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Hi, everyone, this is Gail. We have not been in touch in a while. Scotty has had a rather slow winter healthwise. He has not been ill, but he has been just cold and slow and
not very interested in stuff in general, but Spring is coming and he is getting better already. He has been working on a blues project which we had mentioned earlier with Billy Swan, Boots Randolph, Bob Moore, Buddy Spicher,
Bucky Barrett, Steve Shepherd, and Fred Satterfield. Scotty has been doing the recording and these guys have been making the music. They have 14 tracks finsihed and now have been offered a deal where they are to record parts of this and also some other material for a DVD to be
shot live at Ground Zero in Clarksdale, MS, on April 15. I
realize this is the night before Easter and the club holds
250 people, but we are trying to get a big enough crowd for
the guys to play and record the entire DVD in one night.
The tickets will be $25.00 (I think) and the entire show will be starring the above group. The DVD will be distributed first in Europe, where there is more of a market for this material, and also will be offered to the PBS stations and some cable channels that offer this music.
You just don't know how good this stuff sounds!! These are a group of mastet musicians who have worked together for years, and they are so comfortable with each other that
the music just flows out of them! I have had such a great
time listening to the recording, and my one copy that Scotty gave me is not in sequence or clean-edited, but I love every bit of it, even the count-downs on the front of each take! They have selected old classic blues songs and
done them in the way they want.....they have all written their own arrangements on the fly just as Elvis, Scotty, and Bill did on their early recordings before management stepped in and ruined their sound. You can not only hear
great music, you can hear these guys having a good time. I'll be really glad if the companies which will be distributing the DVD will also want to distribute the studio CD, because this music is great and it will go on
forever. Anyway, that's what's been going on with us and
we hope to see at least a couple of hundred of you guys in
Clarksdale at Ground Zero on April 15. Incidentally, one of the owners of the club is Morgan Freeman, one of my favorite actors. Don't know if he will be there for the taping, but I sure hope so....I'd like to tell him how much
I admire him and his work.
Thanks for all your prayers and good thoughts....he's getting older (74 now), but he's still hanging in there!
love, gail Hi, guys, so sorry I have not been in contact for a while. We have been running here and there and I just have neglected my duty. Scotty is doing very well, all except that right thumb with the arthritis. He has been working on a new project that is taking quite a bit of time, but is well worth it and he's looking forward to getting this stuff done. He is producing and engineering an album of classic blues favorites with our dear friends as the musicians. The singer is Billy Swan, and he sounds so great! He sounds more like 19 years that the early 60's that he really is. The sax is by Boots Randolph (of course!). He's just the best. He's 78, sounds better than anyone I have ever heard on sax (sorry, Ace!). The bass is our big old buddy Bob Moore, who replaced Bill Black on the Elvis sessions after Billy left and started the Bill Black Combo. He also played on more number ones and country music hits than anyone else I have ever heard of. He and Scotty have called themselves the Moore Boys for many years, and they still hang in there together. He plays his old upright bass, which is how a bass should be played. The guitarist is Bucky Barrett, Orbison's last lead guitar and also our friend of many years. Bucky and his fiancee went with us on our last European trip and were married in Stockholm. I am working on that page for Jim, and that story along with pictures will be posted shortly. The fiddle player is Buddy Spicher, and Scotty has long held him as the best fiddler in Nashville.....that's saying a lot! We're the capital of country music, after all! The keyboard player is our sweet Steve Shepherd, still our best friend and Scotty's right hand. The drummer is Fred Satterfield, who has been on almost every song cut at Scotty's studio. He's so good! Anyway, they have recorded about 10 songs, and they have one more session set before putting this together. We are going to try to get this on a label, as it is too good not to be heard. They are doing good old stuff like "She Called Me Baby All Night Long", "My Babe", "What Am I Living For", "Got My