I’m back in LA after an amazing trip east to Buffalo where I played with my new band of ebbing and flowing misfits, the Gatos Malos at Sportsmens on November 22, and immediately followed that with going into GCR Audio with the amazing Nick Blagona where we recorded 11 songs live off the floor for the Herding Cats record. Horns were recorded on the last day. I then went up to Nick’s place in Hamilton, Ontario and recorded my lead vocals on all but one track for which I still n

We just finished three consecutive twelve hour days recording 11 songs at GCR Audio in Buffalo. The amazing Nick Blagona was at the helm producing and engineering and with the also incredible Justin Rose engineering, running Pro-Tools and generally looking after us. Mary Jane Russell, Nick's wife, was also there much of the time, lending her kindness and radiance and good ideas to the sessions. All the basic tracks for each song (guitars, bass, keys and drums) were recorded l

What a blast that show was last night. We had a lively crowd of friends and family and the band was wicked. We dusted off some gems from the Animal Planet days and played four or five brand new songs that we're recording at GCR studios in Buffalo this weekend. And it wouldn't have happened at all if not for Percy Jones saying he'd fly in from Japan on the sole condition that we make a record if these guys are all getting together. Rodney drove up from Atlanta, Randy flew in f

Busy times. Happy to let you know the Shadow photo book is out to the designer, and should be off to the printer in about a week. Stay tuned for details on how to order it. Nick Blagona has done a gorgeous job remastering Animal Planet's "Dawn" CD and Bob Mussell was kind enough to locate the negative for the original cover art, which looks fantastic. I'm preparing both "Dawn" and "Toast," neither of which was ever formally released, for world-wide digital release sometime in