Me and Will McFarlane at the Bonnie Raitt Show.

Will McFarlane. http://www.willmcfarlane.com
I took this picture as a reminder that I was at the Bonnie Raitt show at the DPAC. http://www.dpacnc.com

Bonnie doesn't like pictures at her concerts so I usually don't take any or maybe one or two just for me..

Will talked to me for quite a while before the show and it was some really interesting stuff. He is quite a guitar player and played
for Bonnie for quite a while (1974 - 1980). Will's wife Janet was with him and they are very nice people. They ended up making it
backstage to visit with Bonnie and she even called him out from the stage during the show. I thought that was pretty cool.
Bonnie is as good as she has ever been. She ROCKS!

The last time I saw Will was in Chapel Hill at a fund-raiser for Little Feat drummer Ritchie Hayward.

Some pictures are here:
http://downsouthradiohour.blogspot.com/search?q=ritchie+hayward

Bonnie was really on and her band is always topnotch. My favorite song played on that night was her recent cover of Gerry Rafferty's "Right Down the Line."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnS-i7tgnWU&list=PLC743284E425A0C74

http://www.gerryrafferty.com/clientsites/20541/hold.html


I just want to say this is my way of tellin' you everything
I could never say before
Yeah this is my way of tellin' you
Everything I could never say before
Yeah this is my way of tellin' you
That every day I'm lovin' you so much more

If I should doubt myself, if I'm losing ground
I won't turn to someone else
They'd only let me down
When I wanted you to share my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you woman
Right down the line

The Sauce Boss!

My picture of Bill Wharton as he was ripping the strings off his blues guitar. Man, He can play it!!

The Sauce Boss just fired up the gumbo....

Cooking up some gumbo and playing the blues!

Here is a Jimmy Buffett video featuring the song he wrote about the Sauce Boss...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Gq5kPZLPw


Now the Sauce Boss makes his living on the stage
Singing and a-picking for his nightly wage
Sweating and a frettin' from his head to his toe
Playin' and swayin' with the gumbo
Prayin' and buffetin' with the gumbo

A piece of french bread with which to wipe my bowl
Good for the body, good for the soul
It's a little like religion and a lot like sex
You should never know when you're gonna get it next...

The Sauce Boss and Cookie Boy!

Mel Melton aka "Cookie Boy" who is the owner and chef at his Cajun restaurant in Durham, North Carolina and Bill Wharton aka "The Sauce Boss."

http://www.papamojosroadhouse.com

http://www.sauceboss.com/fr_sauceboss.cfm

Mac on Keyboards....

Mac can not only play anything with strings on it, he can also burn up the keys...Here is a very nice cover
of "Heard it Through the Grapevine." Go enjoy this one...and...do yourself a favor. Go see Mac perform solo
as soon as you can. He is awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PlS9UbApuU

"Little Martha"

Mac on stage playing The Allman Brothers' "Little Martha." He isn't the FIVE time CMA Musician of the Year for nothing!

Awesome...check out the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyWQy7ovGxM

Mac McAnally!

Mac McAnally! I was very fortunate to see a local show with Mac on stage in Burlington, North Carolina. As I sat in my own lawn chair and enjoyed the outside Carolina air
the sounds of Mac's music floated through the surrounding trees. It was a very nice afternoon! This show was held the day before Mac headed off to Australia to perform with
Jimmy Buffett on several dates. It was very nice to have a chat with him and invite him to join us in Key West in 2013!

http://www.phip.com/MOTM_Schedule.asp

Grace and Her Guitar...

Grace with her signature Gibson Flying V guitar. Beauty and beauty...'nuff said.

http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Flying-V/Gibson-USA/Grace-Potter-Signature-Flying-V.aspx

Here is a song and a video for you. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhtK2F_v4bY

Grace Potter on Stage in Cary, North Carolina!

Grace Potter! http://www.gracepotter.com

Wow what a night. A Fall chill in the air and Grace Potter is on stage at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre.
There was so much heat coming off that stage I never felt any chill...

More Los Lonely Boys...

If you have never seen these brothers in action you are missing a real treat. They totally rock! From the Grammy Awards:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9U7pi5XAVA