Happy Anniversary!!!

A year ago today my life changed-I played with Terry Anderson and The Olympic Ass-Kickin team(Jack Cornell,Dave Bartholomew,Greg Rice)for the first time and the universe,as I understood it, exploded. 1 year to the day after I first shook their hands,the first commercially packaged CD of "Trailer Park Angel" arrived in my mail box. And get this...same day as that: this month's Uncut Magazine featuring-on the COVER NO LESS, Mick n Keef! If that isn't a sign of something I don't know what is!
One year after meeting these guys,I have a completed record that is going to be released-WORLDWIDE(by Burnside Distribution)May 20. This means that y'all can right now go to your local Target,Best Buy-what have you, and place an advanced order for "Trailer Park Angel" recorded by "Monty Warren' on "Doublenaught Records"and they should be able to find it in their computer(or at least by April they probably will be able to find it). In the last few days, several COMMERCIAL radio stations have expressed an interest in playing the record-and we have not even started making any 'come ons' to them. Virtually every single radio,music or media person who has heard this stupid thing has gotten excited...so, damn it-guess I will too!
Since my last dispatch, things have happened at such a brisk pace I couldn't keep up with it on the blog. I've formed a hellava backing band called "The Friggin Whatevers" and we've played several great gigs-each one getting even better than the preceding gig,received the warmest possible reception form the great rockin folks of Raleigh,N.C. and my outlook on life has radically changed from a year ago today.
Today, I am grateful to have gotten to know the most sincere, funny, generous,giving and intelligent folks in Raleigh who seem to genuinely root for and help each other rather than to backbite and sabatoge each other out of petty jealousies. I am grateful to still have great clients and co-workers who continue to support me and root for this music thing while sticking with me professionally too. And I am grateful to have,finally,some validation that what I have spent my life believing would be music that most folks would relate to and enjoy-seems to have turned out to be correct(though,it is still way too early to probably reach this conclusion safely-but it's my blog so screw you).
To all of the folks who have helped make me a happy person for once in my life-I will never forget you or be able to repay or thank you enough. To all of those folks who are beginning to get on board and have expressed excitement and enthusiasm-I love you more than you know. To those folks who yawn or dismiss this-know what? I forgive ya-why do you think we're called "The Friggin Whatevers"?
So keep checking www.trailerparkangel.com for more videos,new tracks,tour dates, record sale and merch info..and advice column updates.
I luv ya-even if I shouldn't.