Will Bernard’s Blue Plate Special

Will’s new record is out. I’m digging it very much.

Any time I get to play with Medeski, Will Bernard and Andy Hess is a good time. Will wrote some great tunes. We went out to the Palmetto studio in the countryside of PA. I had a very good time making music and hanging with those guys. We’re doing a short tour in March and I’m looking very forward to that. We’ve been playing some of the new tunes with my trio so I’m looking forward to playing more of the Blue Plate Special tunes with those guys in March. That’s it for now.

Talk soon, Stanton

Southwest Tour Wrap Up

I just completed a 4 day run of Lafayette, Houston, Dallas, and Little Rock .Overall it was a great run. I had June Yamagishi on guitar along with Robert Walter. June was great, did his home work and played his ass off.

After a rocky start in Lafayette (There was a dead cat on the loading ramp into Grant St. and the gig was under-promoted) we had a great run. We had a very fun outdoor gig at the Last Concert Café in Houston…great crowd, great vibe, fun place to play.

The Granada Theatre in Dallas was great as well. In all my years of touring I’m surprised I’ve never played there. Great room, great peeps. The Revolution Music Room in Little Rock was a great room as well. The Grenada and Revolution would both be good places for Galactic to play. I can’t wait to those rooms as well as the Last Concert Cafe with my trio as well. Maybe in March.

Well I’m back home in NOLA now, trying to get some practice time in around sessions and time with the fam. Working hard on my next book “Groove Alchemy” as well.
More soon, Stanton