Back in Brooklyn

well folks... it sure is good to be back in brooklyn. since Boss Tweed left for europe in early march, park slope has welcomed many new shops and restaurants from 20th street on up north to flatbush. we took in the 5th ave spring festival a couple weekends back and caught a great set from our friends in Nouvellas... a dynamite new band featuring ex-members of The Dansettes. it was pouring rain the whole time which was too bad... but fun was still had.

Boss Tweed played a fun set at union hall on may 16th... our first show back in the states. our friend, big drew, took this photo:

we've got some shows coming up with The Poor Man's Roses coming up which should be fun as well as some more Tweedness.

on an unrelated note, i was saddened to learn that chris gaffney of the amazing country-soul band, The Hacienda Brothers, passed away on april 17th. i had the chance to see the hacienda bros twice (once at one of their first shows together at the casbah in san diego and once here in nyc at joe's pub) i hung out with chris after the new york show and man was he just a sweet guy. he seemed so happy to be doing what he was doing and how can you blame him playing in a band with the likes of dave gonzalez of The Paladins and steel guitar maestro, dave berzansky? chris will be sorely missed by many and if you haven't checked the hacienda brothers out, i highly recommend you getting some of their records. apparently the haciendas are playing to continue on with our chris... best of luck fellas. a photo of chris:

and of course i have to mention the passing of music legend BO DIDDLEY... what a guy, huh? i mean c'mon... the man invented his own beat for chrissake!!! here's the man with his custom built gretsch guitar... damn:
he was one of those few early rock n' roll pioneers that really changed things up. simplicity and vibe dominates his early records and to me, that's what really turns people on their head. thanks, bo...