Subdudes Texas Tour

Oh what a feeling! I love the Subdudes music so much. It is an important part of the fabric of my life. I have mourned the break up of this band more than once. Celebrated reunions more than once. Even mourned the passing of an original member recently. Still, there I was opening their Texas -House of Blues shows. Nice! That's my idea of a perfect bill. I was so happy! Still am.

The House of Blues venues are real first rate rooms! Beautiful theatre setting, great stage, lights & sound. Cool crew members who were eager to help. Just a great experience overall. I loved the opportunity to introduce myself to a bunch of subdudes fans who didn't know me before. The shows were amazing. Great sound, great energy- beautiful!

One thing that hit me as I stood in the audience during their set was that I have said goodbye to this band before. I've suffered through the breakup of my favorite band & mourned them. The first time in 1996. Then they got back together in 2003 or 2004. Then they broke up again in 2008. Now they're back together again in 2014. This was going to be the end of the line again but they have decided to move forward and play select shows. Awesome!

The strange feeling happened as I thought about their breakups. I remembered a dream that I used to have that my granddad was still alive. In the dream I questioned the situation. How could this be? Didn't he die? He was so sick but here he is- wow...he must have gotten better! So, there I was rocking out to my favorite band (again) and I thought- wait a minute. Didn't they break up? I thought this would never happen again.  Weird!!!