Newsletter - May 06'

Hello there and thanks for checking in on my schedule. I’m 44 this month - May 1st is my birthday! It sounds old; might even feel old, lately; shoot, it is old, who am I kidding?! But, I’m still doing relatively well and I am still immature, so that’s something. I only know of a couple of folks that don’t like me, so, I’m rich with friends and happy to have another year of history, and hope this new one will be full of growth and change and good times.

So, the news now is that I have decided to leave this little band project, Room Service. To be honest, I had hoped it would give me a little happy buzz about gigging. I am a tad burned out, though I love what I do once the music begins. I enjoyed my new band buddies, too - Scott Jordan on bass, Jabari McCoy on drums, and Russ Bryant on sax and keys - they are great players. I just didn’t get out of it what I had hoped. So, I will keep looking for band or multiple musician projects. And, if anyone needs a guitarist/singer for the occasional pickup gig, I’d like to do it. Look for Russ in After 8, New Vinyl Groove, and at Churchill’s on Wednesdays with Emily Branton.

I’m going back to a cool joint in Covington this month, Columbia Street Tap Room - May 4th. Also, a cool show at Clicks Billiards on May 16 - Charles Pierce and Blayne Coupel on percussion, with Debbie Landry and myself on acoustic guitar - all 4 of us sing, too. And, I’m sitting in for Damon King in his band on May 31 at Cadillac Café. On May 27, Matt Doran and Chad Braud, of New World Funk, rejoin me at Superior Grill.

Look for a great day on May 21st. Spanky’s Daiquiris in Prairieville has it’s 2nd Annual Crawfish Boil. It was probably the largest crowd yet at Spanky’s on a Sunday. We had jams by Chris LeBlanc, Debbie Landry, Blake Harlow, Damon King, Bo Jamison, Charles Pierce, and myself. It was a great day and I hope we can do it all again, with many players - old and new. If you want to come jam, feel free. We’ll probably start after the Nascar race ends that day - usually 4ish. I’m hoping it will be more of a band situation, as opposed to acoustic all day. But, with so many great players, it’s a can’t miss situation.

I’m leaving the festival hunts up to you this month. But, there are always great ones the first weekend of the month, like JazzFest and Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival. I could be anywhere!

So, I’ll be looking for some new gigs soon. I need to get back into New Orleans. I know the Half Shell is opening it’s second location soon. There are other new spots in BR, so keep checking on my schedule page.

And, just to go ahead and say it (since LSU baseball seems kinda down this year), I’m ready for some football. Draft day is this weekend - Saints have a new QB, thank goodness! - fall will be here before we know it. OK, OK, I’ll enjoy the summer, for now. I’m FOHTY FOH!

K