All About Pocket Knives

Perry, this is all pretty cool - thanks for the pictures! OH

WOW, you got a rough schedule.

I guess it's not easy being a celebrity, huh, Perry?

Thanks guys, never as easy as you would think Scott. This has rpoved to be the toughest so far tho.

Thanks for sharing,Perry. ....I bet it will be a great show.

First show tonight for employees of Casino.

Good luck Perry!

It went very well tonight.

Here's a nice thing that wound up being placed in my room today while we were rehearsing. Little girt basket from the employees of the Hotel here. Wine, water, cheeses, looks like some sausage of some kind and topped it off with this pretty cool Bolo tie. along with a nice photo of the employees. Thank you Venetian! Oh and also got these cool looking acrylic dice, I'll have to see if they're excepted at the gaming tables.

Perry Very Nice! First Class! But tell me was there some Groupie Chicks Hiding Under Your Bed also?

LMAO! No but I do remember the "Big HAIR" days of yesterday.

Very cool,Perry. ......but groupies don't sound to bad either.
Glad the show is going well for ya!!

Thanks JR, we packed them out, both shows tonight went very well.

Sounds like you are having fun Perry.
It also sounds like long hours and lots of work to have that much fun!

Have a great time there!

Yep it's much more work than I normally would've thought Dale. However very rewarding and gratifying. I can't say enough about the help and staff here at the Venetian, top drawer! We have been given a daily amount to spend in hotel credit, seventy five bucks. You would think that would be fairly low but it's actually pretty hard to spend it everyday when you don't do much gambling. Just got back from a quick trip down to Houston, for a private party yesterday. The cool thing is we were flying private charter. We flew out after the last show on Saturday night around 1pm, hopped the plane and wheels up at 1:30am. Landed in Houston 3 hours later, roughly 6am Central time. Hit the hotel for a few hours sleep, 4 to be exact, and headed to the gig at this guys huge mansion. He is apparently head of a huge Law firm down there. After the gig, around 8pm, we hopped back on the plane to come back to Vegas. To say that my personal time clock is all fowled up right now would be an understatement! But if you think about it like I am, today, Monday, is a day off so I have no problem with it. This has been the most rewarding and grueling work I have ever been a part of since I began singing. I meant to say that Saturday night's shows were special because at the first show we found out that THE BOSS, Springsteen and Tom Hanks were there! I have met and talked with Hanks a few times over the years but when Bruce tells you he couldn't believe we weren't lip-syncing and that it sounded incredible, you tend to lose your mind a little for a moment. I will probably dine out on that one night for a few years! Well that's all that happened over the past few days, hope to have a relaxing day today and back at it tomorrow.

Thanks for the update Perry! Ride the wave while it's rolling is what I say....ride the wave brother!

Perry,
I was just listening to Nashville entertainment reporter Jimmy Carter on a local radio program and he was extremely complimentary of the show, which he caught on Sat night. It was a glowing report!

Ray

WOW! Hanging out with the Boss. Very Cool! Did you tell him you Love his Music but hate his Politics?

I dodged the whole political thing Mitch, decided not to go there Hey Ray, that's great to hear as well. The critic thing has always been an interesting thing to me. That someone can actually make money critiquing others.

singin46 wrote:The critic thing has always been an interesting thing to me. That someone can actually make money critiquing others.

After all, it's just an opinion. Like certain body parts, everybody has one and they all stink. Their opinion has more weight than mine just because they get to spew it over the air waves to a public that can't call them on their B.S.?? Nah, I don't think so. They're all just another dip stick with no oil on it.

Wow, playing music for a living sounds like the dream Perry. Very cool. I appreciate you letting us live vicariously through you! Right now I guess I'll have to settle picking my HD-28 with my old-time and bluegrass playing friends and singing/playing John Prine songs at open mikes and on the couch. Keep on pickin'.

Wow, playing music for a living sounds like the dream Perry.

Yep...I have been telling him that for years now.
Great job my Friend you were fantastic!!

Jigslinger wrote:singing/playing John Prine songs

My favorite.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEy6EuZp9IY[/youtube]

Cool song.

Jerry, one of my Prine favorites as well. I love to play it on the guitar. Not as well as John and Steve Goodman did though!

Hey guys a few more rehearsal pics, hot off the presses!