Santa Barbara…. last night’s show? divine… Beth and Rob insisted on staying at a crappy, dingy hotel… I went to my dear friend, Bruce’s vineyard chateau… amazing… wine and stories into the middle of the night… this morning I woke up to a panoramic ocean view, looking out over orchards and orchards of trees and the deep, blue sea… I tried to get my act together… to get on the road and to the next town… but I had to keep getting one last look…

Tonight we played a web-broadcast concert in Atascadero… before the show, we ate at this place where they boast and rave about their world-famous bbq ribs…. it was supposed to be the most amazing and authentically long-cooked, smoked tri-tip and rib experience ever… my mouth now tastes like kerosene…