Sinister: I was saved by rock and roll

[howard shady]

Well well well...after a long month of struggling and
dealing with 
stuff that I never in my entire life thought I would
have to deal with.  
It all finally came to a close on saturday night.  I
haven't been to a 
show in ages and have been going through some tuff
stuff.  A few 
friends of mine came up with the idea of takin me
along to the Alejandro 
Escovedo show along with the Drive By Truckers. 
Finally the one that that 
could bring me out of my crusty little shell was the
sound of LOUD ROCK 
GUITARS!!!   My ears haven't been beaten like that in
ages and for once 
I was actually thankful for it.   There is nothing
like watching a 
bunch of PBR drinkin southern fellas with axes on
11(thats one louder than 
10) to drive the demons out of someone.  At first I
was a little 
aprehensive about the whole thing but about two songs
into the set I was 
bouncin around like a 16yr old kid in 1976 with those
funky pants that my 
big brother used to wear and just wishing I had a
better do on my head to fling around.  It's quite
possible that the beers I had been 
indulging in helped me out a bit, but it was so well
worth it.  That bein 
said, I've been a music dork for a long long time and
its been quite a 
while since I've had that out of body experience from
a live show.  For 
a few hours on saturday I was a kid again and loving
every sweaty, 
smokey and cheap beer induced minute of it.  So if
anyone has that not so 
fresh feeling on life go out and see some live music.
It helped me and 
it could help you too....hehehe.  
 thanx for reading that pile.....AND NOW FOR SOMETHING
COMPLETELY 
DIFFERENT

 I'm heading to the UK in september.....LONDON AND
SHEFFIELD to be 
exact.  If there are any of you from those parts drop
me a line offlist.  
I could use some tips and what not for my travels. 
Maybe even meet a 
few of you all while I"m there....Please dont be
shy....Help a little 
Chicago area fella out on this one.   Thanx for
listening all.....I'm 
back to my work here.
> 
> RAymond H. Humphrey


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