My partner Kelly decided not to play this
year. He bought a really great house
in the country . . . except that it's kinda not finished . . . like no furnace,
no kitchen, no floors, and a door off his bedroom that opens to a
40' drop to the side lawn. 
I said "No problem, I'll take this year off too." But Bob, seeing
the chance to greatly expand his role in the band, insisted on playing
just the two of us. So we've started making tracks and learning songs . .
. but we're going to take the summer off and have some fun. Stop,
look around.
A N D T H E N . . .
OK, i put the bears in there in
Photoshop. And the guy on the bike isn't really me, but EVERYTHING
else is totally accurate. I went over the top in the middle of nowhere and
tore a ligament in my finger. Can't play for a couple months. Don't
care, trail biking with Riley is a blast, music will have to wait till October.
Or maybe March.
Bob and i are working
(eventually) on arrangements from Peter Gabriel, Rolling Stones, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Tom
Petty, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, 805, Foo Fighters, Jesus Jones, R.E.M, Bob Dylan, Nick
Kershaw, Matchbox 20, Simon and Garfunkel,
Eric Clapton, Neil Young and/or C.S.N., Sting, Todd Rundgren, and of course a medley of Barack Obama's broken campaign promises. If you have a song you'd like to hear this year, just write and let us know, we might do it maybe. SOME
OF THE ABOVE MUSIC WAS SUGGESTED BY YOUR EMAILS.
Everyone on the 805/KDB email list
will be informed of upcoming dates. If you are not on the list and would
like to be, just email the 805 website at
Farewell to two old friends who passed away this spring:
Ronnie James Dio - singer and rocker extraordinaire. 5'1" with a 25' voice. When we were kids we used to play poker every Monday night at our booking agent's house in Cortland, NY. He had a band called "ELF," mine was "The Magic Dog."
Greg Italiano - owner of The Lost Horizon, Syracuse's premiere live rock club for years . . . 805's last Syracuse show was there in '89. Kelly and I opened for Tony Levin there last year. Greg helped hundreds of musicians get started and keep growing. He was loved by all, the local rock scene has lost one of its elite.
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