Hi All…

We’ve got quite a few shows under our belt and I wanted to send around a quick update on how things are going…

We were on the LAST plane allowed to land at Heathrow last thursday. The pilot came on and said, “Since many of you are watching this on your television screens, I thought I’d let you all know that there has been a volcano blast in Iceland and European airspace is being shut. The closure starts at noon, and since we’re due to land at 12:03 they are letting us be the last ones in.”

At the time I didn’t really get the significance of it all. But when we were standing in the immigration line, and I looked behind me and the huge hall was empty I thought, hmmmmmm this might mean something.

As you can imagine we’ve been back and forth with the rest of the world exactly on how to deal with it. We started calling around asking for new gigs. We even started looking at Atlantic cruiselines thinking that we could play for our passage to the new world. But as of this writing, it appears that things are open and running. we’ll keep our fingers crossed.

We’ve had 4 great shows so far. Wonderful attendance. Lots of enthusiasm. God bless the English, they are such good clappers. Highlights.

–12 Bar Club in London - the biggest little room in the world. johnny pedals died. the ever prepared boy scout, whippped out a pack of batteries and was back in it. Our friend Max Ellis came down and did his thing, taking some extraordinary photos. to see them, friend me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/grantlangstonmusic.

–The Windmill in Brixton - Sunday night, crazy place. They have a huge rottweiler that lives on the roof and roams back and forth. The crowd was manic and we found a DELICIOUS jerk chicken joint down the road. There’s some video on the FB page.

–The Black Lion in Hammersmith - this was a fill in show, and the beautiful pub treated us just right. We packed the joint despite two serious blows. Drummer Tony Horkins…got an infection in his foot. It turned very red and swelled to mammonth proportions. We took him to the hospital where he got some antibiotics, but without that foot he couldn’t play the kick drum. So at The Black Lion we did a stripped down, quiet set that ended up working just right in the quaint space. and of course, by the end of the evening I was dealing with a very sore throat. DAMMIT. I’ve been taking such good care of myself and I’m still gonna get sick.

–What’s Cookin’ in Leytonstone - This is one of our favorite shows. There is a great thai restaurant down the street, and the room is always beautiful. We played with a great group called, The Snakes. My throat was raw, but we made it through…thanks to a bottle of Jack Daniels I picked up down the high street.

Today we’re off to Swindon, and out into the English countryside…can’t wait. Just to mention the rest of the schedule

04/22/10	The Beehive	Swindon, Wiltshire	9:00pm	Two Sets!
04/23/10	The Prom	Bristol, Bishopston	9:00pm
04/24/10	The Blue Cat	Stockport	10:00pm	Always Double Check Start Times with Club
04/25/10	The Bassment	Chelmsford	10:00am	Always Double Check Start Times with Club

Thanks and we hope to see you soon.
Grant

That’s right. We’re rolling around Britain playing that honky tonk stuff…follow us here

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Thanks,

Grant

On April 1st, the Los Angeles country music community came together and paid tribute to a talented friend, Duane Jarvis who passed away last year. It was an amazing night of music as various musicians got up to perform Duane’s tunes.

The band, led by Carl Byron featured Duane’s brother Kevin, Taras Prodaniuk, Stephen Patt, and Rich McCulley was rock solid and the list of singers featured many of LA’s best.

It was a moving night of joy, saddness and fun. I was honored to be able to participate. Here are some of the performers….