Sunday, December 25, 2005
Christmas in Montana
So, here I am, in big sky country. I have to say… the sky is not that big here, and people don’t seem overly interested in country. Regardless, it is a beautiful place to spend the holidays and perform. The is Liz’s hometown so the reception has been pretty warm here. Unfortunately, so have the temperatures. While I did not look forward to the -30 degree temps they had a few weeks ago, some snow and perhaps below 32 degree weather would have been appropriate for the season.
I never talked about Nashville… or anything else recently. What about St. Lucia? Where to start…
Well, St. Lucia was amazing. It would take me a long time to describe how beautiful a place it was. If you have ever been there you know exactly what I mean. I cannot wait to get back there, back to the beaches, back to the warm water, back to the laid back way of life. And they were so happy to hear our music there.
Nashville… “Music City USA” Always fun. My brother (who just got engaged) is from there. As is the band he works for (Big & Rich). They were on break from their tour, so I thought we would schedule our show there when he would be in town. Sure enough, he made plans to travel to NY to see the family the day before we left for Nashville and he returned there the same day we left. I did get to see him for a couple of hours the night he arrived. I met his wife to be and thought she was just an awesome person. I am very proud of him as always.
Well, Merry Christmas from one of the few Jews in Missoula Montana this morning. Santa even took pity on me and left some gifts under the tree. My hosts tried to prepare for my arrival and got a Menorah. I had to explain that I was such a lousy Jew, I forgot what to say, or when to light, etc.
Oh well. Happy holidays people!!!
