Gone for a Burton

James Burton is due over here in July and I have been asked to do an hour spot with him…so I am doing a Ricky Nelson set as he played all those great solos on those records….it’s a real pleasure to play with a legend…(but I think he’ll get over it)….therefore the song I have sent you this week is one I wrote last year called “Tribute to Ricky Nelson”…..I’ve always been a huge fan of Ricky and of course James. The election is now reaching an even bigger boring climax….it’s a bit like watching puppets….and even Wirral has had a mention…something to do with giving us a few free goes through the Mersey Tunnel or something…I don’t now where the money they make on the two tunnels goes….there is a constant flow of traffic through all the barriers with cars paying £1.70 a throw..and wagons much more…it’s a joke…we drive though several tunnels in Wales to get to Anglesey FREE OF CHARGE. There has been a terrible sad incident in Hoylake whereby a young 16 year old girl threw herself in front of a train at a level crossing….apparently her mother had just died and she had other problems…I always think suicide is so sad and tragic….it’s a real sad situation….I’ve known a few friends who have taken their own lives…and I always think if they could have ridden the storm for a while longer they might have come through…but it’s easy to say. The royal baby is due….so this will provide a filler for the news…we already have TV reporters standing outside the hospital waiting for something to happen…and guessing as to the name etc…it will have blue blood y’know…..I must say I do like Kate and William….again the crowds will gather…direct from the Richard the Third procession…..I often wonder what these people would do if it wasn’t for our regal rulers. 5.The Gas Board will be replacing all pipes in the country over the next 8 years…they have been in my road for two and a half weeks….looks like world war three….what a mess….however one of the guys showed me a piece of old piping which looked like a flute….they have JUST filled in the three big holes in my driveway….so I got my kayak out and went to Chester and rowed up the River Dee in idyllic conditions…which put me in a better mood. I absolutely love Chester.