Happy Days

 Last Friday we spent a few days in Vancouver. I was fascinated by the steam clock in Gastown. Check it out. The gig was great and Chrissie was having such a good time with Stevie on stage she couldn't sing for laughing...

 

 Well, here we are now into our last week of the 2016 tour and tonight we play in Seattle.

For those of you who were around to catch our gigs here in the USA in 1980, you may recognise the picture here of the black and white kit I brought over to tour with made by Eddie Ryan. Two days ago I signed a new deal with DW Drums. They are going to make a tribute kit for me, and they have been good enough to put a priority on it so that it will be ready for the start of touring here again in February. It's gonna be mighty. The black and white design was part the Brass in Pocket artwork and part the Hereford United Football team colours. Hereford being the town where Jimmy, Pete, and I were from (The originals)!
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 There will also be a little Hereford Flag on the 26" bass drum for good measure. I can't wait to see the finished kit. As a matter of interest, the picture of the kit features one of our team back then, Bill Leabody who will be honoured in January with a Lifetime Achievement Award. 

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Still at it Bill. Well done.

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I took the picture in either Kansas City or St.Louis when we supported The Who. To the right of my kit is Kenney Jones's drum kit. There is quite a story behind this picture and it will be featured in my upcoming book that will be out later next year. To give you lucky people a taster, Pete Townshend said to me directly after the show that he hadn't seen anything like that since Keith Moon! 

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Happy days.

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Three hours to showtime girls and boys.... 

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M.D.C.