002 A Quick Thank-You

Hello everyone.

I have not updated this too frequently yet, simply because I am trying to bring people's awareness to the blog itself so that people can follow along, without being too far behind or knowing what is going on. On that note itself, I would love to extend a quick and huge thank-you to the staff at The Music Slut for featuring me in one of their posts today. It makes me very excited to people supporting my idea and wanting to read and follow me along my journey on the road and away from home.

If you do like the idea and purpose behind this blog, please leave a comment or e-mail me and let me know that you are reading this blog. I would love for everyone to tell people about these posts and I hope that everyone finds them to be an interesting read.

Since the last post, the Brian Wilson tour came to an end in Westbury, NY with our final show held at the Capitol One Bank Theatre and it was very well received. There was a little bit of stress in the beginning of the day as the room is "in-the-round" with the stage sunken in the middle and tiered seats 360 degrees around it. In the end, our amazing crew curtained off the seats not in use and made the show possible on the smaller than normal stage. Watching the show from my view, it looked like everyone was treated to one of the more intimate shows of the tour, which made it all the more fitting for it to be the last of the tour.

This was my 2nd Brian Wilson tour and I had managed to not meet the legend himself until this night. It's not a case of him not wanting to meet people, just simply a case of myself feeling as though I didn't know what to say to the man who wrote one of my first "favorite albums," and possibly still one of them today. (Hence the title of this blog.) He was always walking around and loved to play music even in his dressing room, so I never wanted to interrupt what he was doing just to say "hello." Two tours later, I finally have a signed copy of his newest album, "That Lucky Old Sun," on 180g Vinyl. It will forever be one of my most prized possessions.

The tour itself ended smoothly, and I made it home to Toledo, Ohio in time for the holiday's, although American Airlines was kind enough to lose my luggage and then deliver it at one o'clock in the morning. That, however, is not what matters, I am safe at home and was able to Thanksgiving with my family for the first time in 3 years.

I leave again on Tuesday for tour with Mindless Self Indulgence followed by a run with Ice Cube. I have decided to add my schedule to the right hand column on this blog - please feel free to send me a comment if I am coming near you and you would be interested in catching a cup of coffee.

I hope everyone had a great holiday and if you are traveling like myself, please be safe.

- Joseph A. Lemble