Hey folks!! It’s been a while. We are gypsy style living in the trailer. Got back 2 weeks ago from our favorite place Roslyn. Love going to that town. Seeing old faces and meeting more new and wonderful people. Ryan and Piper thank for making it all happen. We played at Marcos and had a blast. We set up on top of the pool table, the dance floor was open for everyone to dance and they did. At Marcos u can bring ur dog inside, so george was on stage with us the whole time. That night we stayed at Becca’s. Groups of friends kept stopping by, we all drank and ate til the early morning with an awesome old wood stove keeping us warm.

The next morning Leah woke us up to some delicious coffee and our day got started. Drove into town, stopped at Tom’s market for some rolling tobacco and to say hello. Settled in at the Brick and ran into our favorite person on this trip, Trish. She was drinking a mimosa so we joined with 2 bloody Mary’s and talked all afternoon. We played the Brick that night and all the peeps came out. So awesome seeing u all…Barter Faire!!! CJ, Ray, Dan, lil’Emily, Emily, Stephanie, Magenta all my local lovelies,Tom, Chris, Roy, Lea, Beca, Liz, Stephanie, Glen, Dougie fresh, Faby, Steve, Matt, Ivonne, Bill West, Nick, Krissy, Adam, Sara, Nicole, Garth, Jessica, Jen, Brent, Tammy, Susanne and so many more, we love u guys.

Off to the next gig at Whiskey Pete’s at the snowqualmie pass. WOW!! So beautiful a blanket of white snow all around us and the sky so blue and full of stars. We saw some peeps at the pass as well. The biggest surprise was seeing Aaron, the last we heard from him he was in Peru.The show went off we killed it, Roy joined us with his trombone for Roots Reality and Grasping. Sounded so good. Reny broke 2 strings after playing for 2 hours and the crowd wanted more….what a nite. We so wished we had the chance to catch with everyone, but we got kidnapped to an after hour party, hey what can we do…gotta go.

That nite we partied with Skot, a cool ass snowboarder and his friends, we all got faded. We crashed at Trish’s that night, Reny went to bed and Trish and I stayed up til 4am drinking tea and eating home made bisquits that she just whipped out. Love u Trish i will remember that nite for ever. Day off Yeah!! we slept in rested, meet Cedar Trisha’s son and enjoyed a home cooked dinner. We ate and hung out with Gustav and Petra. Two other jems. Gustav is an amaizing musician, he can play all nite and did not repeat a song. We sat in the kitchen drank 6 bottles of wine between Reny and Gustav we sang all nite long. People kept stopping by through out the nite to hang. This is living!!

Next day was sad, don’t like saying goodbye. We had breakfast with Trish at The fast time and ran into more people giving us love. Gave everyone a hug and we hit the road. It was a sad drive home, but we also missed our kitties and needed to be back. Everytime we come back from a tour we are glowing. The high and the love we get from all our friends stays with us for weeks. Back in Ptown playing at the Radio Room on thursdays and sometimes friday.

LOSS OF A GOOD FRIEND Last friday we played at Papa’s and u know we ate and drank like rock stars. Papa always takes care of us. We got to see Ronnie again, our friend and fan, always there giving us love. We didn’t know that would be our last time seeing him. Sadly he was premuturely ripped from our lives this week. Im so glad we got to see him, hug him and tell him how much he means to us. You will be missed fool….we can’t believe it!!!!!! YOU WILL BE MISSED MAN!! Life is hard and we gotta remember what is important, family, friends, community, love and respect. We will be in Ptown for a bit, the markets are starting and spring is near.

-Peace fo’real, see u all soon, Lil Bell

Red Bicycle Bistro, Vashon Island WA:
Well folks I got good news and bad news… the first night of my tour I was on stage at the Red Bicycle, when two songs into our first set my new Delphi, the one National made specially for me, fell out of the stand and broke. I calmly excused myself, went outside, screamed at the sky, composed myself and proceeded to put on one of the best shows Bell and I did in a while. Dancing, screamin and so on. Great vibes and great people. Thanx to the whole staff, Pete and Pete were fuckin cool as hell, we made a bunch of new fans, Mariah, Anthony and Danika came out from Seattle and we just barely made the last ferry off the island. Killer time…especially with all things considered. Awesome island with awesome people and great vibes. We are goin back in January and we are super excited cus we finally get to play with our friends Hillstomp, now that should be a killer night of dancin and hootin and hollerin.

The Brick, Roslyn WA:
We hung out with Mariah and Tony the next day, blazed a bunch, ate food and wondered around Seattle all day. Then we hit the road for Roslyn. Upon arrival we find out that the mountains have been all buzzin about our return (love that town!!) especially since the epic Barter Faire show. All kinds of folks drove hours to come see us and apparently folks had heard talk about our Barter Faire show all through the region. I was amazed… I still am! So anyway the show was amazing there was a packed dance floor and therefore Bell and I played a bunch of extended versions of songs and went into new ones without stopping, sometimes for a half hour at a time. (felt like Jerry G hehe). It was great, it seems like every time we come back it’s just bigger and better and all that much more debauchery. Can’t fuckin wait to get back up there ASAP I actually miss it when I am not there and count the days till the next show. Love all you guys up there!!!

Thanx to lea and magenta for making us sound good. Shannon loved ur friends i hope u enjoyed the rest of ur birthday, without any puke stories. Chris thank u for dancing and being u. Ryan always looking out thank u.To all our good friends thank u, CJ, Chris, Ray,Tom, Suzanne, Piper, Erika, Roy, Liz and scooby, Adam, Doug, Mc Gruff and all the rest, hope we didn’t forget anyone.

Buyin a Winnebego and hittin the road harder!!
So we made it home safely to our babies (the cats fool!) and our little ranchito and decided to go have some beers with our good friend Becca and Mike where we bumped into a friend of hers from Montana, and it seems he has an RV for sale and he is gonna sell it to us dirt cheap. So that means we are gonna be able to travel a bit furthar and be out their longer if not indefinitely hehe. So all y’all folks from the midwest and down south West that have been requesting SSR we will be comin to yer town soon I promise. And keep suggesting venues in yer towns it helps alot and is much appreciated we have gotten a few good gigs from fans suggestions, so keep em comin. Holler

- Peace fo’real, Sidestreet Reny and Lil’Bell w/ Love and Respect