Last night at the Freedom bar

It was raing last night and still we managed to to pack the place. It went pretty well, I felt alot of pressure, we didnt have a song list ready so about 15 minutes before we were to start playing we ( the "Route 66" band) had a meeting and it was like ok, what songs are we going to play first? It all seemed to fall on my shoulders and the stress was intense.but with a few beers and a pad of paper we came up with the first set that just happened to be songs that I do all the singing and blues soloing and it went over good. The second set Tom helped on vocals, the last set I switched to bass and Steve played his guitar and sang his songs. The first and last sets were the best,Steve knows how to get the crowd singing with us and that really helped.Im a blues player and have my strong points,but Steve is a performer, I can learn alot from him.

at the Freedom bar last night

Thas my new/old guitar I bought on Thursday in Phnom Penh, rode a bus back to Sihanoukville,took the guitar apart,cleaned it,fixed it,put new strings on it and used it at the gig Saturday night. I looked at over a hundred guitars to find this one. It has a serial number and a date on it (1974). A true vintage guitar I love it!...and its black and white just like my bass guitar. How or why that happened I dont know.

at Rainy Season bar

Changing the subject a bit this pic was from last week. I was taking a break ( I mostly sit in the chair and play and call up musicians to help me out) Thats Steve on my guitar, Ian from France (on my bass),...Ian became a very good friend,then of course,he had to go back home,and Tom on drums.Tom lives here and has been in all the bands Ive played in so far.

Stephen (my boss at Freedom hotel)

On the left is Stephen,he runs the sound board and sings with us sometimes just for fun,and what fun it was last night!When this picture was taken I was in the middle of solo,it felt good,I was really on fire at some point and Stephen looks happy about it!

Steve on bass