Mr Spock & a brilliant concert !!

Well "Greetings" World's !!

How are your Universes treating you, this fine March day?! It's not too bad here, in the South-West of England.... blooming cold, but bright & Sunny - so, that's a bonus !! I hate the cold, but when it's wet, as well !! It just eats it's way into my old bones !!

Right - onwards !!

It's a Wednesday & too be perfectly honest, I don't know where to start !! It's been a while, since I posted anything - well, anything "normal" !! Heck - what is normal, anyway ?! Sooooo, I'll give a quick catch-up & go from there !!

About 10 days ago, I wasn't feeling too special & after a couple of visits, to have my dressings changed - plus, a few concerned comments from various nurses & my local Dr'..... well, I landed up, back in hospital !!

Unfortunately - it was the hospital, down in Exeter.... so, that meant I was pretty much on my own. B did come down, a goodly number of times.... but, it wasn't like being in a hospital, close to home, where we could see each other, everyday !! Nevermind..... I had most of what I needed, so - apart from missing the family, it was, sort of, Ok.

The first few days, I wasn't really "firing on all thrusters" - so, those days went by kind of slowly. I wasn't able to do very much, as I had various drips & med's stuck into me.... but, I had the Mini Egg & I was able to really listen to some albums, that over the months, I've kind of missed.

It was kind of brilliant tho' - having to lay, on my bed - in my own private room - and just blast music thru' my headphones !! More than once, I would put something on... only to wake up, a few hours later, listening to something completely different !!

I went, into the hospital, on the Monday - by the Friday night, I had the news that I really wanted to hear. After a few tests, the Consultant gave me the "all clear" on not having cancer !! That was a relief !!

I knew, on the day, after going into the hospital, that they had decided to do a few tests, to check it all over again.... but, I decided to keep B in the dark, about it. It was one thing, that I didn't want her to have to worry about, on top of everything else !!

Talking of My Wife & Dearest Friend... she has gone into town, to meet up with ME & to do some shopping. I've decided - to avoid the town, until I'm feeling a little stronger (not the right word) in myself. I still feel a little knackered....

Tomorrow night, if all goes to plan - I've booked a table, at a local pub & the 4 of us are going out for a meal. It's our wedding anniversary & I'm so grateful, to be home again - and I wanted to give B & the M & M's a little "thank you".... for everything they have done, over the past few weeks, running to & fro' the hospitals !! Hopefully, things will work out !!

I called ME up & asked if she would be interested on coming along, with partner M.... once she said "yes" - I got on the 'phone, to the pub & booked it all up. The plan was to keep it all a secret - but, I knew B was going out, to visit her Dad & Aunt, tomorrow, so - I had to kind of tell her, just incase she got back late, or had a big lunch... well, anything really !!

Sooooo - that's been my week & a bit !!

The infection, that I was taken into hospital with, has all but gone.... I'm pleased to say & I'm looking ahead, to tomorrow night & the weekend !! It record fair time again folks !!

Ok - I know, it means another trip to Exeter !! This time, however, we can have a bit of fun & look around the shops & stuff, as well as meeting up with old friends !! I will not have any cash, to spend on personal goodies, but.... it will just be good, to get out & about the City, instead of looking out out of a hospital window & watching it from there !!

Staying with music......

I have often thought, that there can not be anything "out there" - that will get to me & make me go "Wow !!" Once again - I have been shown, that there is still great music to be had, even if it's by someone, or a band, that I've listened to, for more than a few years. Once more - the Allman Brothers have been there, to lift my spirits !!

Just before going into the hospital, the band's last concert, reached me from Lady V & Sir J over in America, at 'Hittin' The Note'. I didn't really listen to it, until I was stuck in bed.... but, was it ever worth the wait !!

It is one of those all time concerts, one that lifts you up & brings you back down again - leaving you in the knowledge, that what you have just heard was something more than a little special !!

The tracks are:

CD 1

  1) Little Martha
  2) Mountain Jam
  3) Don't Want You No More
  4) It's Not My Cross To Bear
  5) One Way Out
  6) Good Morning Little School Girl
  7) Midnight Rider
  8) The High Cost Of Low Living
  9) Hot 'Lanta
10) Blue Sky
11) You Don't Love Me

CD 2

1) Statesboro' Blues
2) Ain't Wastin' Time No More
3) Black Hearted Woman
4) The Sky Is Crying
5) Dreams

CD 3

1) Don't Keep Me Wonderin'
2) Stage Banter
3) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
4) JaMaBuBu
5) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - Reprise

CD 4

  1) Melissa
  2) Revival
  3) Stage Banter
  4) Southbound
  5) Mountain Jam - Reprise
  6) Will The Circle Be Unbroken
  7) Mountain Jam - Reprise
  8) Crowd Noise
  9) Whipping Post
10) Crowd Noise
11) Farewell
12) Trouble No More

It's from the band's farewell concert, at the Beacon Theatre in New York & was recorded on October 28th 2014. It really is a brilliant bit of history - well, if you're a music fan, that is !! Buy yourself a copy & you will no doubt, never regret that you did...... it's really special !!

I've probably listed all of the tracks before - when it came, in the post... but, as I say - this was the first time, that I really heard it, when I was just laying on the bed. Brilliant !!

Ok - one other thing... Mr Spock died !! As a token - I named my last vac pump after him....... I had to have one, while I was in the hospital, sooooo - it seemed really fitting !!

I must go...... if anybody gets to read these words, I thank you for your time & for logging in... until next time...

Bye Bye