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Hard to find these days, but, when you do, it sorta makes your mouth water even before you dig in.
No, I’m not talkin’ about sex (sigh!) … I’m talkin’ tostadas, man (at least for now …)

Here’s why:

Awhile back, in the back pages of an old, dusty Sanskrit manuscript that I found hidden in the top shelf of my library, Ye Untolde Saga of Rocque and Rolle, there was an interesting tidbit.  After removing it (it was part of that Archway cookie I lost last Christmas), I read a question posed to early performers by some obscure TV anchorman:

What do you do onstage to keep from getting stage fright?

Natch, that means so you won’t freeze up on the vocals or guitars, etc.  It was almost uninaninimouse:  The performers would think of something pleasant — something to look forward to after the show, for example — first.

One club singer said, I think of my girl, and how she’s waiting for me to come home.  She’ll have a hot meal and also some hot kisses waiting at the door.  Which is nice.  But a hot meal waiting at the door is an open invitation to every cat in the house to eat it before ya get there.

Another said:  A nice, hot cup of the finest coffee, two sugars, one cream.  I suppose “shaken, not stirred”.  Still another, You can’t tell if there’s an impresario in the audience.  I want to impress the hell outta him.

But the kicker was the young rocker who said:  Beefy tostadas.  I dunno, maybe he was doing a Tex-Mex act.  Nonetheless, they all had a valid point.

Look ahead of your gig … check the waters beyond, and give yourself something to look forward to after the show.  Score points toward the big reward by pulling your best set out, dusting it off, and doing it like you mean it!
Then, after the show’s over and the last fan’s gone … go out and enjoy!

Another question (being a mid-’70s, post-Watergate publication, it was after the ad for that deodorant that says it’s working but has its own agenda to cover up the tell-tale odours.  It was called Nix-On …) was How do you face the audience without being afraid?

Some said they looked just above eye level, checking the fans’ foreheads instead of their expressions.  Worked well with everyone except Manson followers.
Others?  We just imagine everyone sitting there in their underwear.  I believe this trick folded when mothers-in-law were invited to gigs …

John Lennon had a great concept on handling audiences:  “They’re out there, and they’re me, and I’m them, and she’s he, and he’s her and we’re all together.”  And, if we’re all together, we’ve got nothin’ to worry about, right??

Okay, the quarter’s up (actually, I still had some minutes left from the last one), so just remember to tune in tomorrow for more musical madness.  I’ll see ya on the flip side!

Yep. He’s finally made it to intergalactic stardom …

Former Beatle and working-class hero, the late John Lennon now has a crater on the Moon named after him.

It’s called The John Lennon Peace Crater, and it’s on the earth side (not the Dark Side. That belongs to Pink Floyd …) of the Moon. Six kilometres wide and 990 metres deep, it’s located in the Lake Of Dreams.

Personally, I believe the man deserves the honor! After all, our orbiting orb has long been associated with love and peace. So who better to name part of it after than John??

THE FACES (minus Rod) TO REUNITE

‘Tis true!! The rest of the surviving members, minus Rod Stewart (who has “prior obligations”), will be playing a one-off gig on October 25 at London’s Royal Albert Hall. It’ll be part of a Music Members Benevolent Fund benefit.

Though Rod won’t be making it, Classic Rock magazine reports that “a host of special guests will help out on vocals.”

Still, you’ll have guitarist Ronnie Wood (who started touring with Rolling Stones even before Faces broke up in 1975); Kenney Jones (who replaced Keith Moon as drummer for The Who in 1979); and keyboardist Ian McLagan (who went on to solo and session work.).
Of course, their amazing bassist, Ronnie “Plonk” Lane, died awhile back of cancer, so Bill Wyman (ex-Rolling Stones) will fill his spot.

Dickie Peterson, lead singer and bassist with Blue Cheer, died yesterday (12 Oct.) after a long battle with cancer. Jim Morrison called the band “The single most powerful band I’ve ever seen.” They were best known for their re-make of Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues” (this was the second of three major remakes of that song; the other two were done by The Who and country star Alan Jackson).  Peterson was 61.

Okay … that’s it for now.  i’ll see ya later this evening …

Ahhh, and what a week it was, yardbirds …

On Sept. 15, 1961 (a mere 48 years ago!), a young band from Hawthorne, California called The Pendletones had their first real recording session in L.A. Due to the big coastal craze at the time, the band does a small, self-penned song called “Surfin’”.

