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Thursday January 12, 2023

Thursday morning in Nashville. Early flight on the way.

YESTERDAY

It was all about packing and having my ducks in a row for this California trip this morning with my “Hits & Grins” trio with Steve Dean and Victoria Venier. So a very short blog this morning as I’m catching an Uber (for the first time) to the airport to jump on board that will land in Las Vegas, and then the three of us will jump on one more Southwest bird to get us to Sacramento and a rental car that will get us to Lodi in time for a show tonight.

California, and especially in the Sacramento region has been flooded so I’ve packed a guitar and galoshes for this trip and now we’re praying we have no flight problems and will get there on time. Going to be some kind of a day.

We play tonight, have a night off and then Saturday evening we’ll have one more show in Redondo Beach before flying home Sunday from LA.

A regular “blog” will return here tomorrow morning from Sacramento.

Have a great Thursday!

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