Mojo Working", and just a whole lot of great songs, done by great musicians. Scotty is loving it, and I get to cook for them! That means I can hear it being played, even before anyone else but the guys hear it. We have confirmed that Scotty will be playing at the Ponderosa Stomp again this year. The dates are May 9-10, and this year it will be in Memphis instead of in New Orleans. It will be a fund-raiser to help the musicians of New Orleans who have been flooded out of their homes and jobs. although this is not till May, there will still be a great need for help there for a long time to come, and Dr. Ira Padnos, who puts this on, knows the guys personally and knows how to do the most good with the money raised. He lives there and is in process of rebuilding his own home which was not flooded but had roof, wall and water damage. We are working on getting Scotty's wonderful English band (Pete Pritchard, Liam Grundy, Dave Briggs, Jimmy Russell, and singer Paul Ansell) over here for the shows.....we hope that works! Will let you know. Incidentally, in UK and Europe and also on Amazon, Scotty's DVD called "A Tribute To The King" which was done at Abbey Rd. Studio in London in December 2004, is now on sale. It is to be released here in the US also, but so far has not been made public. The English band is all over it! They work with Scotty in addition to Eric Clapton (Pete and Steve), Ron Woods, Albert Lee, and several other artists who were on the DVD. They also did five or six songs just as our group only, and Paul Ansell sang in front of the Bill Wyman band on a few songs. Our guys are great! Watch for them if you get to see the DVD. Well, that's all the news for now. We hope that you all are looking forward to being with friends and family for Christmas, and we hope you have a wonderful holiday, wherever you are! Love, gail Gail Pollock USA - Friday, December 09, 2005 at 16:30:26 (PST) Hi, everyone this is Gail. We will be leaving for the Norway, Stockholm, and London shows soon. Please note that the new CD is now on sale.
Since we will be gone for some time, any order received by July 25 will be shipped before we leave..this includes CD's, pictures, books, prints and picks. Any order received after July 25 will be shipped the last week of August. My favorite CD has always been "Moore Feel Good Music", but this one is gaining on it! There's some really fun stuff on this one, and it covers more than 45 years of Scotty's career.
He's doing well, looking forward to our trip. Hope to see
lots of you at the shows he's doing... best, gail Hello, everyone, this is just a note to tell all our friends in the UK how sad and horrified both Scotty and I are feeling about the terrible bombing in London. As you might know, we love that city and our dear band who live there, and in addition we have visited there so often that it's like second home. Our people there have done nothing to deserve this, and we are so sorry that they have to go through this. There was a great quote in the Nashville Tennessean newspaper today, just showing everyone how the great Brits look at this mess. It quotes Winston Churchill (rememember, they went through worse than this in WWII)-he said, "You do your worst and we will do our best." Isn't that great? And also I had a note from our dear Pete Pritchard about the situation. He said, "I blame the French, they are mad because we got the Olympics." How's that for our friend's best go-to-hell shot at the people who are trying to imtimidate the British? I love you, guys, and we will be over there in August to try to drink these guys under the table! Love, gail and scotty abagail pollock USA - Saturday, July 09, 2005 at 20:06:51 (PDT) Hi, everyone, this is Gail. I have some great news about Scotty! He went for his last checkup last week, and the doctor told him that he's in the best shape he's been in for the last six years. And also, he said he did not know how it happened, but Scotty seems to have whipped his diabetes! He says it normally gets worse as you get older, but in Scotty's case, his blood sugar has been normal for a year, with only two pills a week to maintain the condition, and he has been eating what he likes, not necessarily what he's supposed to do! Isn't that wonderful? We are still in process of getting ready for our European trip. Have been sending material to the promoters and speaking to Pete Pritchard regularly as he acts as the tour manager and co-ordinates the stuff between our English guys and the respective promoters. We have had more company visit lately. Patsy Andersen, our good friend from Memphis, was here for a few days in early June. She was with Elvis Presley Enterprises for many years and now has