Back for a quick update. Been giggin' every day. The "West Wing" shoot was cool. Got a chance to meet Jimmy Smits, Janeane Garofalo (that's a tiny chick! tatted up too....kind of surprised me) and Terri Polo. Jimmy Smits is a VERY down to earth cat and a fierce actor. It was cool to watch him do his thing. He was the only principle actor to hang out when they were done and watch us do the music segment. He's good people. The music segment went without a hitch EXCEPT that we didn't actually get to play, we had to ACT like we were playing, but the instruments were turned off. It was cool though, cuz your boy got some nice closeups. Just don't laugh at my gear (you can get a taste in these pics. Those are the cats I did all the gigs with: Lorca Hart and Ryan Cross...L.A.'s finest!!).....the wardrobe people had me dressed in some circa-1991 black rayon button-down shirt and some black slacks extra tapered at the bottom....???.....the 2 ladies in wardrobe were EXTRA sweet, and they did what they could for my tall ass cuz nothing they had fit me....but I still looked like Keith Sweat singing "Make It Last Forever" at an opening of an Oak Tree Men's Fashion store. Y'all remember Oak Tree? The Hammer pants? The cardboard patent leather shoes? The $99 rayon suits with the shoulder pads? Damn....I just played myself.....cuz I used to ROCK those patent leather shoes....but I'll lie in your face without batting an eye if you ask me about it in person, so don't even try it ;)!!
Anway, going to check out Angelique Kidjo tonight at House of Blues on Sunset Strip. Her band came and hung out with us at our gig on Monday at the Bel Age, and invited us down to check them out tonight. I can't wait, 'cuz Angelique is one of my favorite artists!!