The face of Calgary has changed alot. The oil money has been good to this town and it shows. Tonight we are playing at the a downtown venue that was bought by the Calgary Flames. It’s private function and other acts on the show include Doc Walker, Beverly Mahood and others. It’s a beautifully renovated venue and I am sure the evening will be a success.

For you songwriters out there, here is a little lesson I learned in Nashville. Write for the waste paper basket. I’ve been working on some new songs and as I work through ideas, new themes and bits arise. They don’t fit the song but some I like. In a songwriting class I remember the teacher suggesting to follow through with those bits and phrases and try to complete them as if you were going to throw them away afterwords. He gave some amazing examples of hit songs that people had written because they followed through with an idea and actually completed it instead of putting the piece on the shelf.

The band is sitting in the airport waiting to leave for Palm Springs. We had a little setback getting our credentials but we will be flying out in 2 hours. The gig is a corporate for A&W and that is about all I know. We are staying at the Westin Mission Hills Resort which should be very nice. I wonder if we’ll get complimentary teenburgers on arrival 🙂

My latest CD, “First Set” is a compilation of songs from my previous 3 CD’s and is almost SOLD OUT.  I will have have to order another shipment soon which is a good thing. The cool thing is I am going to add a different BONUS track to the next pressing.

“First Set” included my previously un-released song “Work To Live” which features Jerry Doucette (Mama Let ‘Em Play) playing some amazing, blistering blues guitar. The track doesn’t really fit with mood of “First Set” so I am re-mixing an unreleased track from the “Livin On Dreams” sessions produced by Randy Bachman. I hope to have the bext pressing done for the upcoming summer tours.

The Canadian Cancer Society held their annual fund raiser this past weekend and because I was booked in Calgary I was not able to perform this year. In past years I have opened the event with a selction of songs including “Ride Of Your Life” a song specifically written for the “Cops For Cancer, Tour For a Friend” event.

I had the privilege of introducing Colin James as the feature entertainment this year. Colin and his band rocked the place with familiar hits plus, some dance tunes from his Little Big Band 3 CD.