her own company, My Celebrity, for promoting fan clubs and publicity for various artists. She was here during Fan Fair (or whatever the name was changed to) to contact some people. She stayed with me and we went over to Scotty's house several times. He loves her..and so do I! Last week I was visited by the cutest little person I know.. her name is Shmuela Padnos, and we call her Porkchop because that's the name given to her by her dear friend, Paul Burlison. She's the wife of Dr. Ira Padnos, who puts on the Ponderosa Stomp in New Orleans each year. She has been in the Nashville area going to the Mark O'Connor violin camp that has just finished at Montgomery Bell State Park last week. She also stayed with me. She is an artist and we went down to the show at the Frist Museum here in town and she was floored to see two paintings on display of two of her favorite Renaissance painters. She said that Ira could not believe that those painting were showing in Nashville, of all places! See, we're not total hillbillies! Anyway, we loved having Sam (another nickname -she has lots of them). And we are hoping to go back to the Stomp next year. Watch for the new cd on the order page. I sent the new stuff to Jim a few days ago, and the new CD was a long wait, but I love it! It's right up there with my all time favorite album, "Moore Feel Good Music". Thanks for everyone's prayers for Scotty....keep up the good work....you've helped make him better than he has been in six years! love, gail gail pollock USA - Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at 11:15:10 (PDT) Sorry I haven't been in touch for a while. We have been busy. But I want to tell everyone that Scotty is fine, and is looking forward to the shows in Europe in August. WE need everyone who is going to the Stockholm shows to go ahead and contact ticnet.se for their tickets, as the second show on the 10th will be cancelled unless they have a good sale on the first show on the 9th. Their deadline is June 15, so if you have plans to come, check on the ticnet.se line and see what's available. I'm really looking forward to those shows. They are to be in the Rival Hotel, which is connected with the group ABBA, of whom both of us have been fans for years. I also have never been to Stockholm and as usual am looking forward to seeing some of your area there. (i'm the group tourist!) Miro Simic, who is putting on the show there, is sending some photos for the scrapbook and I'm writing up a piece about his and Oddweig (his wife)'s visit to my home last month and the wonderful time we had with a little jam session at Scotty's. We are both very excited about our trip to Europe in August. We will be in several different locations and also will be visiting friends in each place. Vidar will be in Norway, and we always love to be with that big ol' bear! He's just always laughing, you cannot be with him without having a good time. And the last time we were in Notodden, we had a great time. We will also be seeing Oddvar again. He put on Scotty's first shows in Norway, and we saw him when we were there four years ago. He has already said that he will be there. And also Olav and Torill. Scotty loves to hear her sing. In Stockholm we will also be seeing Ake Flodin, who has been a good friend for years and has several times visited us in Nashville and at Scotty's home. In addition, we hope to be doing some sightseeing with Miro and Oddweig if we have time. Of course in London that's like going home. We have Scotty's band and their ladies, and of course my Stella, Pete's wife and my near-sister. And I spoke to Karen McBride our friend from Manchester today. She is the one who made that great black-and-white photo of Scotty in Liverpool. She is coming down to London while we are there and also her friend Jenny who wrote an article for Guitar Magazine about Scotty a while back. She and Jenny are going to be there and hopefull Jenny will review at least one of the shows at the Jazz Club August 15 and 16 for the magazine. The first article was great! Our good buddy Jacques Vroom will be going over to London to be with us for Pete's birthday party and also the shows. He is going to actually stay with us for five days! We are truly looking forward to having some time to spend with Jacques. He is always on the go, and we just see him in passing most of the time. Also, my daughter Margi is going to go for Pete's party. She has become friends with Stella and Pete when they are in Nashville, and she is having a birthday during that time also, so we are taking her to dinner at a little Greek restaurant on her birthday. We have been to the restaurant before and we love it. Stella, who was born in Crete, says that