After feverishly repping for 5 months, I was ready for the BEAT Tour and the 1st performance in San Jose brought huge relief and joy. The first show of a tour can be like a gauntlet. You can rehearse until you’re blue in the face, but once you hit the stage and the lights go out and there’s a live audience eager to be entertained, all bets are off as to what it’s like in rehearsal. But the band delivered well and we were all relieved to get through a good first show.

I’ve been fronting my band for the last 35 years and I discovered a very comfortable place on the BEAT stage with master of ceremonies, Brother Adrian Belew at the helm. It is so enjoyable to play this historical music for such a passionate fan base. I discovered the sincere devotion of the audience for this music and the whole band felt their firm support.

I am looking so forward to the roll out of this tour and being on stage with such seasoned and immensely talented bandmates. Not to mention they are all outstanding people that I enjoy being with. .