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Hey there,
This Saturday, October 27, along with a host of luminaries including Ronnie Hawkins, David Johansen, M. Ward, Dave Alvin (and more!), yours truly will be performing at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland for the Chuck Berry tribute. Lemmy will be there too. THAT Lemmy. Lemmy Kilmister [I didn’t know he had a last name, but there you go]. Yep, It’s crazy – I know it. Chuck Berry will be there. It will get weird. Consider that a guarantee. Or your browser back. I’ll try to bring a camera.
Details here: http://tinyurl.com/8ecv5no
Meanwhile in Merchville:
We’ve got a new 7” just in time for Halloween. Buy it here:
http://tinyurl.com/8p3roak
And…Part II of the Temple Beautiful walking tour video directed by our main man Darrell Flowers is now up and running on the YouTube. Folks, there’s still a six-foot square portrait of Red Man in my rehearsal studio that follows my every step with his bright eyes. If you’ve seen him lately - he always said he’d never die - please call our tip line.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63YKaLRpZp4
So much excitement around here with The Giants I don’t know where to start. Just when it couldn’t get any worse for the Cardinals, the rain came down like a hammer on those poor red birds while The Giants hydroplaned right into the World Series. I flicked the channel and the talk turned to horses and bayonets. It was one of those kind of nights. Where you collapse and fall asleep in your clothes.
The Nick Lowe gigs and the Yep Roc 15th anniversary show were a total blast. Speaking of bayonets, I heard the kick off party was a barn-burner. Knowing the Fleshtones were in town burning it up, I had to call ahead to make sure the gig was still on. “Did the Fleshtones burn the city to the ground? Do we need someone to get Shelby Foote on the phone? Any truth to the rumor that the Redeye warehouse was looted of all its Nick Lowe swag?” When I got there the buildings were all standing and the crowd was on its knees waiting for Nick Lowe to tell them one more time what’s so funny ‘bout peace, love and understanding.
Finally, The Mission Express had a ball in Austin at our two-night stand at the Continental. The bottom line remains: Austin is a great place to eat a taco.
Finally and then some, speaking of Tacos . . . [Silly Rabbit, segues are for kids].
For the second year running, Peter Buck is putting on the Todos Santos Music Festival, a ten-day music event. The festival, presented by The Hotel California, is in Baja California (that’s in Mexico, I’m pretty sure), January 10-26, 2013. The Mission Express will be present and accounted for. Details to follow.
Onwards,
-CP