the food is really Greek, so we are taking Margi and wishing her a happy birthday when she is there. We will be getting the printed material (FINALLY!) on the new CD and will have it up for sale in about a week. Look for it. As soon as I get something on it, I'll send it right to Jim for posting. This is a lot of info for today, but we haven't been in touch for a while. Scotty is doing well. Continue to wish him well. Love, gail gail pollock USA - Sunday, June 05, 2005 at 12:11:25 (PDT) Hi, everyone, this is Gail. Scotty is doing well. He was visited yesterday by our friend Bucky Barrett (he's the very good-looking guitar player behind Roy Orbison in the Austin City Limits show). Bucky had Scotty doing some little overdub things on an album he is preparing. Scotty was doing bell-tones on "Jingle Bells" when I left. He was having a good time with Bucky. I want you all to look at the new piece Jim Roy has posted on the props for the new Elvis movie. Jim, you can fill in the name and the section on the website. He has done such a great job of consolidating the info on Scotty's Elvis's Bill's and DJ's instruments and equipment that he has become the authority on the subject! Isn't that great? He works so hard on this site, so everyone just stop and look at this and say, "Thanks, Jim"! We are looking forward to the trip to New Orleans in April. Billy Swan and a friend of his will be traveling down with us in the big Explorer that Ronnie McDowell and his friends and fans gave Scotty last August....that's on the Scrapbook. We are looking forward to going down, and Scotty will be playing with Billy, Deke Dickerson's band, and our friend Steve Shepherd on the show April 26 (Tues.) Just a note to say thanks to all and to say he's doing well! Thanks, Gail Gail Pollock Nashville, TN USA - Friday, April 01, 2005 at 19:01:46 (PST) Hello, this is Gail. Sorry that my email box has been filled. If you have sent an order and received it back, it was because I have been away due to a death in my family. My dear cousin, Danny Brown, died in Atlanta last week. I was away for several days and my box filled up, mostly with spam, but it would not accept several messages. If you have a question or an order which was returned, please send it back. I have deleted lots of stuff and now have plenty of room. Scotty is doing well. He went for a checkup last week and was told that he is doing fine, no need to come back for 90 days. We have had requests for a number of interviews when Scotty is in New Orleans late in April. We will not be there for very long, probably only two days, which will have rehearsals and a show, so he probably will not have time to grant any interviews while we are there. Sorry, but he just has no extra time on this trip. Billy Swan will be accompanying us to New Orleans, and also Steve and Ella Shepherd will be going separately, so we will have pictures and a report after the trip. Last year we were not there. Scotty had just returned from England and his 14 show tour and was too tired to make it, but this year we plan to go and have a good time. Thanks for all your interest in Scotty's stuff. I will try to write more for the guest book and the scrap book in the future. God bless, Gail Gail Pollock USA - Monday, March 21, 2005 at 18:49:46 (PST) Hi, I just wanted to let everyone know that Scotty is fine. Our friend Lew Skinner emailed us that he read in the March 9 Issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine about the tribute to the "late" Scotty Moore filmed in London last December. It's a misprint on the magazine's part and in case you wondered he is fine. We plan to have more info on that session at Abbey Road last year up eventually but it will have to wait for the moment. Thanks for the heads up Lew.
James V.
Roy Hi, everyone, due to the facts that I don't know what I'm doing on a computer
and that I've changed my service, I have not had access to this site for a
while. Scotty is doing well. He's got the music finished for the new CD, we are
just doing the sequencing and label copy now. It's a killer....if you liked "Moore
Feel Good" you'll love this! We hope to have it for sale shortly. Also, we
have some new pictures ordered. As soon as we get them in, they will be posted
also. There is something new in Nashville these days....our friend
Nick Nixon has a little set every Wednesday
night at the Gibson Showcase in
Opry Mills
Mall called "Nick Nixon's Blues Jam". We went to the first one, and it was
really a blast. Nick and his group (which includes our good friend Steve
Shepherd on keyboards) open the show with a few numbers, then anyone who wants
to sign up at the beginning of the evening can come up and jam with the guys.