When it finally hit the local charts, everyone started callin’ them The Beach Boys.

The rest is history …

One year later, Brian Epstein brought a band he managed to do an interview with Peter Jones of the London Daily Mirror. Jones did the interview, but concluded that “The Beatles they are a ‘nothing’ group.”

But one year and one day later, the Fab Four released their hit, She Loves You (b/w I’ll Get You) in the states … but on Swan Records. But it didn’t make the charts until a year later, when the Invasion was in full swing (it was already #1 in the UK).

By the way: Remember The Beatles’ fab tune, A Hard Day’s Night (from the movie of the same name)? Have ya ever wonder why no one’s been able to get exactly the same sound the band had when they play the song’s opening chord?
It’s because they had all three guitars (George was on 12-string here) and Sir George Martin’s piano playing the same specific note at the same time! And, of course, ya had The Beatles’ inimitable attack!

Gettin’ back to the timeline: On September 15, 1964, John was interrupted in the midst of his song by a Cleveland (Ohio) police inspector took his mic and asked the band to leave the stage for fifteen minutes so they could calm down the screaming crowd!

Two days later, the Fab Four played a gig in Kansas — on what was supposed to be their day off! The pay wasn’t bad, though: They got $150,000 for the show (figure that’d be almost five times as much in today’s dollar!)

Okay … that’s it for this brief post (but wait’ll ya read the next one. It’s about how The Beatles helped bring down Communism [and, no, I’m not joking!]). Until sometime during the next 24 — and at all other times — you can catch the double-E (aka Chuck Hinson) on Facebook, Twitter and Great Internet Newspaper&#8482 (yeah, matter of fact I do get around!).
So, until next time, remember …
keep your eyes on the skies, your feet on the ground, your heart with the music …
and I’ll see you on the flip side …

To many Elvis fans, it seemed rather odd that hardly anyone honored, or even mentioned, the King of Rock’s death on its 32nd anniversary a couple of days ago.

Perhaps it was that, as one TRR reader put it as part of a remark about Elvis’ death-day remembrance: “… in view of Michael Jackson’s recent death (honoring) it just didn’t seem right.”

In a way, she’s right.  But, then again, does anyone remember how Presley died??
It was from an overdose of medication — prescribed by his doctor, George “Dr. Nick” Nichopoulos.
Now … how did Michael die?
It was (and, here, I must add the disclaimer “allegedly” until the autopsy reports are officially released) from an overdose of medication — and the investigation is focused on it possibly being prescribed by one of his doctors, Conrad Murray.

Now, to help study that issue, we can conjure up the ghost of Elvis past.  Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense to continue “honoring” Presley’s death at all …

Another reader named “Red” wrote:  “You didn’t write anything about the kings death.  I bet you woudn’t forget john lennons”.  Well, I didn’t, and I won’t.  You see, there are some big differences between Presley’s death and that of the “Working Class Hero” and former Beatle:

• While Elvis had become clinically obese, John was in trim and energetic form.
• Presley was already taking too many prescription drugs (just like Michael) while Lennon was actually clean of them.
• Elvis’ opulent lifestyle was in direct contrast to that of John and Yoko, who (although living in the pricey Dakota highrise in New York City) were actually more interested in the simpler life.  Many reports have suggested that Presley’s financial flamboyance made it easier for him to get the prescriptions that eventually killed him.
• John spent years — from the last of the Beatles’ until his death in 1980 — campaigning for peace and love.  These, as important as they were (and are), were also indirect contributors to his death.
• Plainly put, Elvis killed himself with those prescriptions.  John Lennon was brutally murdered by a “fan” — one for whom John had autographed an album just hours before he was gunned down.

So we get back to the question:  Whose “death day” should we honor??

The answer, IMHO??  None.  Not Elvis’, not John’s … not even Michael’s!

The reason’s simple:  If we actually loved or appreciated what these superstars stood for … if we still dig the music of early/later Elvis Presley, Beatle/solo John Lennon, or Jackson 5/solo artist Michael Jackson, then it’s their lives we should be honoring … not the cold harshness of their deaths!

Am I right??

