Onward To Hanoi

Last night we played for a party/reception at the American Consul General's house. There were diplomats, musicians, artists, media people, business men and women - a good group that was interested it seeing "the Texans." Texas music and barbecue. We played with a Vietnamese saxophone man and the Canadian Consul General sat in on piano on a number - he was pretty good and we were rockin'! Tucker was feeling sick and ducked out early, but I found my hangout chops and stayed late. It was really a fun night.

The morning before, we held a 'Master Class' at a music conservatory and that night we played at 17 Saloon. Yehaa! It was a country western club in the heart of Saigon and was made to look like a log cabin and the waitresses all wore six-guns. The joint was jumping and the place was packed. They presented us with funny leather hats and statues of cowboys on horses. (See photo...)

It's a beautiful day outside and we leave for the scareport in an hour so I've gotta get packed. Next stop, Hanoi! I hear it's a great old city and it's supposed to be cold there. We have a show/workshop with students from the Hanoi Music Conservatory tonight. More later...