Life is ever strange. On Friday night I was at The Saxon Pub, sitting at the bar listening to the smooth songs and sweet voice of Mando Saenz, who was accompanied on vocals and bass by Bonnie Whitmore, a tour de force in her own right. Earlier that day, I was out enjoying happy hour with another band, Beck and Cauthen. At midnight at the Saxon, I was trying to track down a contact for Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain’s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain. After multiple texting attempts, I made no progress in finding someone who knows her amongst friends likely to have some insight. So much for six degrees of separation! If you have a contact for her reps, by all means pass it along to us.
Did I tell you that when I was flying to Boulder a couple of weeks ago, Randy Rogers was on my Southwest flight? He was in the first boarding group, and I was in the second, so we exchanged a quick kiss on the cheek as he got on the plane. I see lots of folks I know in airports, like ships passing in the night, as they say- Reckless Kelly, Jason Boland, and Sunny Sweeney recently. Fellow travelers all, and I love that. We had a visitation from Randy during our MusicFest at Steamboat sessions back in January. Since 2004, Randy and the band have continued to kick it hard, and sashay on their own path. SO excited to see the success that they have created. But the beginning of all that is the song itself, and here is one from Randy by himself, “Missing You Is More Than I Can Do,” which can be found in its original released version on the Burning The Day album.
-- Jessie Scott
