once again, with feeling...

     Cheerio! I'm pretty sure I can make this happen today - yesterday's webcast was a bust.  In hindsight, it's probably a better thing to do this with a night's rest under my belt.  May have woken up my neighbors with my hollorin' had I done it yesterday.  Werewolves in London, for sure. 
     For anyone not knowing what the hell...yesterday, I attempted a webcast from my hotel in London - we begin a month long Frampton tour of Europe tomorrow night.  And, man, was I chomping at the bit to plug and play with all my new toys.  But, there's always Murphy's law that rules the universe, and - alas - not to be.  BUT!!!  Today I believe we'll have something.  After all, I did plan a little show for all of my web-music-diggers.
     So, with my needing to get sleep tonight (it'll be midnight for me), and, taking into the fact that other people have lives - work and such, I'll compromise and try for 6 pm US central for this impromptu road show.  Hope to see somebody hanging with me - if not, Donnie, my tour manager, has got bail money after they drag me off howling at the moon.
     www.justin.tv/wurliboy - just log in for free, and click on view channel, I believe...
Cheers.

Right! So, I'm on a plane in Atlanta right now, about to fly across the pond. Life has been very busy leading up to this road trip. Frampton in Europe - UK, Netherlands, Deutchland, Austria and Italy. I'm considering doing a webcast from my hotel room in London tomorrow, against my better judgment. My wife just encouraged me to get some real luggage, and this new bag enables me to be a roving television station, in essence. My camera, lights, laptop, and my Line 6 keyboard all in a 22" airline-approved carry-on. Loving this technology! But, the best laid plans, you know, so we'll see. Gotta see how steady the Internet stream is in this place. And, there may be a pub nearby, which could introduce a whole other wrench in my proposed broadcast. If you're at your computer then, tune into my first "on the road" show - hopefully... I'll report to FB for updates as the day progresses. At my usual address, Justin.tv/wurliboy
There! Now I've got something to work on while I sit awake for the 8 hour flight.
Cheers, Rob

Frampton Comes Alive

      Many of you know that I play for Peter - keyboards, guitar and vocals.  Have been for about six years now.  I do feel extremely lucky to have been in the right place at the right time to have been suggested that he and I were connected, and that we've gotten along so well ever since.   What I discovered right away - maybe the first few bars of music I actually played with him was, that I'd never really experienced anything quite like this before.  He's a monster, no doubt about it.  His talent is beyond description, really. 
      I don't lump him into the same category as most of the other musicians that I play with, as wonderfully talented as they all are.  (And I'm talking about some real mother f%$&*ers!) He really never ever plays the same thing twice -seriously!  Always fresh new ideas.  I've heard a lot of his shows from my seat.  Believe me, I know of what I speak.   He not only has the natural talent to play great, but the extra "something" that just communicates to people.   Lots and lots of people.  The rest of us can dream, and strive to have that "something", but may never have it, and must reconcile ourselves with that fact.  I do know that I'm just super fortunate that he trusts me to help get his music out there into the world.
      Today was a great day.  We began rehearsals for an upcoming European tour.  And we (us new guys) got to meet and play with Stanley Sheldon for the first time.  Stanley is now the bass player with Frampton, but was also once before, on a little live recording that Peter made a few years ago.  A concert in California in the '70s.  Stanley told us that he didn't even know, going into that show that it was being recorded.  But, after that show was over, Peter led them to a remote truck, and they listened back to what would eventually become arguably the one live performance heard by the most people ever in history.   (By the way, we're going to be doing the entire "Comes Alive" album in it's entirety all over the US, and abroad for the next year, once we finish Europe)
      Today, after we played a bunch of tunes, some of us were heard whispering to each other things like - "Man, it feels like we're hearing history", "wow, there it is, man!" - stuff like that.   I will say, that Stanley is one helluva musician.  We are lucky to have him.  I just wanted to put out to folks that read this that this was one of those special days, and I wanted to document it.  Watching these two wonderful musicians getting back together again.   And I saw smiles on both of their faces.  A real wonderful thing to see.
Here's to the future!
Cheers