Up on the Right Side of the Morning

This morning I went to the gym at 6 am but by 7 am I was showered, wearing my best worn pair of berks and sitting down at Threadgill's South with a breakfast taco and coffee waiting for Ruby Jane to take the stage.  After Ruby's two song set, two songs from T-Bird and the Breaks, the two songs from Del Castillo.  What a great sample of Austin music.  A 15 yr old fiddler, a bunch of white guys doin' rock-blues fronted by four spectacular women singers, and a family of latin rockers.  My guilt got the best of me at about 9 am and I headed out to work.  Actually I headed over to FedEx to send CDBaby a set of my new CD Larger Than Life, which I began selling to friends about two days ago.  Seeing these guys in the morning got me moving on all the things I needed to do to push it out.

Del Castillo
http://www.delcastillomusic.com/music.htm

TBird and the Breaks

http://tbirdandthebreaks.com/

There is never enough time for music. I always have more things planned than I can do every day.  That is a hold over from my dad. ("Daddy always said 'Plan more than you can do!'" I never really understood that.)  I can easily find a reason to go to work, but it is never easy to find a reason NOT to go to work.    This morning I did.  We all need an excuse not to go to work.  It is just the way things are.  So you should just plan that 2-3 times a year you will just wake up and find an excuse NOT to go to work.  Work will go much better after that.

Tomorrow morning, I might go down to Threadgill's and listen to three other bands, eat a taco and IMMEIDATELY just NOT go to work.   God, I love Austin, Texas.

Have a great weekend!