Howdy from Carbondale, Well, we did our first show of this tour last night in Springfield, MO. I have to admit that I was a little rusty. But, I’ll get it back. I always do. I’m going with my Gretsch White Falcon instead of my Nashville model. It’s going to take a little getting used to, but, I need the change. I was thinking of getting back to my ‘53 Gibson ES-175. But, though it is a great studio guitar, those old P-90 pickups are a little too noisy and feedbackish in a lot of situations. Anyway, the White Falcon sounded good even though it’s going to take me a few gigs to get in the pocket with it. The new songs that we played last night seemed to go over pretty well. All in all it was a good gig for some really fun people in Springfield. Thanks to everyone there. Tonight is Carbondale. Some old friends of mine in a band called Billygoat used to play up here what seemed like all the time. Howdy Mike and Kim, I’m here in Carbondale thinking about y’all.That’s about it for today. Oh yeah, I didn’t get to see Los Straitjackets last night, but, I talked briefly to their drummer—Jimmy. He used to play with a group called Webb Wilder. We did a lot of fun shows with Webb. He was great and he always had the best musicians. Anyway, Jimmy reminded me of a gig Webb Wilder did in Dallas at the Prophet Bar. Russell Hobbs, the owner of the Prophet Bar and the guy who named me Reverend Horton Heat, decided to set the band up on the back roof. It had a terrible lean forward that made the bands feel like they were about to fall off. I knew it was a gig in hell for Webb. I was hired to set up my PA and be the soundman. Where the PA was, the sound bounced off numerous buildings with a rather loud slap-back. At one point, Webb looked down at me and said, "Mr. soundman, please turn up that building right over there." Once we did a gig with Webb down in Houston at Fitzgerald’s. After sound check, a couple of guys entertained us with some great, though somewhat shocking stories about Tanya Tucker. They were from Nashville, so they had the inside stories on a lot to Country stars. I can’t tell you these stories on the web, but, let me just say that Tanya is/was a wild woman. Well, that’s it for now. I’m going to get the final master of our album on Friday. I’ll let y’all know how it sounds. Until Whenever, DA REV