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From: Bottleneck Blues [mailto:blues_at_bottleneckblues_dot_co_dot_uk]
Sent: 15 March 2006 09:04
Subject: Tues 28th March

Well Toby got away yesterday & sends his sincere thanks to everyone....we had a ball....I might not make anything out of these tours but boy do we have some fun. Not a day went by without us both being reduced to tears ~ of laughter ~ not pain!

He commanded great respect & awe wherever he played....Geoff...ex-senior roadie with the Rolling Stones & their close friend (he's a great artist & paints their back-drops when on tour) said he'd never seen or heard a guitarist as good as Toby....some compliment! I have dozens of emails from around the country from promoters & audiences alike expressing similar sentiments.

Thanks to you all for your forbearance last Friday....it was a hard night for us all, not one I wish to repeat but I feel we got out of it as best we could. My apologies to Gordon, Geoff, Bill & the others who turned up but couldn't get a seat....I just didn't know how I was going to set the room out until I got there. I only had 40 booked on the Monday & within 12 hrs of finding out we didn't have our normal room I got about another 70 bookings!!!....Sods Law....I probably turned 30 away ~ so sorry.

OK....as I often say...The King is dead, long live the King...which brings me neatly to our next gig.

Corrina Greyson is, in my opinion, one of Europe's finest Blues/Jazz vocalists & she ONLY works with the best musicians. For example Winston Delandro her lead guitarist (you've seen him with Root Jackson, Taka Boom, Ian Siegal) has done a lot of work with Bob Marley he really is superb....a craftsman who is as happy with Reggae & Jazz as he is with Blues. Her last lead guitarist was Matt Schofield....get the idea?

Plenty of space as I write this....blimey....you lot are leaving things to the last minute at the moment which does cause me a little angst! Please book up ASAP as I need another 50 or 60 at this gig to break-even & Corrina deserves a full house.

PS........Sorry about that "Test" email you received.....I'm still trying to sort out my email & inadvertently sent out a CC list instead of a BCC list. I'll but you all a drink at the 34th of Octember gig.