The gig on Saturday was excellent fun. I think we played about as well as we ever have, certainly with more energy.

For a moment there, in the first song, I had a rush like I haven't had since 2002 and Walken started to get some good crowds. I almost missed being on stage. Then the beer and the nerves started combining in horrible ways and I spent most of the rest of the gig on auto pilot. But I had fun. I nailed all my solos. Can't ask for more (like my microphone being turned on, that would have been nice).

It was the perfect way to end this era of music.

Hopefully I'll have some photos of the gig up soon.

I'm very much looking forward to a much mellower music life for a while. I've already put my guitar cases in the garage. I don't intend to move my guitar stuff away from my computer for a long while.

Maybe a month.