by Gregory 'Bassie' Jackson
Bassie's vacation spot in Maryland… checking in… reflections on the last few dates on the north america tour…
Some time has passed… and to most of you… the Spear tour is completed… but not just yet… smile… For us… the past few weeks have been something else… we really put our all out there for you in North America… Northampton, Boston, D.C. and New York… we put it out there… we did… I must say that… these few months have been a long and consistent trip… no one… I mean no one in our crew complained about it… about rising early in the morning… 4 or 5 a.m. drives… sometimes 3 a.m. drives… cause this is what we love to do… just ask Cacique… or James… We live to come out and give you the music… and with Mr. Rodney… it goes without saying… but I must say… that Mr. Rodney is a hard working man… and he loves all of you… otherwise… would we be here?
So… it brings us to this point… the North America leg is complete… Northampton… funky artist town… nice to meet some folks from up New England… thanks y'all for the love…
A nice gig… felt good up there… I felt my bass bins really kicking up there… a nice feeling I tell you… although at the end of the set… my chords to the amp began to fry… and crackle… and hiss… and I had to do a quick replacement… during a dub section… Mikey… the drummer… he was looking at me with a sly grin… cause he knew that stuff drives me crazy…
Hey… let me say thanks to everyone in the band and crew too… cause… y'all some wicked professionals… and some characters too…
You got the G3 mac crew… Stephen… Prof… and James… chuckle… lap tops and things… Stephen… the night owl… what you doing late at night anyway… ebay? smile… Prof and James… the dynamic duo…
proud to say guys… that I have my G3 too… no more kinko's and things… happy now? you can write me… and I can write…
I'm up in the D.C. area now… cooling out before Africa… in my bedroom on the G3…
So… continuing… Boston… The Roxy… what a hip spot… love it… gotta thank Teo… from the House of Blues… cause he always sets up things nice… and Joshua from Heartbeat… nice to be with you… and the record signing thing you set up at Tower Records… it was fun… meeting all y'all… meaning the folks… the Spear supporters… I didn't have a seat so I didn't sign a whole lot… but i was there showing love same way… and the gig… sweet… I love the sound up there… I think the guys would say the same… Spear was in form…
Hey… you folks notice spear wearing a tie recently… yeah… told you he had some wicked gear… the tie's man… check for the tie's… it means he loves y'all… just show you know…
From the Roxy down to D.C. keeping the flow in our bones… Dr. Dreads crew was professional as usual… with the transport… and the dressing room… thanks to the fans for selling out the joint… We felt the energy… and gave you our all… and man… did they improve the p.a. in there or what… I can't wait to get back up in there…!!
Tedo was sporting a new hat… nice brown leather joint… Real Natty up in the place too… haven't seen him heating up sardines in a while… so it means he is getting some good yard food… laughs…
The victory ride to New York… last show… nuff champagne… and laughter… and jokes running for the entire trip… we had a good laugh about the tour… and it is nice to have a few words from everybody… giving thanks and things…
By the end of the trip… I realized why so many of us don't drink… smile… I won't tell much… but Cacique… you are one funny dude… and happy to see you sleep so well… on the floor… laughs… and Prof… you gotta remember which bunk is yours… laughs…
Its all love… and seeing the big apple again was sweet… we checked into a midtown spot… and many of us who make the area home took off… save for the miami, yard, and jersey posse… spear too… he stayed…
I got to hit mannny's… and ran into some old friends… including Lauryn Hill's engineer… Terry… hail up!!
The New York show was nice… a real solid show… have you checked out the pics on the pic post? Asher… you are great man… if you don't know… Asher is from Connecticut… and a big supporter… many of the pics you see on the post are from Asher…
Lots of New York fam… and it was good to see you all and feel y'all…
We did it with a lot of meaning that night… I hope y'all felt it…
Its hard to leave after the last gig… I noticed Mikey holding court with some of the guys in Miles Davis's band… good seeing y'all… and Commissioner Gordon, glad you came out… and so many others… after a while… it was just time to go… cause we could have stayed for a long long time… till morning…
But it really isn't over… things just enter a new phase… we melt into a new position… further down the road… yunno… as spear would say…
so next stop is South Africa… and what a happy day that will be…
Greetings to all crew…
jahloveeternal…
Gregory…
