The first of the Butch blogs, and I've got a cold. The band is as busy as ever. We start a run of 3 shows tonight, then 2 days off for the Labor Day weekend, and finally 3 days of studio time starting Tuesday of next week. We'll get down drum tracks next week for a new CD we hope will be out by the end of the year. Then in the upcoming months I'm sure this blog will be full of details concerning the rest of the recording at Jay's studio. Between the studio and the live gigs, we're keeping a tight schedule. We hope to get all around Florida, with another short Midwest run at Thanksgiving (up as far as Tennessee), before we head back to the UK in March. As for the summer of '06, either an East coast run up to Jersey and NYC, or another Chicago/Midwest run, or combine both for a much longer tour. Either way, we'll have many adventures "on the road "(in the van) in the next 10 months or so. Ahh, the life of an original rock'n'roll band! Believe me, it's not so glamourous but we have a good time. Remember what the late great Warren Zevon said on Letterman when asked if a dying man could share some sort of new found knowledge with the rest of us, "enjoy every sandwich." Think I'll make mine a Cuban. Talk to you soon. Later, Butch