after all....sell out???

yanno the kid in the middle? Well, Who did you think he was?!?

OH MY GOODNESS!! is all I have to say about the John Mayer Trio...John's newest incantation of musicians. I used to ogle at this man years ago at Eddie's Attic and Smith's Old Bar, and even talked to him a few times. He used to wear this great rainbow striped sweater that he looked absolutely amazing in...but that was before the fame..the name in lights...crazy weight loss...strange versions of songs I used to love.... There was this one night that I went to see him at Eddie's, and he was on fire. At one point, he got the electric guitar, and just started going off! He walked over and sat down at a table with the guitar, and just played the $hit out of it!! As a musician myself, I really truly noticed, appreciated, and was amazed at the talent of this guy. I even emailed him and offered to sing back up if he ever needed it. He emailed me back, saying he'd let me know....

Next thing I know I'm living in Philly, and I'm hearing his song on aisle 7 in my neighborhood supermarket. He has really made it....if making it is selling out...

So he made his money, had some great hits, lost some weight, but stayed pretty hot, played some great shows to a bunch of screaming young girls...but never really got to show off his guitar skills on any albums. I haven't been impressed by his studio albums thus far. I've bragged to my friends about how great he *really* is... Then I see something that says "John Mayer Trio" and I wonder if it's the same guy....so I stumble over to www.johnmayer.com and I hear this AMAZING guitar riff with drums coming in, and an all out JAM!! I was completely FLOORED!!!!

He made his money...and used it to go back to what he really wanted to do to start with. Props to John Mayer. I've got my itunes downloaded (the only place you can get these new tunes) and it's cranking over and over again. This dude has talent. I've seen it. Now I'm glad that he's put it in an album.

I wonder if I could get a main stream hit out of any of my tunes....i'll have to post an mp3 on here and get opinions from you guys. What do ya think?

Current Events

SO for those of you that read me regularly...all 3 of you...you know that I usually am not into posting about current events, news, politics, and the like. It is mostly because I am married to a government teacher, who is also a wannabe politician, and a news ADDICT!! He always watches CNN, which I don't mind, but the last week has been NOTHING but Katrina coverage!! I am not saying that they don't need coverage. I will agree that this is the worst natural disater in our country in my lifetime, and I am absolutely embarrassed at the incompetency of our Federal government. It's just plain sad and ridiculous. The search and rescue effort has not even gone close to Chalmette, where my brother used to live. His wife is in Bilouxi. Her company travels to different places after disasters and helps in clean up. She spent a lot of time in Florida last year, and will be in Mississippi and Louisiana for a while now. She said that to see it first hand is just incredible. There are so many people stranded...so many people without a home...and I am just soo thankful that they don't live there anymore. We are still trying to get in touch with people we know down there, as so many people are. For anyone reading this...no one is being let in or out of St Bernard's Parish. The place has been declared a complete loss. I can't stand to think about it.

And all I want is for my husband to change the damn channel.