St. Louis Missouri 

Hello folks of world,

Well i've finally gotten it together to write a little diary entry. I also have some cool snaps which will appear on the site when I can find a connector cable. (Damn Mac.)

The tour has been going great guns so far and to me most if not all the gigs have been a groove. My particular faves so far have been the Beacon in New York City (where my good friend Andy Summers sat in on "Theme for an Imaginary Western," and last night in a shed near St. Louis Missouri. But they've all had something going for them, especially the great audiences. I get to play boogie woogie piano on Dave Edmond's tunes. It was great to get to hang with our man Derek A. and his lovely friend, Blair, and Peter Luger's in Brooklyn was a hoot. Oh the carnage oh the blood! (For those not in the know, it's a famous MEAT restaurant.) Don't go there if you're a cow. It's almost as dangerous as Chuck Berry's bathroom in this town. (If you're reading this, Mr Berry, I'm just joking!)

But for me the most moving was the pleasure and privilege of meeting Marc & Lorraine Wickert. You're the best - and thanks for the hat. I've changed my name to Crocodile.

Thanks so much for all the lovely things all you lovely people write to me. I read them and it makes it all make sense somehow.

More (relatively) soon

Today's word is haddock. (I do miss them on the road.)