Big Leather Couch

Well, due to my trip and schedule I was not able to join Doc and Dangerous last evening on the Radio Happy Hour. It had the makings of a great show, so click on the player on the left sidebar and find out yourself. I am planning on doing so some time today.

I am planning on getting the photos from the Beale Street Music Festival up for Friday, so look for those. Still not sure they will be great, but they will be here none the less.

I had mentioned some time last week that I was beginning a new affiliation to bring you, my most wonderful guests, more music news, reviews of new albums coming out and, hopefully, some freebies of some of the new music about to be released.

This affiliation is with Sony/BMG Music and I want to thank my friend Layla for getting me connected with this giant of the music industry.

Today I received the following email and it is pretty exciting news as far as I am concerned. I have been a fan of Pink Floyd since I was a fledgling music-lover and truly have enjoyed the sounds of David Gilmour.


David Gilmour has announced the release of Live In Gdańsk in September, 2008 on Columbia Records. The album was recorded during the last concert of Gilmour's 2006 summer tour, which was held in front of 50,000 people at the shipyards in Gdańsk , Poland . The concert was the only occasion on which Gilmour performed the tour material with an orchestra, using the 40-strong string section of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zbigniew Preisner, who was responsible for On An Island album's orchestral arrangements.

Other unique features of the show included the special 6-screen design, created by lightmeister Marc Brickman to allow each band member his own dedicated screen for the edification of the audience; the performance of “A Great Day For Freedom” with the orchestral arrangement of the late Michael Kamen, and a guest appearance by prominent Polish pianist Leszek Mozdzer, who reprised his piano part from On An Island’s “A Pocketful Of Stones”.

David Gilmour’s most recent offering, On An Island, was multi-platinum around the world, hitting #1 in Europe, #1 in the UK and #6 in the U.S.

Best known as guitarist, vocalist and writer with Pink Floyd, Gilmour is also renowned for his solo work and collaborations with other artists including Kate Bush, Paul McCartney and Pete Townshend.

I am hopeful I will receive a copy of this epic concert prior to the release for a review and even some extra copies to use as giveaways.

I officially hate the new shower heads they have installed at Marriott hotels. These are those "rain forest" type shower heads that make you feel like you are standing in a light rain. Personally, I like a hard shower. The water blasting on me. I never feel like my hair is free of shampoo nor the soap off my body with these shower heads.

First they make all their hotels smoke-free (not a real hassle, but too P.C. for me), and then the wussy shower heads. The hotel I am in is ahead of the curve with a new desk that contains outlets for internet, and to allow you to connect your computer to show videos on the TV in the room. This room also has a flat screen 36" TV. Not that I actually have time to enjoy it!

Tomorrow, I have a special video post for an incredibly special woman in my life. I hope you come by and visit. It is not short, so plan accordingly. I tried to make it shorter, but in the end, she deserves the entire tribute.

Digging into the vault...how about we do some David Gilmour with Pink Floyd... Gilmour on lead vocals for the verses, Richard Wright singing lead on the bridges...Gilmour's guitar solo after the first verse is considered by many to be one of the best of his career.