Hi, everyone! Miss me? Well, I missed you ... of course, I see many of you readers making my rounds of all our great venues for live music. Awesome, right? I’ve really enjoyed my R&R time and looking forward to some more; plus the Christmas holiday, of course. My living room looks like Santa has already paid a visit. Ho! Ho! Ho!     I hope you all enjoy the many pictures of my travels this past month beginning with the beautiful bi-annual affair of the Winterfest Gala. It’s always fun to see everyone dressed in their beautiful finery. One of the highlights of the month was hearing Shaun Hopper again. He played at Fager’s Island and I heard him again at The Globe. What a phenomenal talent he is. Another phenom just heard last week is Gregg Karukas, one of the top jazz pianists in the world - a Bowie, Md., boy but now in L.A. Amazing vocalist Shelby Flint also performed at the concert held at Seacrets to benefit the Ocean City Cult... » Click here for the full story.

    Hey, y’all! I’ve had a great few weeks off. Relaxing I would say, if not for all the events I’ve been to; not to mention the usual array of rockin’ good music. So, what do you think of all these Halloween pictures, huh? You guys are amazing with your creativity and sense of fun. As usual the sexy girls took a lot of prizes but Trey’s Transformer at Seacrets was most inventive. I still go for the ghouly guys and gals like that Beetlejuice the true essence of Halloween. The idea was that the dead don’t drag you back with them when they return to their graves. It was good to see everyone get into the spirit, right?     Then, everyone came together for the annual Pink Ribbon Jammin’ for a Cure and it was a blast too. Amy had lots of help from her dedicated committee plus the Pink Ribbon Pinup Girls; the affair was amazingly well organized. The theme was cool, too, with three bands rockin’ across the decades ... » Click here for the full story.

    Wow, what a show last Sat. with Matt Ryan’s Bruce in the USA. It was everything I remembered from two years ago and then some. I just spoke with Matt who is back hom in Las Vegas after another leg of their tour (three weeks out and one week home). I asked him about former sax man Keith (who I reported as a member in my last column).     “Dave’s (McLaurin) our main guy. Keith lives in China now with his own show, singing, playing, doing well and happy. Another guy, Henry Alexander, sometimes fills in on sax  and is visually right there. David has played with people like Aretha Franklin and Flash. He’s a heavy duty player who knows all the cats from the E Street Band. When he plays a song, he owns it. And he’s a great guy to travel with, too.” Those of you who were at the show know that’s true; when he played “Jungleland” and dedicated it to Clarence Clemons, we were all choking back the tears. ... » Click here for the full story.