We're closin' in on Year's End and I think we've finally got ALL of 2009's brand new in house. Even as I thought the new Euge Groove that snuck in us as November began was it, a new Everette Harp arrived. You'll hear Everette's brand new 'First Love' for the 1st time if you listen to this coming weekend's syndicated radio show right now on-line. He won't be able to join us until early 2010 for it's debut because he's in Europe on Tour all the way to Christmas. This week Everette's in Brussels, Belgium. Headed for Budapest next week. What a life.
You can't miss the show just published On-Line as Euge Grooves bares his soul. I don't think he'd intended to tell it, but something in my question as to why his new 'Sunday Morning' CD came out so Gospelly, tripped his thinking. He took a deep breath and said, "Okay Art. Here's what really happened." He then took off on the most amazing out of the blue story of getting hit for the first time in his life with panic attacks after arriving for four months of touring with Tina Turner in January in Europe. He wasn't sure how he was going to make it (except when he was on stage....he was fine while performing), so he went to his knees.
I'm in the midst of production on Thanksgiving Weekend's annual 'Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival Radio Special. How to choice what to present from the 30 spectacular October Performances on Smooth Jazz Island, plus the three Unplugged Under the Stars at the Wrigley Ranch. Choosing the Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Live Performance of the Year, Debut Artist of the Year, because the Holidays are right around the corner. And expecting the first new CD of 2010 to arrive in my hands soon. I don't even have a guess as to what it is.
They began making snow down the street from the JazzTrax Studio in Big Bear Lake last week at Bear Mountain. Got a lot of people on the Island in October asking if the JazzTrax Festival was going to renew here in Big Bear Lake next June. I have a spot right on the Lake I'm thinking of putting it at. Any opinions? Do you want to come see the Stars of Smooth Jazz right on our Mountain Lake in Big Bear next Summer? e-Mail your ideas to
[email protected]. Including who you'd like to see on Catalina Island next October. See you in Big Bear in June?