Newsletter - May 04'

Thanks for checking back in on my website and thanks to all those who support my gigs and my music. May is my birthday month – May 1st is my birthday. My friend Jeanne, from Prairieville, created a nice card for me, that you can view from her posting in my guestbook – thanks Jeanne! I had a nice time with friends, celebrating in New Orleans. Then, I had a great gig at Spanky’s Daiquiris in Prairieville the following evening. I was kinda disappointed that the weather on Friday canceled events at the Live After 5 show and the Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival. But, there’s always something fun going on, someday, somewhere!

So, I did make it to Jazz Fest on April 24. The big name we saw was Lenny Kravitz. Friends Bill, Liz, and Jenny all touched the man, as he made his way off the stage, down to the ground, and walked around the barricades. I happened to be indisposed at the time, and missed the close encounter! But I think I saw Jenny on the big screen! hehe…. It was a fun day and very laid back. Once again, great, great food out there. My favorite was this pulled pork cochon de lais poboy. The poboy bread was perfect New Orleans bread! Other favorites were the stuffed artichoke and fried eggplant topped with crawfish cream sauce.

In sports, I, as usual, am keeping up with LSU baseball via the radio. They should get to Omaha, but don’t give me a lot of confidence, for some reason. Strong team, though. I hope I get to listen to them all the way into June. I went ahead and purchased my Saints season tickets, again, but downgraded. Love to go to the games, but the losers are not worth the higher priced tickets I owned. I’m sure the owner, Benson, doesn’t care, though. As long as I bought something. I wasn’t too impressed with their draft, but it will be nice to have another LSU Tiger on the Saints side – geaux Devery Henderson! I hope the New Orleans Hornets can make it to the next round of the playoffs, but I doubt they’ll get further than that. Not much of an NBA fan and I didn’t see them play down here this year, but I still follow what’s happening. I am actually interested in baseball this year. I think the perennial losers, like the Astros, Cubs, and Red Sox, have a shot this year. I’ll go see the Astros v. Cubs in August, by the way.

Well, my first month at the new Bulldog, 5135 Canal Blvd., went quite well. I think that will become a nice gig, though the vibe is totally different from the original Dawg. I’ll be going back to the Magazine Bulldog this month. John Gros will be appearing some at the new one – maybe Rhett Anthony, as well! I’ll continue to rotate between the two, month to month. Other gigs are unchanged – continuing to try to make Sundays at Spanky’s and Tuesdays at Seafood Ya Ya a great time. On the Half Shell has opened it’s new bar room! Plenty of extra space for lounging and listening to live music, or even standing at the oyster bar and slurping down fresh shucked ones. Check the schedule page for all shows.

The story of the death of football star and Army Ranger, Pat Tillman, really touched me last month. And he is just one of thousands of great, young Americans that protect and die to protect our lives. If you don’t know, he gave up what would probably have been a several million dollar football contract to do his Ranger service. He was killed in a firefight at the end of April. I’m sure a majority of soldiers have similar stories. God bless and protect our military personnel.

Ok folks…. just keeping you posted on some goings on in my life. Nothing too exciting or new, right now. I hope you are enjoying the extended spring and coolest days I ever recall in May. Come out to a gig when you can and let’s have a good time.

Kirk