WELL I’LL SAY, (that’s what my mother in law says) IF YOU WERE NOT AT THE JAM ON THE LAKE IN MORGAN CITY YOU DEFFO MISSED IT! THIS WAS A SUPER EVENT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF GOING BACK THERE NEXT YEAR IS VERY PROMISING I HEAR.
ONE LESS SET BAND CAME OUT ROCKING AND MY FRIEND DUDLEY MIRE FROM EA HIGH SCHOOL TOLD ME HE HAD TWO SONS PLAYING IN THE GROUP….THEY WERE KICKING AND MY NEW FAVORITE DRUMMER GIRL WAS EXECPTIONAL….(sorry the music was too loud for me to catch their names)
THEN THE HIP BOOT JOE POP’S BAND CAME OUT AND SHOWED THEM YOUNG-WHIPPER-SNAPPERS HOW TO DO IT TO IT. THEY PLAYED SOME GREAT CLASSICS THAT HAVE MADE GONZALES MUSIC FAMOUS . THEY ALSO RECRUITED MY PODNUH JOEY RAY WHO ALWAYS SHINES WITH THAT SOULFUL VOICE OF HIS ( well done JoJo)
MY BAND AND I CAME ON TO A VERY NICE WELCOME FROM ALL THE FOLKS THERE AND FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA’S….LIKE ST.AMANT! YES WE WERE WELL REPRESENTED( the Ascension Parish Krewe) KQKI RADIO WAS THERE DOING A GREAT JOB, I GOT TO MEET SOME OF THE DJ’S THAT SPIN OUR CD’S AND WAS HUMBLED TO LEARN HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATED US.
I WAS ALSO ASKED BY ROB ARRINGTON ( aka riverratrob.com) TO PLAY “CHEATING HEART” A SONG THAT JONATHAN USED TO PLAY. AFTERWARDS I WAS PRESENTED A T-SHIRT AUTOGRAPHED BY JOHNNY RIVERS THAT WAS GIVEN TO JONATHAN. I DIDN’T DESERVE THIS MOMENTO AND TRIED TO RETURN IT TO MY FRIEND ROB WHO INSISTED HE WANTED ME TO KEEP IT…. I WILL CHERISH IT MY FRIEND. (BUT IT IS YOURS AT ANYTIME) TWO HOURS SURE PASSED BY FAST AND OUR TIME WAS UP.
I PULLED OUT MY TRUSTY SCISSORED-RETRACTABLE-EASY-TO-SET-UP-MOST-UNCOMFORTABLE-PORTABLE CHAIR AND YEP IT HAPPENDED! HIP BOOT JOE, JUST BLEW ME AWAY, BOOM! YEY YEH, I ‘VE HEARD THEM BEFORE , BUT I NEVER GOT TO JUST RELAX AND LISTEN TO THESE HIGH ENERGY CRANKING OUT CROWD PLEASING FELLOWS. THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN AND ARE PAYING THEIR DUES.
ARE THEY FACING ADVERSITY ? WELL SURE, WHAT BAND DOESN’T, JUST HANG ON, THEY WILL LAND OF THEIR FEET. IT TAKES A HEART FULL OF WANT TO AND A LOT OF WORK WHEN YA DON’T WANT TO, TO MAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN THE MUSIC BIZZ, AND I FOR ONE THINK THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES.
I COULD SEE THE PROUD FAMILIES OF THESE YOUNG WARRIOR MUSICIANS , AND I KNEW WITHOUT A SHRED OF DOUBT THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF THEIR FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY FROM THE MUSICIANS IN THEIR FAMILIES, BECAUSE SAY WHAT YOU WILL, BUT DADS AND MOMS LIVE OUT THEIR UNFINISHED DREAMS THROUGH THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
BUT I’VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU PEEPS………..I TOO, WAS VERY PROUD OF THEM . AH BUT YOU SAY, GLAZE THESE ARE NOT YOUR SONS AND I SAY AH CONTRARE, IN A WAY THEY ARE, BECAUSE WE SHARE THE SAME LOVE AND COMORODARY THAT MUSIC HAS TO OFFER, SO THAT MAKES US FAMILY. AND I HOPE AND PRAY THEY CONTINUE LIKE A ROCKET TO HIGHER SUCCESS.
THANKS TO ALL THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPT’S. THAT WORKED TO MAKE THIS A GREAT EVENT. THANKS TO ROB ARRINGTON FOR SHARING YOUR LIFE AND MEMORIES OF JONATHAN WHICH CAN BE RICH BUT ALSO PAINFUL AT TIMES. MAY GOD BLESS YOU MY BROTHER. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL……….KANE GLAZE