The Royal Southern Brotherhood embarked on a 28 day/24 show tour on Oct 15th. It was the last tour of a long year for this group that has really been blessed with success. We are currently on our way to Winterbach, Germany with about a week left before we head home. The audiences have been magnificent and gracious. Very open to our style of music, very open to the diversity in our group and our songs.
It's always uplifting and motivating to travel so far and have such acceptance of your songs.
We performed for the famous Rockpalast television program in Bonn Germany. This has been a dream of mine for a long time. It was an incredible experience and I think a real high energy captured performance by our group. (Also, my hair looked pretty good)
We played a small club in Paris called La Duvan du Monde on a Monday night just 2 km from a small club where the Rolling Stones were performing that same night. It got real exciting for a second. Cyril had toured with the Stones when singing for the Meters in the 70's and also on his own with the traveling circus tours.
Calls were made, publicists and managers reached out hoping for a meet and greet and ultimately putting our album in the hands of the Rolling Stones. Alas, we received word from their camp that they knew we were in town and were sorry they couldn't see us but wished a good show and tour.
I was pretty impressed! It was a strange old club with lots of fog and bright lights and old balcony.
I kept imagining seeing Keith and Mick through the fog sitting in the balcony by themselves watching our set.
We ended the show with our encore of Gimme Shelter and I swear they were hiding in the shadows.......
As we get close to ending a years worth of touring and work, we all feel elated and thankful. It's been a wonderful ride so far and we look forward to our next chapter in 2013.
Thank you all so much for the kind , loving support that this band needed to get off the ground. I have a new band of brothers that I feel at home with and new music to brighten my soul.
Thank you to Devon, Cyril, Charlie and Yonrico for all the wonderful shows and good times on the road. (Lots of laughter) A big thanks to Rueben Williams and Thomas Ruf for being there every step of the way. And thank you to all at Piedmont Talent for pushing hard for this band.
Devon has a solo album coming out in February called "Turquoise" on Ruf Records, I think his best work to date.
Cyril is recording a solo album in December that will come out next year.
Yours truly will go into the studio in January to record my new album "Gone to Texas", which will come out next summer.
All is well in our world thanks to you.
See you on the road.....
