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The anchorman just said “It’s wicked cold out there.” That’s a good way to tell that your’re in Massachusetts.
Took this pic last night looking out at the snow from my mom’s front door:  I had an amazing show in Milford, NH on Saturday night. Lots of friends and fans braving the weather and hanging out. We started a little bit earlier because it was snowing and figured it would be better for folks to get home before the weather got too bad. Morgan and I started at 7 pm, no set list, just launching into my songs, his songs, our songs - and with folks just calling out requests to us - we played for nearly three hours straight and forgot to even take a break. The stories and songs went over great.
Talking with Stonecutters after the show we arranged for a return performance in April when I come back for Lowell’s Town and the City festival. And the folks from the radio station I played the other day came to the show too and we’ve arranged for next time I’m in town - going to be on the radio for an hour playing music and talking stuffs.
Longtime fan Lisa (who told the folks at the radio to book me) brought me upstairs in the old building in Nashua where their offices are to show me the gigantic pipe organ and then let me play the big Hammond B3 organ in there as well.  My travels on trains continues. Here I am at the Porter Station in Cambridge, MA. I have not been this cold in quite a while. I include this pic so you can all see the glamorous life of a touring musician.  Being in Boston can be interesting as sometimes the graffiti can be incredibly specific. I blacked out the slur in this pic but wow! Bonus points for spelling “is” with a z.  I also got a nice review in the Metronome Boston magazine for my Music for Train Stations album. I posted this picture online and my friend Millard in Texas chimed in “They got one thing wrong. You didn’t “imagine” being in a train station.” You are correct sir. Also, just because there’s only five songs, they called it an EP but this album is nearly an hour and a half long and fills up all the time allowed on a cd.  Also had a great interview with Brian from the Metronome and that will be in the April issue of the magazine in time for when I return to New England.
Now tomorrow, I will take the train to Boston and then I get on a bus to Montreal. Why? Because I’m a glutton for punishment! What’s the best way to get to Canada? Bus of course. Best time of year? February of course!*
I will be in Montreal for the rest of the week performing at and attending the Folk Alliance International festival.
Going to be a bit of whiplash for me when I return to California next week as I get two sleeps in my own bed and then drive east to Arizona for a weekend full of shows in Phoenix, Tempe and Glendale.
I’m hanging out with my Mom right now. She’s busy burning dinner right now. I was thinking of asking her for a recipe for my book but I’m kind of stumped by what to ask for. I think she might have some good recommendations for where to eat out.**
All the show details are here.
Ok, that’s all for now.
As always, thanks for hanging out with me and I hope to catch up somewhere down the road.
xo
~Bobbo
*Funny enough, there’s actually a chapter in my book about how it’s dumb to tour Canada in February. Even my own words can’t be a warning to me!
**I can share the phone number for Augusta Market and tell you to order the chicken cutlet sub or which 99 restaurant has the best steak tips.
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