See ya on the flip side …

Okay — who doesn’t remember the interview that reporter Maureen Cleave of the London Evening Standard gave to Beatle John Lennon 43 years ago? It was the one in which he said:

“Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue with that; I’m right and I will be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first - rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It’s them twisting it that ruins it for me.”

Yep … it led to some serious flak from rock magazines to religious mavens and beyond! Their reactions (including Beatle bonfires, radio stations refusing to play The Fab Four’s records, parents and churches up in arms) were nothing less than either total ignorance or complete idiocy.

But forty years ago today, The Beatles held a press conference in Chicago, where John apologized for his remarks (he later said that he was trying to say, “the way they (some fans) carry on, it’s like we’re more popular than Jesus Christ.”)

Nonetheless, the Big Guy Himself apparently got into the act. Though John’s apology was sincere, a Longview, Texas radio station (KLUE) still organized a Beatles Bonfire; their listeners brought Beatle records and memorabilia to be destroyed. BUT …
the next morning, the station’s transmission tower was struck by lightning, halting all broadcasting!

Of course, we know that everybody who’d reacted to John’s original comment back then had done so without thinking:

• Though many of these ultra-right-wing goofs swore that he said they were “better” than Christ, John only said the band was more popular. Look … if you were a teenager back then, which would sound more appealing: a tent-revival or The Beatles’ latest hit being performed live on the Ed Sullivan Show? More kids were talkin’ more about these lads from Liverpool than they were anything from the Bible! So, they were more popular (ie, more favoured!).
• This “hatred” of the Beatles caused an unusual incident as the band played Memphis during the final leg of their very last tour: While they were singing If I Needed Someone, a large firecracker exploded onstage, causing the audience to fear that somebody had shot at the band! You can hear it (from a very amateur tape recording of the incident) here.
• The worst aftereffect came on December 8, 1980 when Lennon’s murderer used John’s “claim” as one of the reasons he killed the music legend/peace icon.

“PROBABLY TRUE”

On August 14 of that same year, London’s Catholic Herald called Lennon’s remark “arrogant.” Then, in a bizarre move by the famous magazine, the publication went on to say that “it’s probably true.”

Here, in the ‘09, we’ve grown up a bit and, for the most part, come to our collective senses about the matter. When John opened up to Ms. Cleave, he gave a strong, underlying message:

Kids wanted something exciting in their lives — something they could follow consistently and know others are loyal to, whether on a Sunday night or Tuesday morning.
They didn’t want hypocrisy. You wouldn’t find them being Beatlemaniacs one hour and, a day later, being hard-nosed hawks! They were real!!
They still want that today … something exciting … something that would produce a consistent devotion or affiliation … something that would eliminate any doubt about which side of the fence they’re sitting on.
They had it with The Beatles … they have it with much of today’s music. It doesn’t mean they don’t believe in God or whatever; it only means they’ve found genuine and consistent excitement and devotion among the rock fandom.

Maybe, if churches and other groups could pick up on Lennon’s statement, think about it for a bit, and swallow their prejudice, they’ll see the truth in it …

Anyway, that’s my viewpoint. Now … what’s yours??

A-HA!!  Now we know the real reason for the famous Abbey Road Crossing of 1969!  If you remember, in the original shot, Paul was walkin’ across the street, barefoot and obviously trying not to focus on his burning soles (hey … it’s what he said!).
Well, in this a-little-less-popular shot, he’s got sandals on!
Soooo … it’s obvious:
They were just crossin’ the road to get Paul some decent footwear so his feet wouldn’t burn!!  After they’d bought the sandals, they walked back to the car …
(Hey … at least it’s a story you can tell yer grandkids to lull ‘em to sleep.  I didn’t say it was “true”, did I??)

Actually, I said all that to say this:  Two of London’s esteemed council members want to shut the famed crosswalk down, citing 22 accidents that have occurred there over the past nine years.

Obviously, die-hard Beatles fans around the world — especially in England — are in an uproar over this suggestion. Fortunately, the Westminster City Council (not to be confused with the Westminster Dog Show, though some will argue their similarity at times) is apparently on their side, saying it’s better just to “let it be”. After all, according to a spokesman, “There is nothing to indicate any more cause for concern than on any other road.”