They can play individually with the group, sing, or bring their own guys. The
only rule is that it has to be blues. Scotty and I love it! I expect we'll be
out there often. As many of you noticed on the site, Ella Shepherd's mother died
recently. She wants you to know that she appreciates all the people from the
guest book who sent their condolences. And this week, her best friend and our
good friend, DJ Gross, also lost her mother. DJ is the one in the pink shirt
fanning Scotty in the Scrapbook article on the Feel
Good Mafia. So now we are crying with DJ. Scotty has not been playing shows
lately...he had some trouble with the thumbs again, but we hope it will get
better as the weather warms up....we are going to be at the
Ponderosa Stomp again in New Orleans on April 26.
We are looking forward to that.....Ira and PorkChop always put on a fun time for
all. If you haven't been to that, and you can get to New Orleans during that
time, be sure to come... it's old rock and rollers, old R&B players, and old
jazz men....they just all get on stage and play together....it's the darndest
jam you've ever seen, and a good time is really had by all!! Scotty is sending a
note to the guest book today also. Thanks for all your letters and support for
him...he will always be appreciative of all the fans who pray for him and tell
him they still love the music! Hi, this is Gail, just in time to tell you all that Scotty hopes all his fans has as good a 2005 as he had a 2004. He has traveled, played, met new people, been able to regain a lot of the memory and co-ordination he lost with the surgery last December, and all in all has really done so much better than in 2003 (BAD YEAR!) We went to London the first week in December for him to do a show which will come out as a tv program and a DVD at some point. It will probably be done first in Europe as it was a production done there with a French/German production company. We do not have details as to release, and Scotty has not yet got an approval copy, so we don't know how long it will be. It was a really good show...done at Abby Rd. Studio with lots of stars. I'll write up a story for the scrapbook about it. The last time I reported, we were going to a show here in Nashville with Bob and Kittra Moore Steve and Ella Shepherd, and our friend from Norway Vidar Thomt and his friend. We were going to a show at BB King's club here in Nashville starring our great friends James "Nick" Nixon, Bobby Cox, and Johnny Jones. It was a surprise to the guys that Scotty would be there, so I could not say it on the internet before the show. But it was the best R&B show I've seen in many years, and that's still my favorite kind of music...don't know how we will continue on with no Ray Charles in the world. Anyway, we had a great time and Nick, Billy, and Johnny were totally surprised when Scotty came in. They were on the stage and Nick was introducing the first song...he said, "Now we're going to play....Scotty Moore, what are you doing here?" I'll bet there was not a person in the house who could hum that tune! Again we want to thank you all for the good thoughts and messages this year. Hope next year can bring as many good things Scotty's way, and we hope you have your best year ever! Love, gail Gail Pollock USA - Friday, December 31, 2004 at 11:08:27 (PST) Hi, everyone. I haven't checked in for a while....Scotty has been doing very well, and as quite a few of you know, has done several shows this summer and fall. We have also had a visit from our good friends Pete and Stella Pritchard from London. Many of you know that Pete is his road manager and bass player in England. They came over for a couple of weeks and we had a great time with them. A couple of weeks ago while Pete was here, Scotty went back into his studio and cut two more cuts for that everlasting "next cd" that we have talked about forever. We are just about there....he has 11 cuts, wants 12 for the finished product. The new one that I love is Billy Swan and Boots Randolph playing "Reconsider Baby" and has Pete on bass and Steve Shepherd on keyboards, along with Fred Satterfield on drums. IT IS A KILLER! Billy sounds like he is 18 years old, but as i have known him since 1974, I know for sure he's older than 18! Boots was wailin', guys! This new one might become my favorite Scotty cd past the "Moore Feel Good" which has been my favorite since we first pressed it more than 10 years ago. Scotty's and my friend, Vidar Thomt from Norway, will be in town tomorrow and we have some special plans with him, his friend and some other friends