Update and the Lake

Hey Friends,

First off, sorry it's been forever since i've updated this ! I've been all over the place the last few months.  I'd like to thank everyone that came out to the shows and all great people i met in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia and NYC. Your support means a lot me and keeps me going on this long and winding road.  

    I've been up in the north for the past month or so writing new songs that i hope to share with you soon.  It was 20 miles to find any sort of WI-FI or even a grocery store! But all in exchange for a peaceful lake, a few passing boaters and the occasional Monk.. i was happy.  I was lucky to have a house to myself down a dirt road tucked between a cliff and a lake. The shore ran up to the footings on the front deck and at night the sky lit up with fireflies.  I got up early every morning, made coffee, scratched down words in a notebook and went fishing with my grandfathers old fishing gear.  I look back on my childhood and some of my fondest memories were fishing with him.  He passed on when i was eight.   Something i have been wanting to do for years was to dig out his fishing gear from my grandmothers basement and throw out a cast or two.  His poles were all twisted up and covered with dust and his old metal tackle box was full of rusty hooks and a collection of odd lures.  No one had touched the stuff in over twenty years.  I cleaned it off and put it in my car.  There was an energy in doing that.  I felt like he knew someday i'd be back for it, and i was.  It was an hour and a half drive from my grandmothers to where i was staying on Cayuga Lake.  Before i even went inside i went to the dock and casted out into the lake.  Within a matter of seconds i caught a fish on that same line and lure my grandfather left on there twenty years ago. It was dead silent, the lake was like glass and i shattered it with a  grin and tearful laughter.  

    I left there and headed to NYC for a show and to visit with some friends.  NYC seems to be my home away from home these days, in fact i'll be back up there in a few weeks for three shows in two days.  I also had the opportunity to do a photo shoot for a friend a few weeks ago, I might post some of them up on here, so keep an eye out, I've shot a bunch of new stuff!  (The picture above i took my first day at the lake.)  

Well, off to get more coffee and get back to work !

Andy