A FEW QUICK NOTES …

So singer Olivia Newton-John-Easterling’s ex-somebody’s finally told the gendarmes to stop looking for him … he didn’t drown four years ago, as everybody thought!  Apparently, he just “disappeared” from the world … and the arms of one of the loveliest songbirds on the planet … to keep from paying his debts.
IMHO, they oughtta go down to Mexico,  arrest Patrick McDermott for fraud and making a damned fool of himself …
and then drown him to justify the thousands of man-hours it took searching for this creep!

Ya just gotta appreciate British broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson as he’s trying to stop plans to evict residents from the historic Jesus Hospital (and surrounding almshouses) in Bray, England.

Y’see, it’s housed the elderly and indigent for nearly 400 years and, while residents pay rent, they occupy the properties under license. It’s been a godsend for thousands over the years — as one person told me, “the ultimate historically-benevolent gesture”.
Ahhh, but a new plan will see the properties sold to developers, and those plans would mean the Hospital’s inhabitants would have to either find relatives to take them in — or simply live on the streets.

The name of the present management? The Fishmongers’ Company. (I knew something smelled here …)

“Not only has the Fishmongers’ Company grossly betrayed the wishes of [founder of the Almshouses] Sir William Goddard, but they have betrayed the residents of Jesus Hospital and the village itself, of which the almshouses are an important part of its fabric and heritage,” said Sir Michael.
They oughtta leave this landmark — and its wonderful works — as it is!  If they wanted to work out a written rental plan for these people, fine!  Just make sure it’s one that they can afford to keep!
C’mon, Fishymongers — it’s the lease you can do!! 

FOOTNOTES

Remember that August 15 is coming up … and, besides it bein’ my birthday (send gifts in smaller bills, okay?), it’s also the day that Internet Radio Magazine chooses its Top Ten vying for the prize of Top Indie Act of 2009! .

THE FORE are now at the #3 spot … and we can take ‘em all the way to #1!
But ya gotta hurry, ’cause this leg of the voting ends on Friday!! Just click here, listen to one of their tracks, click “Become A Fan!”, and the lads are five points closer to their goal!
C’mon … let’s do it, gang! It’s free, doesn’t take but a minute, and ya get some great songs to boot!

Okay … that wraps it up for this post, but stay tuned … there’s more to come in less than 12 hours! With that, I’ll …
see ya on the flip side!

All right … before you start wondering if I’d had some kind of writer’s block in composing that title, let me explain:

This is, I suppose, what you’d call a red-letter day in rock history — because it was on July 6, 1957, fifty-two long, eventful years ago — that a couple of guitar-slinging teens met for the first time:  John Lennon and Paul McCartney!

It was the date when the seed was sown for a band that became the model for modern rock-and-roll!

Now … we’re gonna move ahead into the Seventies as these posts go on, but, before we do, I’ve gotta give props to one of the most fan-friendly and prolific singers of any band of the Sixties.
Y’see, Paul Jones was the lead singer for the blues-tinged rockers, Manfred Mann (who, incidentally, are still playing today — but without Mann himself!  Yep … they’ve kept the name intact!).   He was the lead singer on hits like Do-Wah-Diddy-Diddy and Come Tomorrow.  Today, he’s still gigging … but also doing a lot of Christian speaking and writing as well.
But didja know that he was offered the front-man job with another band first?  Yeah!  A young guitarist with some great ideas asked him to sing for one he was forming.  At the time, Paul thought the band wouldn’t really make it, and opted to stay with his own.
So this guy went on to find someone else.  Fortunately, he got a vocalist and an extra guitarist, who happened to be friends with the new singer, out of the deal!  And that’s how Mick Jagger and Keith Richards joined Brian Jones instead — and formed a band they called “The Rollin’ Stones” (they added the “g” a little later).

Now … speakin’ of the ’70s a minute:  If there was one band that almost singlehandedly turned the heat up on the musical burner, it was the amazing neo-Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin – the true icons of power rock!
And we know what’s happened to them since they disbanded:  Robert Plant – whom some say has the best vocal chords in the business — went on to record with bluegrass legend Alison Krauss;  master axeman Jimmy Page not only sets in with various musicians but is also proud papa to one of the UK’s finest artists; John “Bonzo” Bonham, sadly, gave up his drums for a trip to rock-and-roll heaven years ago.

