A NIGHT TO REMEMBER....
Gail Swanson... Willie Nelson... Steven Tyler... on MAUI!

IT ALL HAPPENED AT CHARLEY'S IN PAIA.  WILLIE WAS PLANNING ON COMING IN TO JAM WITH MY BAND AT OUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON GIG.  HE RAN INTO STEVEN TYLER A FEW DAYS EARLIER IN MAKAWAO TOWN, AND INVITED HIM TO THE SHOW. 

WILLIE  PLAYED WITH MY BAND FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, AND IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLUES TUNE, STEVEN TYLER AND  LEGENDARY PRODUCER, MARK HUDSON, CAME UP ON STAGE.. THAT'S WHEN I ABOUT FELL OVER!  WE DID A THREE PART HARMONY BEHIND WILLIE AND IT WAS SOOOOO MUCH FUN!  DEFINATELY THE COOLEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE! :)

BOTH STEVEN TYLER AND WILLIE NELSON ARE ABSOLUTELY THE NICEST PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS!  THEY ARE BOTH SUCH WARM, SINCERE PEOPLE...  LEGENDARY MUSICIANS WITH INCREDIBLE HEART.

MY BAND, THE GROOVE,  DID AN AWESOME JOB FOLLOWING WILLIE THROUGH SOME COUNTRY AND BLUES TUNES AND WE ALL FEEL BLESSED THAT HE CAME TO JAM WITH US.

LUCKILY, WORLD CLASS PHOTOGRAPHER, DIANE BIDERMANN WAS AT THE SHOW AND SHE CAUGHT SOME MAGIC  THROUGH THE LENS :)  HERE ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES - MORE TO COME SOON, IF ROLLING STONE DOESN'T PUBLISH THEM FIRST!

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