Poulsbo, Wa. Aug. 21-25
Sellin' Hogwash
How do you sell out the first printing of your first ever book? You tour till you puke! I did nine presentations in four days!
Cause I’m a newly wed and I never wanna be gone for longer than a week! So we crammed as much into a long weekend as we could.
Michael Forney and Brett Eddy of my new publishing company IGNITION GARAGE had my back to the point I was feeling a little spoiled. They have an acute synergy level I have not seen in my lifetime.
I was glad I saved one book to take home cause that’s all that was left after this tirade. It included Thursday night and Monday night at the Global Bean Coffee conspiracy where we recorded the shows for you tube consumption.
They had the biggest and best latte’s I’ve ever had. It came in a bowl bigger than the one I used for my morning breakfast of Capt. Crunch.
The Owner is also quite the virtuoso on guitar and he sat in on my mostly guitar driven new tunes, which included a surprise new hit… “it didn’t work out”. Designed as a call and response sing along with the crowd it was a favorite and I had to repeat it during the shows.
We also captured footage of an impromptu layout of “mr Bailey’s Daughter” that absolutely caught even me off guard.
The rest of the weekend included six hours signing books at the Downtown Harley Dealership in Renton, 3 full concerts, three morning services, and a speaking engagement to Christian Business folks. A first in my lifetime too, that went very well. I spoke on “The cost of success and the road to redemption”. … “I don’t know the full cost of success” I told them. “ I’m still making payments and my interest rate seems pretty high”.
I had a great opportunity to meet with a T.V. producer about being a guest on a developing show and maybe offer some music and scripting as well. (to be continued). It’s still a secret. We hit it off very well though as he is a veteran of the biker wars.
I left around 3 a.m. for the trip home on Tuesday morning. There is a kind of fatigue that doesn’t feel too bad. I was singing ‘it’s been a hard days night”! at 56… everything hurts right now. My lungs are blown out, I feel like there’s a knife between my shoulder blades, and my knees hurt. I’m losing my voice for the next couple of days as a result.
But selling out everything? Priceless.
K so… there’s that…. Bryan D
Bryan, Saw you at Bayside Community Church in Kingston Sunday morning then brought my brother, his wife and niece to evening concert at Christ Memorial in Poulsbo. Great shows and my family now know why I have followed your music for 30 years now…..
Great book – I passed it along to a “rider” and hope they enjoy it as much as I did. Thanks again for your music and ministry
Great to hear you again. Been since the mid-whatever and your voice still moves me. 56? 1953 was a very good year – class of 71 and never lookin’ back. You keep on keeping on and we will see you again.