That leaves bassist John Paul Jones.  And, rather than have his ship sink, he’s joined forces with Dave Grohl (he of the late Nirvana, and who’s taking a break from Fighting Foo) and Josh Homme (from Queens of the Stone Age) and gone into an L.A. studio to work on an album together.
No word on the style or a release date, much less what they’re gonna call the collaboration — but Josh’s wife, Brody Dalle, says it’s full of “beats and weird noises”.  
Still, it oughtta be really interesting to hear the end product …

LED ZEPPLIN: IN THEIR OWN WORDS

If you’re as big a fan of LZ as the rest of the rock world, you’ll wanna hear what Jimmy, Robert, John Paul and “Bonzo” had to say about their own band! In Led Zeppelin: In Their Own Words, you’re gonna go inside each member’s mind to find the true, inside story of the band that influenced a generation!  And who better to tell you than the members themselves, right??

So click the link in that last paragraph and check it out for yourself!

Now .. it’s 3:00 AM here, 9:00 AM in the UK (good morning!), and it’s 5:00 somewhere … and time to get some zzzzzz’s in.  So, until this evening …

see ya on the flip side!

JOHN LENNON’S GUITAR SOLD

… and, brothers and sisters, it didn’t go cheap!

Y’see, it was his 1958 Hofner Senator (see pic on left) — the one he created many of the Beatles’ early hits on.   And the famed London auction house Christie’s put it up for bids recently — and expected to pull about £100,000 for it.
Nope.
It sold for … £205,000 instead!

Now, the auction had other goodies on the block as well, including lots of memorabilia, instruments and even hand written notes from The Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols and The Jimi Hendrix Experience (”hand written notes”? “Sex Pistols”?? Hey — they could actually write??)

Concerning the guitar belonging to John, who was blatantly murdered 29 years ago this December, Neil Roberts, the head of pop culture at Christie’s, said “It’s quite amazing to have. You can’t hope for more. It is so rare for Lennon’s guitars to come on auction. Music memorabilia is a very strong component within Christie’s.”

SHE’S GOT THE RIGHT(S)

John’s widow, Yoko Ono, has won a lawsuit against a group of collectors who said she didn’t have the rights to their film footage of her late husband.

The company, World Wide Video, had planned to show the film, called “Three Days in the Life,” two years ago. They were billing it as “a most intimate and no-holds-barred” look at Lennon’s private life with his family and friends.
In it, Lennon’s seen joking about lacing former President Richard Nixon’s tea with the LSD and composing songs like “Remember” and “Mind Games.”

Yoko had successfully blocked the film from being released (thus, the lawsuit), and rightfully so. Y’see, though the spirit of the former Beatle and peace activist belongs to everyone who believes in the same vision he had, any private physical items — including film with his image — should belong to her, unless she (and only she) gives permission for it to be used elsewhere.

More in less than 24, troops. Right now, gotta get a little sleep, so I’ll …

see ya on the flip side …

Man, no matter what ya think about folk-singer Yusuf (formerly known as Cat Stevens), you’ve gotta give the man credit for his honor and humility …

As you know, he recently accused Chris Martin and the band Coldplay of using part of his song Foreigner Suite in their Grammy-winning single Viva La Vida.
Today, though, he insists that he harbors no hard feelings toward the band.

“I stand by what I said.” he recently told the UK Daily Express. “They did copy my song but I don’t think they did it on purpose.”

Yusuf said that he himself had done the same thing in the past, and to suddenly point the finger of blame at someone else would be … well, hypocritical.

“I have even copied myself without even knowing I’ve done it,” he said. “I’ll write down what I think is a good melody and realize it’s the same as something I’ve already done.”

He even extended an invitation to Coldplay in the hopes of bringing an end to the brouhaha.
“I don’t want them to think I’m angry with them,” he said. “I’d love to sit down and have a cup of tea with them and let them know it’s okay.”

Now, Joe Satriani, on the other hand, has taken his case to YouTube®, since he also accused the band of plagiarism. He’d do well to take a page from Yusuf’s book and realize (1) it happens sometimes — and often by accident, and (2) it’s just a song! But, if Joe’s in the game for the money rather than the music, he might as well hang up the mic, ’cause he’s miss the whole point of rock!

