I’m back from tour and catching my breath. What a whirlwind. I ended up playing 11 shows over 10 days, with little downtime. When I wasn’t driving, rehearsing, or playing, I was working on new music. I met up with several songwriter friends along my route to co-write.  Current have 4 new songs in various states of competition. New tune-age soon to come.

Some personal highlights from the tour:

• 1) Free therapy. I was offered some fireside “therapy” from a sweet and well meaning therapist who detected latent fear-of-commitment issues in one or two of my songs during a house concert set in San Diego. House concerts are know for their intimacy…this kind of took things to a new level. I just smiled and nodded.

• 2) Bandit: 1, Smokey: 0.  I was stoked to not get pulled over during my drive down and up the coast. I lost my wallet the week before tour, so I was using my old expired license. I was a good driver and it paid off.

• 3) Accidental busking. While rehearsing in the dark on a sidewalk for a short set at Lestat’s in San Diego, I got tipped twice (both times while I had my eyes closed). I did think anyone was around or listening and just looked up to hear a kind shout-out and saw $s in my guitar case.  Got me thinking I should busk more often.

• 4) Good health. I pushed my body fairly hard (little sleep) and was very happy to not get sick. Thank you, body.

• 5) Great people. I had free places to stay with friends and friends of friends all along the way. Thank you to everyone who put me up and pretty much spoiled me with good times. I also met many encouraging new fans along the way, and I’m really grateful for their support.

Abrazos,

Billy