Back in the atmosphere after a wonderful couple of weeks in California with trips to San Fransisco, wineries, Sandy's Ranch and, as titled, bike rides (with Neil and friends around the Los Gatos hills) and breakfast. Never eaten better tasting fruit and never drunk so much fabulous wine nor eaten so many great meals in the space of 14 days! And never been made feel so welcome and treated so kindly. A trip to TG Central is a wonderful thing. Got to tick off some items on my bucket list including playing and singing Moody Blues and Gordon Lightfoot songs with Neil and doing a tribute to Glen Cambell. Played a whole stable of fabulous guitars too from Ed Claxton, Santa Cruz, Taylor, Gibson, Collings, to Martins and Wiley's Skylark. Met many TGer I have been longing to meet on their way to camp - even if it was only to say hi and goodbye at the BBQ before camp it was a highlight! As was visiting Sandy at her ranch where Corina and I could play plugged into her Fishman amp and have Sandy as our own videographer
. Neil and Nani were wonderful hosts far above the call of duty Took part in two house concerts with a whole selection of Neil's students and CCNess was able to do live versions of Africa, I'm not in Love and a number of goodies. Great evenings spent in song and with wines of the Gods :laugh: .Staying up late with fine Californian wine in the garden and spacing out to Neil's On The Horizon playing over the 24/7 music system with Neil listening to it for the first time in years and having Corina channel Karen Carpenter giving us a surreal stereo effect was just far out! Had the time of my life!
I will post a video and some pics here for anyone who is interested.
Chris
