Doug Day Afternoon

Hey Soul Mates,
it's June 1, a day to celebrate. Why? It's our drummer, Doug Gordon's birthday!
I'm just so thrilled to play with Doug. He's our anchor. His drumming certainly makes my bass playing infinitely better. No cat can drive like our dog. Ha Ha. (And if you've ever been in a car with him that has a double meaning.)

I've known Doug for about 5 years now and played with him for 3 of those. It seems like longer than 3 years, through ups and downs: Rock The Stones, personnel changes. But Doug has remained loyal and steadfast through it all. I just can't express how thankful I am for him.
Much love, Dog.

June 1 is a historic day in Pop music. Doug was born and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released by the Beatles. Needless to say Sgt. Pepper is the most important record in my reckoning. I learned to read by following the lyrics printed on the album's back cover. I'll have to throw that CD on today. There are albums that I prefer to it now, but that's the first LP that I can remember wearing out the grooves.

So, while you are on MySpace drop Doug a birthday note. Or better yet, come to our next gig and wish him a Happy (Belated) Birthday in person. "We hope you will enjoy the show!"

Love, Power, Peace.

It Was Only Last June

Hey Soul Mates,
how are you? It's Memorial Day Weekend. 3 days of relaxation for some.
Last night, we went to Molly Malone's for the Piper Downs show. It was lead singer Bobby Bognar's birthday. For his own present he invited a whole bunch of other musicians to sing songs (Derek Anderson; Jeddrah Schmidtt amongst others). Toward the end of the show, Bobby called me on stage and we did a blazing version of I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man. We really rolled the crowd over with that one.

Many moons ago, Bobby and I were hanging out at his pad when we discovered that each of us was a Prince fan. You wouldn't know it to meet Bob, but that's the typical can't judge a book... We ran down a whole bunch of songs, but that one was the sweetest. So to get a chance to sing that song with him on stage was pretty cool.

Send a good thought to Doug. He's home with a bad tummy ache. And his Birthday is Wednesday (June 1)!
L.A. Soul Mates watch your e-mail for our official show announcement/invite for June 17 (when we will celebrate both of our Gemini Birthdays).

Love, Power, Peace