Hello all! I haqve several items to throw around here at the kitchen table! Jayne and I went to New Orleans this past weekend for a weding. It was absolutely lovely, the reception was superb, the food good, the drink excellent, and just about 10 pm when we thought things were winding down, there appeared a "2nd Line "band, a New Orleans dixieland band that normally plays funerals. Now adays they have discovered there is a steady income playing at weddings. We were paraded throught New Orleans, police excort, crossed canal street, 6 lanes plus street car tracks all stopped by police as our parade went to the French Quarter. About 150 started and well over 300 in the parade as it processed up0 Bourbon Street. One of those neat musical experiences to have thew authentic old 2nd line dixieland players. I got right up with the band and if I could have gotten a trumpet, katie bar the door!

We got home Sunday at 5 pm and had a full rehearsal with complete sound equipment in our living room at 7 pm My do-wop group has a Friday and Saturday night gig, and it is so, so fun to be singing that stuff again! We now have a great accompanist, and let the record show Ihave had trouble gettin the right accompanist as Jerry has a tenor! THis one is terrific. I will try to post some photos somewhere if possible.

My lead singer is recovering from COlon Cancer and has recently had recurrences in both lungs and is in the middle of chemo right now. He has a bad week and a good week. Our performance is in the good weekend and we hope all will be well. To add to this, his brother , a local police officer , committed suicide 10 daysago and there is a cloud of suspicion with some allegations of some sexual improprities he might have had prior to the suicide. It has really been tough on Billy.

On a brighter note, there is a Utube site you should check out, Look under " stand By Me," and change for good. As I have had this explained to me, the concept was a producer organized this so that a single guitar street performer in New Orleans started " Stand By me." This went into a computer and was instantly uplinked to other street performers all over the world and in real time they were singing along or playing. It is absolutely phenominal! Go see it!   The grampa character ( secondperformer) is a wonderful street performer in New Orleans and I talked with him about it last weekend. He is a blins man who can sing and really play the harp! GIve it a look!

My office is absolutely having a great month. My staff is so motivated it is hard to see any slowdown at all. I have agreed to "coach' anyone in my staff that wonts it, to get them out of credit card debt and on the right road to financial freedom. I have 6 of the 7 taking mwe up on it, and it is terrific to see the enthusiasm they have toward eliminating their debt. I will keep you abreast of this issue. Anyway, I have rambled enough this post. Hope you all have a nice evening! jimmyt