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Hi everyoneI plan on posting at least once while we’re away on our trip out to the West Coast. That is, of course, if I remember to take this MacBook with me. I have to be at the airport tomorrow at the ungodly hour of 8:00 am. That means leaving here no later than 7:15 am. Morning is…

Friday October 31Three functions were planned for today. None of them required us to perform, unless you consider telling stories and answering questions in front of an audience a performance. What the organizers referred to as a “panel” was the five of us in the band and John U. Bacon, the author of the book “The…

Hi EverybodyI’m sorry. I know I said there was going to be another travelogue for the Lightfoot Days Festival in Orillia but (this is going to sound like a lame excuse), when I got up there on Thursday afternoon, I realized I hadn’t brought the right computer with me. I have three MacBooks. There is some…

Don’t Jump The Gun, I Still Have Another Month October 18, 2025 Hi everyoneA few weeks ago, I said I would elaborate on some of the stories I tell on stage with The Lightfoot Band.I will get to that soon, but today I’m going to relate a new story. Maybe I’ll tell it at one…

Monday, October 13, 2025 As any of you who’ve been following this blog know, I’ve been away with The Lightfoot Band since Tuesday, September 30, doing a string of shows in the US. I just returned last night.The Thursday morning before I left, September 25, I was sitting at my kitchen table, having a cup…

Well, we finished the trip with a great show in Skokie Illinois (Chicago). Too bad there weren’t more people there to enjoy it. Don’t get me wrong, we did pretty well, but yesterday in Cedarburg, we were sold out, and it takes just one SRO to get spoiled. By the way, the picture above is of…

Boulevard Friday, October 10, 2025 11:20 pm Take me down to the boulevard Almost home Take me down to the boulevard Then leave me alone I got some things to think about Things to work on So take me down to the boulevard Rue de Saint Jean The show went really well tonight. I could…

2:15 pm Thursday, October 9,  2025T This Is Not A Post Because this is a rare day off, no travelling, I’ve decided to be capricious, carefree, and irresponsible. So far, I’ve watched two episodes of South Park, completed three “expert” LA Times Sudokus, aced an archived Saturday New York Times crossword puzzle, went for the complimentary…

 2:10 pm  CDT Fromage Stop! I want to get off. At times like this, the whole deal hardly seems worth it. To travel all these miles and put up with all the niggling politics, just for an hour or two, three times a week, to actually play music……I could stay at home and be a…

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…