Are You Kidding me?

Just a qick note to congress. Who are you to tell an airline what they can charge for carry-on luggage!! If Spirt wants to charge 45 bucks for carry on luggage....let them. The public will decide if it's out of line. If this is the case why do I have to pay to check bags?? I don't think that is fair. It just goes to show you that we need to elect people to congress that will worry about the big picture. Leave the luggage issues up to us.

Lets Get Rockin"

Well, I told you earlier that I have joined a new band. I really had my heart set on doing my own thing (solo show) but this popped up and felt right. The cool thing is that I won't be playing a three piece anymore so this affords me the freedom to branch out on the instruments I miss playing. I don't think I have picked up my fiddle in 5 years and I'm really looking forward to working up some tunes. I've always been half ass ed playing the darn thing because it's fret less and it takes a little finesse. I'm giving it a little more time and really practicing hard again. Feels good to have a goal. I'm still playing lead and rhythm guitar, and I will soon branch out on piano again. The biggest thing is I don't have the headaches that come with being the band leader. I'm OK getting rid of that responsibility in favor of just hanging out and performing. I'll post the schedule on Tommybryanshow.com and upload pictures and such. First gig is Friday, so I will be leaving Denver on Thursday then it's gig bound. Sort of an exciting week.

Travels

I've been out of the writing mood for quite a while. Been traveling with work, joined a new band, and have had the ho-hums for quite a while. Time to kick myself in the butt and get something done!! There...that should do the trick. First of all I have been traveling for work installing phone systems for our sister companies. This has taken me to Waco Texas a just back from Rexburg Idaho. I don't remember spending much time in Idaho. It's one of those out of the way places that you might travel through if you are going to Washington but that is about it. The land reminds me of the hills of Arizona, and it should its the same mountain chain. The area is surrounded by mountains and is only 50 miles from the grand Tetons. Once again I probably would never see this country if it weren't for work. (Bye the way the Potato's where awesome tasting.) Another feature of the area is the Mormon Churches that dotted the area. You couldn't miss them at night because they were lit up like the sun. Somehow I always antiquated the Salt Lake area as the Mormon retreat, I guess I learned something new. Another thing that never dawned on me was BYU. I've always heard of the college but never thought of it as a Mormon college. As soon as someone said Brigham Young my head snapped together and somehow I knew that Brigham was a Mormon and the founder of the college. Weird??? (In the Picture I am standing by the Snake river in front of a Mormon Church.) OK I'll talk more about the other things I mentioned earlier. Got to run.