. Glad to hear you had two
beers there recently! Hehe...
Ah well, I have to start
this month by relaying some tough news.
Just when I had mentioned that the old
Bulldog gig was starting to move along
so well, it is going to end. I hope this
will be temporary, but as it stands, March
will be my last appearance there, for
a while. This is not being caused by myself
or the club, but because of some legalities...
and it’s a long, confusing story.
This has been my longest-standing, and
most rewarding show. I love this bar and
will miss playing there. It’s been
somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 years,
and there have been many groups of incredible
fans that have come and gone. Now, it’s
time for me to move on and find new things,
hopefully in New Orleans. I have already
begun to get those wheels rolling.
So, you’ve got
5 Thursdays to try to make it to The Bulldog
Uptown, 3236 Magazine St., New Orleans,
at 9pm, to enjoy a pint and some tunes.
Let’s try to make the last night,
March 31, something special. Thanks Bulldog
owners, managers, bartenders, and patrons
for such a great run. Perhaps it will
start up again.
This month, I’ll
be in NO many times, along with the Bulldog
gig. Every Wednesday, and a couple of
Saturdays, I’ll be in the French
Quarter at The Little Easy - 725 Conti;
just 3 doors off of Bourbon Street, towards
the river. They have great food all night
long! Sundays will continue at Spanky’s,
with Charles Pierce slapping his congo,
and shooting with me. That gig is coming
along nicely, and we look forward to the
upcoming boating season, and the return
of the "river rats." I’ll
do 3 Fridays at On the Half Shell - the
only place where you can hear good, acoustic
music every night. This place is just
IT - great food, great staff, great music,
great ownership. And, I hear they are
going to open another place in BR soon!
I’ll join the
Monday Night Band (in Rhett’s place)
at the Caterie twice this month, appear
at the Vineyard once, and jam with my
band mates at Superior Grill on March
25. Friends, this is not an acoustic show.
We play electric guitars and drums and
more upbeat songs. It can get loud, but
it can be some of the best ad-libbing
by talented players (Matt Doran, Chad
Braud, Dan Bourgeios) you will hear in
this town. We don’t practice - sometimes
we start before we know how to finish...
hehe.
Happy Birthdays to Chris
LeBlanc and Jenny Bihm! Festival season
is upon us, ya’ll. Can’t wait
for sunny and warm days, crawfish boils,
live music outside, and cold drinks on
ice. Looking forward to seeing my Mom
in Phoenix in April, along with U2! New
gigs are coming up. Check me at The Bulldog
before it ends. Go Tiger Basketball -
men and women! LSU Baseball - beat Tulane,
because they are #1 in the country! Saints
- are you gonna make any off-season moves
to show you are a football team or what?!
No, I did not renew my season tickets,
for $10 extra per game. I love the Saints,
but show me something, Mister!
I’m still waiting
for the first crawfish boil invitation.....
I’ll chip in!
Thanks,
Kirk
