Boz Scaggs at Casino Rama

30 years ago my husband, Ken Cooper of Brimstone Productions, brought Boz Scaggs to Calgary for the Silk Degrees tour. I believe he opened for someone but I don't remember who. I found out that day that it was his birthday, June 8, so I grabbed my brown sugar jar and some fresh lilacs and a "Gemini" card and wrote him a Happy Birthday. I also thanked him for his music which will always be associated with my life in 1976 in White Rock B.C. where I converted my Toronto Disco Queen outfits and became a dancing hippie.

When he came out onstage he said it was a pleasure playing for an audience "as sweet as you"..I have always believed he meant that for me..well in my mind anyway.


Here's a pic of me pregnant with my son (now 29) in front of our Boz Scaggs Poster.

His son died from a Heroin overdose on New Years Eve 1998. The worst pain they say, losing a child..I know what I went through when I had to give up my oldest son when he was 4 months old in high school, but I get to see him every now and again. Like Eric Clapton it had to have deepened his emotional response when it comes to his music. I saw that last night..there was more of a seriousness to his singing, more intensity and less flare..but then he has been in the music biz since he was 15 and is now about 65 and just had another birthday..hmm birthday to birthday.

Back in March I woke up at 4 am in the Arizona desert in my old '75 rv knowing I had to get to Itunes and download some Boz music ..I felt it was missing course I lost a lot when my windows laptop crashed and hadn't backed up all my music. Then I saw how you can check for tour dates and was sooo happy to see he was going to be at Casino Rama when I would be home to go so I purchased tickets right there. Last night I got to be "present" with him...felt like I was in his life because I was in his music..I never realized that connection with the musicians I love before. You really do connect with them the more you allow yourself to just be present.

Last night Miss Sun was as amazing as ever with Miss May doing her amazing thing here she is:

I was blasting my boz music out the rv and dancing to Georgia..the rv was rolling back and forth..but I was having a blast ..he did Georgia as an encore here it is:

My friend Gail said one number reminded her of Steely Dan and they have tickets to see them at the casino. Here is a clip of Boz with Donald Fagan when he toured with him.

Anyway It always gives me encouragement to see someone display excellence in their craft knowing that they got their confidence from not giving up their dream to creatively express themselves and just waited to see if anyone else would like to go on that journey with them. Thanks again Boz..hope I don't have to wait another 30 years to see you.

There is a very cool Boz Scaggs Fan site with excellent and amazing audio clips that gives some amazing details and info on upcoming tour dates like the one in Japan with his old band ToTo and I can't wait to try his wine from the Scaggs vineyard!

Getting Caught Up

I came back to my little one room cabin on the lake from my winter sojourn through the states and especially Arizona and started focusing on creating income immediately. I had sold a number of Ballroom classes while still in Arizona and created a new ladies dance workout routine (that came to me while running in the mornings through the desert) called Become a Dancing Queen. The women are all calling it the disco class and it has turned out extremely well with big classes. It really does release the endorphins as I said it would.

I also picked up a few bookkeeping clients and continued with my current ones. I have a dance video and have been asked to replace my friend and mentor Greg (who passed away suddenly see my blog saying goodbye to a friend) as camera for main stage at Mariposa this year (sooooo looking forward to Taj Mahal a big flashback to my 70's living in the Yorkville Village in Toronto. Now remembering going to see Neil Young at the Riverboat...hmm..the good ole days.

I have a ton of video to edit and upload to Youtube so I can download it back to my websites. I also am transferring some dvds of little videos I had done previously including some dance routines back to mini dv tape so I can upload and then download as well.

I spent most of the winter in my rv researching and writing my proposals on two documentaries I have been obsessed with and working on for 8 years. I now have three more I want to get down on paper. Just waiting for some production companies with far more experience than I to assist me with them. I cannot wait until I have a crew and can go back to just being a producer. In the meantime am keeping myself focused and diverted with patience on making some money.

I still have to change all the ads over on this site and blog and fix up my myspace page...

Anyway now that I covered the rent and visa bills for another month..will get it all done. I am really proud of the footage I shot in Oklahoma.....with the buffalo stampeding toward me!!....have my tickets for Boz Scaggs...and hoping one of these days I will actually have a datel.....later