Hey Everybody! Thanks for checking in!


The Seasonal Update:

I’m happy to announce that I’ve recently become a D’Addario and Planet Waves endorser. I feel really good about this, as I’ve been a dedicated user of D’Addario strings for over twenty years, and they are a really cool company - family own and run, that really cares about music, musicians and their products. For instance – when I was trapped out of town after Katrina, D’Adarrio, more or less out of the blue, sent me a wonderful care package that kept me in business until I was able to get myself resettled. They sponsor all kinds of foundations and music and music education projects. Thanks D’Addario, I’m proud to be part of your family!

Cindy Scott & I are hard at work putting together her next CD project. It is going to be fantastic, the material and the band are beautiful, there is a real vibe and a lot of Jazz–love. Cindy is a ferociously hard worker and has exceptionally high standards for herself and her music, and I know for sure this is going to be the real deal. We’re shouting to recoird it in early May, and have it out sometime this summer.

I finished two other records recently that I played on, produced and mixed. One is out already, Martin Urbach’s Free Will, and the other will be released in Europe soon, Jirka Hala’s Make You Wanna Hala. It was a blast working on both of these discs, as they are completely different animals, with completely different processes and esthetics. The things they both have in common is fantastic writing, great musicians and good vibes. Hope you all find some time to check them out.

In the gig world, I’ve done some fantastic hits recently in NYC and NOLA with my friend and NOLAphile Bill Malchow, Martin Urbach, Cindy Scott, Jo Lawry and more. I feel truly blessed many nights getting to even stand on stage with some of the cats that I’m playing with. Life is good!

That’s all for now - Peace & Funkiness!



ps: I started an email list thing a while ago, the big plan being to send out my news and my gig list about once a month. So far I’ve sent out exactly one mailing! I swear I will get it together eventually. So, if you want to take the chance that one day you might get something, click these words. If, at some point, you become terminally swamped by electronic correspondences (which at the rate I’m going could never happen!), you can un-sign up too, the convenient and automatic disconnect link comes with every email! Also, you have the option of letting me know where you are, so I won't bother you with gig notices for stuff nowhere near you.



STUFF TO CHECK OUT!!

Paul Wiltgen & The Paislies
Martin Urbach’s Free Will