of ours. I'll tell you about that later. Thanks for all your letters and especially all your good wishes for Scotty and his further good health. Best, Gail Gail Pollock USA - Sunday, October 17, 2004 at 19:26:41 (PDT) Hi, everyone, we just got back from Scotty's recording session with Paul Ansel, the singer who sings with Scotty in England. Paul has his own band, No. 9, and they came to Memphis to record an album here. The whole group got down about 4 songs that Scotty played on, and one of them, a song called Jody Lou, might be on Scotty's next CD, whenever that will be!!! They also did a version of "Kansas City" that was something like the one done on the UK shows, although Dave Briggs did the vocals in UK. It was fun, but we got bad news when we were there....Richard Davis, who was Elvis's bodyguard and stand-in for the movies, died very quietly in his sleep last Thursday. He was an old friend, and his wife Kim is also a good friend. They have two-year-old triplets! There is word about a trust fund or a show raising funds for the children's education, but we don't have firm word on that yet. We will let you know if that comes through. Scotty will play on the show if it comes off. He is doing well. We are both looking forward to not being out of town for a while. Pete and Stella Pritchard are to be visiting us from London in September, and we are both really looking forward to that. Pete is Scotty's bass player and road manager, and he also came here to play on Alvin Lee's album last year. He has been touring with Alvin, and I think he's ready for a vacation.....and Stella is always ready to have a good time, so we will be glad when they get here. Thanks for all your interest, and I'll be back in touch soon. Gail Abagail <abagail AT bellsouth DOT net> USA - Monday, August 30, 2004 at 15:40:55 (PDT) Hi, everyone. It's been a long time since I checked in on this site....I lost my link and we have been out of town so much that it was a while before I told Jim to re-connect us. Scotty is doing so well.....actually better than any of us had expected a few months ago. First the guys in England took him in hand and gave him lessons in playing again, then he went back on the road with Ronnie, DJ, the Jordanaires and especially Ronnie's band (Steve Shepherd, Kevin Woods, and Wade Bernard look after him like he was their child). That helped him get back in the swing of playing again, and then he has been to so many public events too. He was one of the recipients of the first set of "Memphis Music Heroes" awards in April, was there for the button-pushing at the 50th anniversary of the recording of "That's Alright Mama", went to Bay St. Louis with Ronnie where he was visited by his daughter Tasha and her mom, Robbie, and to CasinoRama in Canada (you cannot believe that place unless you see it!), and the shows in Tunica where Ronnie gave Scotty and DJ new CARS! then on to the Legends show in Memphis with Boots Randolph, Billy Swan, Lee Rocker, Stan Perkins, Ronnie and the band, and just about the whole rockabilly world. It was a great show and it did Scotty so much good to be there with old friends and good pals....Patsy Andersen and Jerry Schilling were there, we had a fantastic dinner at our dear friend Kevin Kane's BluesCity Cafe (corner of Second and Beale....best ribs in the world...not just Memphis!) Our friends Jim and Donna Chamberlain from Nashville were there. More in the piece on all of this. See the scrapbook for those notes. Anyway, all of these things and all of this business has helped Scotty enormously to return to his former health and he is even signing autographs again! See the order page about this. He's come back so far that we are all thankful and grateful for everyone who has helped, cheered, prayed, and otherwise had a part in his recovery. We love you! Abagail USA - Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 19:47:22 (PDT) Hi, this is Gail. Just a note to let you know that Scotty is still doing well. He's in Branson, MO, tonight with Ronnie McDowell, his band, DJ, the Jords, and Miss Millie. They are playing at the Welk Resort Theater. We will be going over to Memphis for the NARAS awards on Tuesday, then back home. Scotty has done very well lately, and he's hoping to get a chance to go into his studio and do some stuff with Tracy Nelson. He and Tracy want to do a spiritual album, very simple like the early Staple Singers things, just a few instruments and that wonderful voice! Tracy's got a new booker, and she's very busy these days, but we hope that this comes off. Peter Pritchard, our