A round of applause for you!

Thank you everyone for lending your helping hands in 08!

Throughout the year a portion of the proceeds from my live performances benefit various organizations. Because of your patronage and with the support from my absolute 2 FAVORITE venues to play, Mad Dogs & Englishmen in South Tampa and the Front Porch in Old Seminole Heights, we've been able to do our small part in helping the following organizations this year:

-Women & Infants Hospital
-The Humane Society
-Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Tampa Bay
-Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
-Boys and Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay
-The SPCA of Tampa Bay
-Make a Wish Foundation
-Muscular Dystrophy Association
-The Spring
-The Vincent LeCavalier Foundation
-National Parks and Conservation Association
-The Sierra Club
-WMNF Community Radio
-The Children's Home

Thank you again and please remember to stop in and visit both Mad Dogs & Englishmen (http://www.maddogs.com/) when you're on the south side of town and The Front Porch in Historic Seminole Heights (http://www.frontporchgrill.com/); two first class establishments! Be sure to let them know that you appreciate their helping hands and their support of Live Music in Tampa Bay.

-A2

So long '08...

12/13/2008

Part 1-
Tangled Up In Blue, Where R U Going, Steal My Kisses, You and Me, Brian Wilson, Norwegian Wood, Babylon Waiting on a Friend, Waiting on the World to Change, Poor Poor Pitiful Me> Ring of Fire, Lucky's Charm>Flake, Angel from Montgomery, Little Drummer Boy, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Drive

Part 2-
You'll Think of Me, Heart of Gold, Sitting Waiting Wishing, A Pirate Looks at Forty, Hey There Delilah, Let Me Go, Friend of the Devil, Me and Julio... Southern Cross, Ruby, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Wild World, Under the Milky Way, White Christmas, Country Roads



Musically, this has turned out to be quite a year and there's more to come in '09. If you've listened to even a single note in 2008, I couldn't be more grateful and I wish everyone the happiest of holidays!

Peace,
-A2

"Let there be songs to fill the air..."
- Robert Hunter

12/12/08

Drummer Boy harp intro>Where Are You Going> Do You Hear What I Hear, Sitting Waiting Wishing, Friend of the Devil, Brian Wilson, Angel From Montgomery, Steal My Kisses, Hey There Delilah, Waiting On A Friend, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Meet Virginia, Iko Iko, Wonderful Tonight (Dan W lead vocals), Let Me Go, Cherry Bomb, Drive, Wild World (2 from Dan) Flake, Ring of Fire

Holiday under the Stars

Spent Saturday afternoon chilling in the stands with my main man at Raymond James watching some college football after a raucous night gigging with Punch Drunk under the stars in downtown St. Petersburg, FL. This can be a pretty damn good band when it gets cranking (the "Jazz Master" on bass, "Nice Guy Eddy" on lead and of course my boy, "Brother Roame" on drums) and last night was great fun.

We seemed to be in sync as soon as the guitars came out of the cases. It felt as though we had a good groove in during sound check and we pretty pretty much stayed in the zone most of the night. There were very few of those, "uh oh" moments when all of a sudden the music doesn't seem want to flow quite as easily. We weren't even close to being technically perfect mind you but, as the first set moved on we just locked in and it was a nice ride.

I played through the Jazz Master's Marshall last night and I loved the versatility. The clean sound was great for the softer stuff and when it was time to really kick it, this amp had more than enough muscle to get it done. Of course, when our good buddy "Nails" came by and I handed him my guitar, that's when the thing really came to life. For me its such a treat to watch Nails and Nice Guy trade licks that I usually just go grab a cold one, sit off to the side and watch the fireworks as these two pros trade licks.

Anyway, it went a little something like this...

I
One I Love, Rain King, Can't Hardly Wait, Waiting on the World.., Meet Virginia, Margaritaville, Fall Down, Heart of Gold, Runnin' Down A Dream, Flake, Call Me the Breeze, Dead Flowers

II
Old Apartment, Sitting Waiting Wishing, Just Like Heaven, Pipeline, Keep Your Hands to Yourself, Driver 8, You'll Think of Me, Friend of the Devil, The Middle, Rooftop Jam, I Want You to Want Me (J Lords, lead vocals), Honky Tonk Woman (J. Lords, lead vocals), American Girl

III
What I Got, Last Dance for Mary Jane, I'm A Believer, Ball & Chain, Wish You Were Here, "Nice Nails" Jam, Glory Days, Under the Milky Way -Sweet Home Alabama

I'll finish up the year next weekend with two acoustic gigs on Friday and Saturday and that'll be a wrap for '08.

Until next time,

-A