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

(These questions came from honest-to-whatever emails I’ve received over the past week):

What caused The Who’s Pete Townshend to start bashing his guitar at the end of their sets?
Actually, it started when Pete and the band were playing at a venue with a low ceiling. During one of his histrionics, he hoisted his guitar too high, and the neck broke on the ceiling. After that, he incorporated the guitar-bashing in The Who’s gigs …

Did John Lennon actually write the song, A Day In The Life about how Paul McCartney’s supposedly “died”?
Nope. He was inspired strictly from articles in the Daily Mail! For example, the “death” was of a notable (not McCartney) who “blew his mind out in a car” (an actual auto accident).
Another line: “… four thousand holes in Blackburn Lancashire” was about a plan to fill 4,000 potholes in the roads of the NW English town of Blackburn.

Is Chuck Berry still alive and, if he is, is he still performing?
To both questions: Yep! The rock legend (who’ll be 83 come October) recently played a gig in New Orleans with groundbreakers Little Richard and Fats Domino.
By the way, didja know that Chuck originally wanted to be a professional photographer, and began performing to make enough money for cameras and other photo equipment??

Settle this once and for all.  Was Yoko Ono really the one who broke up the Beatles?  If not, who or what did?  And will there ever be another group that’ll be as popular as them?
Oooo … KAY!!  Here we go:
The reason for the breakup had nothing to actually do with Yoko.  Y’see, three of the Fab Four — John, George and Ringo — had already decided they were tired of it all and wanted to stop the band.  Paul, on the other hand, wanted them to stay together.
There’ve been bands to come and go that were nearly as popular … but the one that’s most likely to assend to that height is the band you’ll see in this vid (a different look at their Liverpool IPO gig):

Okay … that’s it for now. Until later this evening, keep your eyes on the skies, your feet on the ground and your heart with the music!
See ya on the flip side …

Hey … have ya ever watched KISS front man Gene Simmon’s Family Jewels” on the A&E channel? It covers the daily lives (okay … allegedly) of Gene, his lovely lady Shannon Tweed and their kids, Sophie and Nick.

Already a smash here in the states, the show’s new season kicks off on Fathers’ Day (this Sunday, for you who don’t have young’uns yet), and, to promote it, the network placed (ready??) urinal cakes with Simmons’ picture in washrooms all around the nation!.
And get this — some of them even talk! (Hmph … probably sayin’ HEY! Cut it out! What the hell are you DOIN’?)

Gene is telling any fans who see ‘em (ummm … presumably … male fans??) and want to take ‘em home to please wash them off first!

And guitar legend Les Paul is having to cancel his weekly sets at the Iridium Club in New York due to unspecified health issues. While José Feliciano (an acoustic Light My Fire, California Dreaming and the Christmas now-classic Feliz Navidad) is filling in for Les, the club says he will be “back soon.”
Les Paul is a very active and spry … 94 years old!

IMAGINE PEACE

Y’know, we talk about shortages in the economy: jobs, income, resources, businesses, and that’s all true But there’s one shortage that we don’t talk about enough:
the shortage of peace …
Right now, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jung Il, has all but declared war on America — and is threatening us with his nuclear missiles. There are still twin wars going on in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here at home, we’re seeing an increase in violence and death, whether drug-related, crimes of passion and retaliation, or whatever. In places as diverse as Darfur and Pakistan, turmoil looms.
If there’s any time when we need to yell, GIVE PEACE A CHANCE!, it’s now!
And now you can have a significant voice in creating that peace:
There are two organizations that I’ve joined recently, and would highly recommend to anyone who believes in peace:

One is Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace site. I’ve become an avid admirer of this woman, not because she was John Lennon’s wife per se but, because she’s truly a staunch supporter of peace, equality, outreach programs such as assistance for needy children, HIV/AIDS understanding, autism research and more. She honestly continues the quest for universal unification for the cause of peace that she and her husband began four decades ago.

The other is a site that was started by Carlos Santana to bring people together to help create a new dawning for this world — one that can bring the light of peace and brotherhood to terra firma!

Called, in fact, Architects of A New Dawn, it’s set up somewhat like MySpace but with the higher goal of peace, love, light and inspiration. It’s definitely one of the most enlightening webside neighborhoods you could ever imagine!

I’m honored to be part of both these endeavors, and hope you’ll click the links and tell me what you think! The lines are always open here, just by leaving a comment or emailing me (hey … save a stamp, use my inbox, folks!).

Now … until tomorrow, remember to keep your eyes on the skies, your feet on the ground, your heart with the music …
and I’ll see ya on the flip side …