"BOOM"

First leg of the 2011 "BOOM" tour started out for me in Columbus Ohio on Friday night at the Lifestyles Pavilion. I love playing that place. In the winter you play indoors and in the summer the stage turns around and you play facing outdoors.
I played drums with Quinn Sullivan and sat in with Buddy Guy. It was an incredible night. We couldn't soundcheck because of a lightning storm. Then the sun came out while the rain came down but when the gates opened it stopped raining and became a gorgeous night for music. Highlights included an amazing vocal and guitar performance by the young prodigy Quinn on "Ten Years Down The Road" and "Buddy's Blues" and a blistering  "74 Years Young" and an emotional "Skin Deep" by the great BUDDY GUY
Flew to Chicago Saturday morning in some bad weather but made it to Chess records for the record release party for George Thorogood and the Destroyers new album "2120 South Michigan Ave." Capitol records.  The single "Going Back" has been #1 now for 6 weeks on the Billboard Classic Rock Charts.The House of Blues concert that night was sold out. George and the Destroyers tore it up!

       I made an early flight this morning to Newark just in time to play the PNC Center in Holmdel NJ tonight.  It poured down rain but the but that didn't bother the 10,000 or so fans that showed up to rock. We had a great set and the Doobie Brothers were amazing and of course Lynyrd Skynyrd killed em. Stay tuned for more about the Skynyrd/Doobies Tour!