o I started raging in Boston @ Wally’s, a legendary jazz club, got to play with some good friends of mine and it was really cool. I love that place. That place is the VIBE capital of the Northeast. Good lil’ rage. The next day I travelled to NYC to meet up with Kraz for “Chapter II” gigs and rehursals. We had some moments man!!! Damn!!! This is a BAD ASS band. Louis Cato is the baddest musician ever. He is very uncool. You will soon be made aware of his genius if you haven’t already. My last blog I said That he was the vice president of the “not right” club. CORRECTION: He is the president, the vice president, CEO, Janitor… he IS the not right club.

So we did a ton of gigs. Here’s The Lowdown…

Sullivan Hall

This gig was kind of a revisit to New Orleans. Due to some of my new friends from Jazz Fest being there. Kofi Burbridge, who is a cat who I’m just finding out we both grew up in the same part of D.C. within a block of each other. Hence us bonding the way we have in the last couple of weeks. We did a Spectacular version on Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Can’t Hide Love” and he just “murdlized” so hard!!!! He is an incredible person with a vibe that is out of this world. He said to me, “… in the end, that’s all we have left, is the vibe.” And that’s the stone cold truth, ruth. We also had an awesome time @ the Blender Theater and in Florida (which we will talk about later). My long lost brother, Ian Neville and Uncle Ivan came through and Ivan sat in with us and played Organ and Clavinet while I watched him FULLY kill it! He’s another cat who is just so gangsta. It’s that New Orleans MOJO. They are both great! The baddest at what they do, as they should be. They come from one of the most prestigious musical families in the WORLD!!!! And Lastly, DEREK TRUCKS who, again, comes from one of those families where music is the core. He is an awesome cat! He totally rips guitar (clearly) and he’s got a vibe!!! He’s really cool and I hope to play with him MANY times in the future. I hope he’ll teach me some of those licks he plays so I can SING them.

-Nigel