here's Jack, the father of the owner of Pitrelli's Ristorante, in Mason Ohio... He's a music student, who is 94 year old. Here's what happened when he came over to entertain our table, the night of my birthday dinner... he's such a nice old guy... i know you'll love him, too...


 

i find myself enjoying an overcast day off, in a Chicago freshly dusted with yet another overnight snow... later, this afternoon, i'm off to band rehearsal,  but first i need to map out my strategy for the month, which is heavily booked... the ad (is that mad?) life keeps me hopping, while my boss vacations in Puerto Vallarta...
   next weekend, my daughter, Diana, celebrates her 20th birthday...



no, seriously! my little girl, who loved to be carried facing forward, rather than looking back over my shoulder...

 

always ready with a helping hand, or, (ahem) a digit...




a girl who developed and continues to evolve her own fashion sense,

 

with a hunger for knowledge- always picking my brain,




is now a grown woman with her own agenda, and grown-up sense of taste... my God, how the time flies!

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also, this month, our cat, Lola, turns 20 years old...


 

this month, on the 30th, me and my NDY band mates



(actual photo, shot by Larry, from the wall of fame at LnL Recording Studios)



 will sojourn back to LnL Recording Studios,



for another session with recording engineering genius, Larry Kriz





soon after, we will begin the arduous task of deciding on the order of each album's content and pondering their release dates...

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the day after our recording session, is Easter Sunday, when after church, i will be :



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April 6th, at 7PM,  we will be performing in another Avon Walk for Breast Cancer benefit,
at Shark City,




 this year's team, V.I.B.'s (Very Important Boobies), includes the following members:
Donna Hargreaves
 Jordyn Hargreaves
 Jocelyn Garrison
 Julie Dominick
 Stacy Anderson
 Alice Nicolazzi
 Ashley Willkomm
 Kelly Kennon

 Shark City is at 2240 Bloomingdale Rd  Glendale Heights, IL 60139 - (630) 893-9346. The event goes until 8:30 PM. There is a $10.00 cover at the door, which goes in it's entirety to the charity. please join us, as we help them to reach and surpass their fund raiding goals... as alway, thanks to you all for your love and support!

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in other music news, i received word from my reggae band's producer that one of the albums i had a hand in getting finished is now in wide release! this, if you don't already know him, this is Frankie Paul...



Frankie Paul's new tribute album, "Frankie Paul-Respect- Original Songs From Dennis Brown"



has within the last two weeks been released on Boomshot Records, and has been picked up by Traffic Entertainment... my producer thanked me, for my patience and loyalty, as i was the only one who had his back during the company's lean years, following an ongoing war over ownership of the Chi Town Posse's  "Positive Vibes" CD,





which, you all know, i played guitars on, and even co-arranged one of it's tracks... now, when he gets checks for Frankie's new album's sales, I will get paid... sweet... so worth the wait...

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gotta go do a bit of pre-rehearsal practice, so i hit the ground running this evening... be excellent to each other... and remember...


 

peace, Animal

this is us, "Not Done Yet", recorded at LnL Recording Studios in Elgin, Illinois...  btw, don't forget to vote for us in the Reverb Nation 'Hard Rock Rising' contest... if we win the pre-lims, we will play in a battle at Chicago's Hard Rock Cafe, on March 7, 2013... if we make it through the global competition, we will get a recording contract, worth 10 grand, and we'll be playing the Hard Rock Calling, in London's Hyde Park
please go to:
http://www.reverbnation.com/notdoneyetchicago

also, we invite you to visit our web page at http://www.notdoneyetchicago.com


thanks for your support! Mike, Randy, Dean and John- NDY