island memories

Hello hello! It's a gray day here in Holland, lots of wind and drizzle..makes it easy to stay inside though..very unlike it feels on those beautiful spots in the Caribbean we just visited. Before I go on though, I'd like to apologize for keeping you waiting this long to read a new OG blog. Maybe you weren't really waiting, but just in case, if you were.. We were just really having so much fun on the islands that yeah..well sometimes you just don't feel like stopping to write about it. I even have a hard time taking pictures when I am just taking it all in.. ..but I am glad to have others in the group who were so keen on documenting it all in picture and video. It's actually fitting maybe that the last blog was about Bruce's accident on Statia. However I will let Bruce write about all that, as I am sure he has a lot he would like to say to you all. I am happy to tell you though that although a little blip in the speed of his recovery process occurred..his legs are going to be fine ..with a little more rest his wounds will soon heal..and they are already healing. It was an emotional trip bro! We love you like brothers.

I have not gotten my hands on most of the material (especially video) as yet but soon we will be adding more of that to the blog and our sites. For me, it was the funnest and most emotional tour to date. The shows were excellent and the weather was too! The audiences..the people we met..all those who helped..the times we had..the memories they made...being with my family again..being back home again..seeing some good friends again...and taking it all in for what it's worth! I really enjoyed it, to say the least! A very warm thank you goes out from all of us to all who helped out and played a part in making it what it was.

We look forward to doing it again soon in 2010 and then even sweeter.

this is the whole group minus Jazzy on Statia as we were waiting at the tiny airport for our flight back to SXM


Thank you to all of you who know who you are on SXM, Aruba and Statia..you treated us well and we are very grateful.

Now on to the next chapter in Holland. We will also soon be focusing some attention
on the U.K. as well as other countries while trying to play as much as possible in memorable fashion. See you at a show soon! One love, Mike

Now THAT'S a crowd! ..maybe our best crowd yet. maybe our best show yet? This was the crowd at the Sunset on our last show of the trip on 15/11/09.