friend in London, is beginning his tour with Alvin Lee promoting Alvin's cd recorded at Scotty's house last April. Check your area if you are in UK and see them if you get a chance. Tell Pete you saw this on Scotty's site....it'll be a great show. Thanks again for all the support Scotty and I have received during his illness and recovery Love, gail Gail Pollock USA - Friday, April 09, 2004 at 15:50:36 (PDT) Hi, this is Gail. I have not been reporting lately since we have been overseas, but this was too good to keep. He had his first bloodwork done since the trip and it came back today. The doctor said that it looked the best in two years! He asked if Scotty had them draw my blood instead of his. Kidney functopm was better, red blood cells up to almost normal...first time in two years! Isn't that great? We thought that the trip would be hard on him, but apparently the bottle of red wine in the dressing room before each show was just what he needed! Everybody go out and get a bottle of red wine and help us celebrate. Scotty will be in Branson next week, in Memphis the following week, and he is really looking forward to both. Love, Gail Gail Pollock USA - Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 17:50:23 (PST)
Hi, all, this is Gail and we have finally returned to the USA from Scotty's tour. He is doing well, but he had a very
bad piece of news on the day he arrived. For any of you who have read his book, you know about his long-time friend,
James Lewis. When we arrived back home, Scotty heard from
his sister-in-law that James had died that day. We went to
Humboldt on Friday for his funeral. It has been a hard blow
to his family as well as to Scotty. James was a good man with infinite talent to do many things, and his family is a
good reflection of what a good man he was. His wife Evelyn
has been very ill and is still able to go on because of the
years of love and happiness between them. His children,
Rex, Patricia, and his daddy's girl Neecie are all the
wonderful products of his and Evelyn's raising. We love
them all and cry with them and for them. James was a good
man, and we need all of those that we can find. I am in
process of writing about the tour for the scrapbook, so on
this note, we just want to tell you that we are back and that Scotty is doing well, but very sad for the loss of his
best and most long-time friend. Love, Gail Well, we're just two days from leaving for London. I'm so excited and so behind in my preparations! Scotty is looking forward to seeing the guys, but apprehensive about playing the first time since the surgery. We will try to write a note while we're over there to let you know how things are going....this will depend on if we can get to a laptop somewhere, as we will be traveling every day. If we do not get into the site before then, you will hear from us on March 18, when we return. Thanks so much for your good thoughts, prayers, and good wishes for Scotty. He's back up again, partly because he's a tough old bird, and partly because so many people have been pulling for him! Gail Pollock USA - Saturday, February 21, 2004 at 06:39:07 (PST)
Hello, all, this is Gail again. Well, Scotty is still having some trouble with his voice....he had a ventilator
down his throat for more than a week, and as a result, his
vocal chords have been traumatized and he is still having
to force talking....but he's still coming along.
We went to see Bob and Kittra Moore a couple of weeks back,
(Kittra sent in a picture) and then to Pat and Eloise Foley's home this weekend....he was head of Gibson London
for 4 years, finally back home in Nashville). Last night
we went out to eat compliments of Steve and Ella Shepherd..
she's "the back" in Scotty's pictures and guest book, he's
Ronnie McDowell's road manager and keyboard player. So Scotty is getting out some, beginning to socialize again.
He's still having trouble with more than one person talking
to him at once, but he'll get there!
There is a question in the guest book about Scotty signing
autographs....unfortunately he will not be able to sign
on this trip. He has pre-signed some pictures and CD's
which we will sell at the shows (and we guarantee that they
really were signed by Scotty) but he will not be available
to sign in person. He's actually going to be doing this
tour earlier than his doctors said he would be able to play
and travel, and the two hours of signing after each show is
just a little too strenuous this time. Please don't be mad
at us....he's trying hard to do the shows, cannot do it all
yet. Thanks for understanding! |
