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Well, it's official--I got confirmation that I'm playing this gig with Buck Ford. Thursday, April 22 '10, at Trout's in Bakersfield, CA. I know there are some forum members in that area, and I invite y'all to come on down. I'm planning to bring my Hallmark Custom 60, and if anyone wants to check it out, come see me on a break. If we can get down there early enough (it's probably a 5-hour drive from Vacaville), I'm going to try and talk the guys into stopping at Front Porch Music. I'm looking forward to meeting any forum members who show up!
-Jon

I'd love to see you play Jon...but I'm a bit far away... I hope the gig goes well and you get to enjoy your playing

If I were on the wrong coast, I'd surely be there.

gplayer wrote:If I were on the wrong coast, I'd surely be there.

Story of my life also.

Jim

Whew! Long gigging weekend! Wednesday we did an acoustic show in Redwood City, CA, just me, Buck and the fiddle player--not a bad drive; a little traffic, but it was only about an hour and 15 minutes from me. Thursday we were at Trout's in Bakersfield with the full band--a nice venue, big stage, good sound system, and we actually had a pretty good crowd for a Thursday night--although if any forum members were there, they didn't make themselves known. That one was about a 6-hour drive. I didn't get the chance to go to Front Porch Music because we had to leave early Friday morning and drive another six hours to Bullhead City, AZ to play a private party for a bunch of bikers. That was a fun one--the crowd was just rowdy enough to have fun, but nobody got out of control. After about five hours' sleep, we drove 12 hours back up to Sacramento to play a country club gig in Fair Oaks on Saturday night. By the time I got home to Vallejo early Sunday, I was totally fried--I remember being able to handle all the traveling a lot better back in the '80's when I was in my thirties! Now that I'm almost 60, it's a little tougher, but it was still fun.

Awesome! It's sounds like a great time!

It was, Sarah! It would have been even better if I hadn't gotten sicker than a dog on the way back to Sacramento from Bullhead City, though! A word to the wise--stay away from the chicken-fried steak at the cafe in Four Corners, CA (between Barstow and Boron in the Mojave desert). I had it for breakfast, and about an hour and a half later, it had me. Everyone else was fine, so the rest of the food had to have been OK, but it made for an even longer trip north.