New Orleans

We had a very interesting summer. In addition to our regular SW Florida gigs, we made a couple of road trips. In July we played a private party in Baton Rouge, LA for our friends Dave & Montez' 50th anniversary. Then a bunch of us went to "The Big Easy" for a day of fun. And what an awesome day it was ! (Click on pics to enlarge)
Decatur St. - These guys could really play dixieland ! Bourbon St. - Deb & Ray with the DevilJackson Square (St. Louis Cathedral in background) L to R - Ray & Deb (Ontario), Montez & Dave (Louisiana), Donna & Al (Wisconsin),One of many colourful stores on Bourbon St.Dave hamming it up at another Bourbon St. store. Deb & Ray with Fats Domino, Al Hirt and Pete Fountain at Musical Legends Park on Royal St. This is a real person ! These guys sit perfectly still for hours. Then they get up and leave with their tip bucket. Decatur St.Musician playing at Margaritaville in the French Market Place.Carriage rides along the riverfront.
Flora-Bama Lounge

Then we headed east down I-10 to the famous Flora-Bama Lounge, Package and Oyster Bar, on the Florida/Alabama border, for a one night gig. It's the place Jimmy Buffet wrote the song "Bama Breeze" about. We had the best time. The crowd was amazing.
Here we are !The LOVE BUCKET is for tips.Yes, that's a bunch of bras strung across the dance floor.Notice there's a zip line behind me for people to send down requests and tips from the upper deck.Party, Party, Party !Rockin' out !Dance the night away.Bye - bye !
Northern Ontario

We were in Canada at the end of September and we did a little two night road trip to the Walker House in Southampton and the Legion in Tobermory. At the Walker House, we were joined by our good friend Willie Mulholland on the fiddle. It was a great gig.

September 30, 2011Jammin' out !A great fiddle player !The crowd was awesome !
Nashville

In early October we headed back down to Florida, but we stopped in to visit our good friends Peter and Debbie in Nashville, Tennessee. They were wonderful hosts, showing us the town from Opryland to Broadway. Deb got up to sing at the world famous Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, where many of the Ryman Auditorium performers got 'tuned' up before they went on stage.
Opryland Hotel & Convention CenterWall at Opryland commemorating the Ryman Auditorium.Deb belts out Lorrie Morgan's "What Part Of No (Don't You Understand)?"Go Deb !Tootsie's Orchid LoungeBroadway Street. Ryman Auditorium visible behind buildings at the left.The RymanBig GuitarFamous record shop. We bought a cookbook of Elvis' favourite recipes.Downtown. CMT headquarters in the middle.
When we were in Wisconsin Dells in July'09, a very talented artist by the name of Gary Drysdale from Phoenix, Arizona drew this caricature of us. Cool, eh? His phone number is - (480) 396-4919