in Lexington, Kentucky, called Wood Songs Monday night for educational TV, but I think we’ve got a couple of dates next weekend. Richard and Fred are right in the middle... you know, their dad has been ill. Their par- ents are elderly now and they’re taking care of them. Both of their parents are still alive, thank God. But we’ve just been taking a little break, recharging and next thing for us, we do have to at some point, go in and record an- other CD, touring as usual for this year, but this year we’re going to Europe for the first time ever.
First time? First time. We’re going to the U.K. for about a week at some point and we’re also going to Sweden. And hopefully this will recharge us in a big way.
I hope so, man that would be great. I sure have a lot of friends in Europe, I’ll have to spread the word, Thunderbird. Yeah, you know to be honest with you, I have no trouble flying or this and that. Richard’s been apprehensive about flying for years. I used to be. He’s flown about four times. But you know at this point in my life, I almost get kind of set in my ways where I don’t really want to go to Europe, but the more I think about it now I go, “Man, this could be really cool.” So… I don’t know. (Laughs) I think… I have a gut feeling it’s going to be really good for everybody, you know?
Well, yeah. I’ve not been but I still, you know, at my tender young age of ... I’m not going to say... I still hope to get over there at some point and at least visit but maybe play guitar too, you know, get in some coffee houses, start in Amsterdam and never leave. We were supposed to go in 1991 with Dire Straits and Was Not Was, but the war in the Gulf broke out and that just kind of put every- thing on hold. And we were actually offered
an opportunity to go to Japan one time. Re- ally, it would have been interesting but I think with Blackstone Cherry’s popularity in Eu- rope, you know people are starting to associ- ate us with them because you know, that’s Richard’s son on drums.
I’ve heard his band, you know, I re- member back in the early 2000’s, Richard sent me an album. Oh yeah.
Yeah, and you sent me some Taildrag- ger . Yeah, that’s my son, John.
That was good stuff, too. Well, thank you. John still plays, matter of fact, I was in Lexington yesterday and I was with him. Taildragger’s still together. John’s a dad now, he’s got seven kids.
Oh my goodness! Besides work, he’s not playing as much music as he’d like to you know but…
Well, I imagine. Time constraints. But the music thing for him is more recre- ational, you know, he never really pursued it. He gave it a shot, I think, early on. He was in a band that had a deal on Electra Records. They toured with Lynyrd Skynyrd back in ’92 and I guess, you know, they got out and saw the country a little bit and decided it wasn’t right for them and they went in to do differ- ent things. But Blackstone Cherry have done exceptionally well. They knew, I think early on, what they wanted to do. They had a goal and Richard helped ‘em. But you know, you can help somebody but if they guys aren’t tal- ented, if they don’t have any songs, they’re not going anywhere. The guys had the talent and songs and you know, it’s like sending a baby out to take baby steps, they can either walk or they can’t. These guys are walking and running now. They’re doing great. I hear
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