Had the pleasure of seeing fellow Auditeer (and Permanent Press label 
honcho, musician and publicist/promo guy) Ray Paul last night; his trio 28 
IF was snapping out one glorious British Invasion song after another. 
Beatles, Who, Kinks, Searchers, Paul Revere & Raiders (well...they did tell 
you the British were coming), Stones, Animals...holy crap it was one 
favorite song after another. Ray and I can't get over the fact that I saw 
him twice a year when he lived in Los Angeles; now that he's about 20 
minutes away I see him less!

He's pretty busy with his business and is out of town a lot (as am I) but it 
was great to see that he's in fine voice and obviously having a blast 
playing music he loves. I didn't get a chance to ask him a zillion questions 
about his solo career, ask how some PP artists like Walter Clevenger are 
doing (but a shout out to WC right here and now!) or even get a Carpet Frogs 
anecdote to pass along. Hopefully we'll combat that "20 minutes away" thing 
and do that soon.

My "good times when encountering an Auditeer in person" ratio remains at 
100%.

cheers
b