Posts by mheff

Sho’ Nuff Tuesday October 7 2025 12:21 pm What a dance Do they do Lordy now I’m telling you They don’t need no band They keep time clapping hands They’re as happy as cows Chewing on some cud When they beat their feet In the O-Y-O mud With apologies to Dean Martin I’m starting the…

3:30 pm Monday October 6 2025 Take Me To The O-Y-O We’re travelling south on Interstate 75 about an hour and a half from Cincinnati. We left this morning at 10 am.  I like to think that I’m a pretty tough guy but this life-style is draining. The “romance” of the road wore off years…

Traverse City, MI. Sunday October 5 2025 4:15 pm It’s an early one tonight. The show starts at 6 pm. Sound check is done so now it’s hurry up and wait time. I’m having a low energy day. I’m dragging my ass like a dog with hemorrhoids.  Whenever this happens, being the, ahem, consummate professional…

Travel Day 11:58 pm Saturday October 4 2025 There was no show today. Just travel, which was an uneventful 3 1/2 hours of sitting in the backseat of the truck.  For years I’d keep myself entertained on long trips by staring out the window of the airplane, car or tour bus. It was like meditation.…

3:15pm  Friday, October 3,  2025 And On The Fourth Day We’re driving north on the interstate, about half an hour from Lansing. Forty-five minutes late for load-in, and the sound check is at 4:00 pm. Nobody seems overly concerned. You have to wonder if a bit of that “we are the talent, not the staff” sort…

What? And Quit Show Business? 9:20 am Thursday, October 2, 2025Hi Everyone!As I write, I’m still in my hotel room in Pittsburgh. I need to be in the car park by 10 am with my belongings, which includes my bulky Yamaha MODX8 keyboard that I take to my room each night so I can sleep.…

FIVE PICKETS TO TITSBURGH To those of you who’ve been reading my blog regularly and are thinking, “AHA! He’s losing it”….. I’m aware that I’ve used a version of this old line before. I’m vague about the joke that goes with it, but you can bet that it’s as puerile as the punchline. I just like…

Sunday, September 28, 2025 We have an interesting tour beginning this week. Seven shows in the US mid-west including Cleveland, Cincinnati and Chicago. The first show is scheduled for Wednesday in Pittsburgh. It’s six and a half hours of actual driving, plus a stop at the border in Buffalo, which could take an hour. Call…

Where’s Andy? The computer cropped the picture to make it fit.