Joe - Thank you for giving all of us such a wonderful soundtrack to accompany our lives!

I enjoyed chatting with you backstage in Berkeley. It was cool to hear excitement in your voice when you mentioned meeting & playing with Jeff Beck. That's how we feel when we get a chance to spend a few minutes with you.

Enjoy your well deserved rest.

Joe :- So good to see some blue again. It's been a while. Sounds like you've been havin' a ball with Sammy, Mikey and Chad. How's the head holdin' up (Chad's really gotta watch where he's aimin'!!!!). Anyhow, keep rockin' like a good thing rocks,Joe. How about some "Chickenfoot Downunder" news???? Cheers!!!

Prayers and good thoughts are headed your way, Tracie. Please keep us updated...

If it's OK to share, I do have some fun news for everyone: I'm glad I went to see Davy Knowles & Back Door Slam's show at the Mint in LA tonight. Peter Frampton, who produced their newest disc, was there and jammed with Davy on Keep On Searchin' and a cover of Neil Young's Cortez The Killer. I'll post pictures later.

I got a quick autograph from Davy...he was there with his girlfriend (assuming they aren't married; they're young) so I didn't have much time to chat, but I did ask how someone can get through the rest of the week when you start it off by jamming with Satch on Sunday and Frampton on Monday. He thought that was pretty funny... ;-)

EDIT - Here's one of my pictures: http://twitpic.com/jkvvb

Hugs Tracie to you and yours, fingers crossed.

Joe - enjoy the break, sounds like a wonderful tour and you gave a lot of peeps (including the pesky stalkers from Oz) alot of enjoyment.

Monterrey Trace - Prayers and good vibes continue for you and yours.

Wolf2 :- I understand you've got some serious issues,my man, but should racism be one of them???? Just asking.

Thanks fatape, skippygirl, dothestu, cappy steve, bluebuffalo, peace lily, al surfer, michelle, madeoftears, don1963, scubadaz, ozzy_fudd, castle49, slanshroom, turbo236,jj.....I hope I didn't miss anyone, if I did, so sorry, not intentional...

And Joe....thanks everyone for your good thoughts, wishes and prayers, we sure need them.

Sounds like many others are going through hard things right now too....my own thoughts and prayers going out to chelle and her other friends and family members who are having problems, as well as Don1963 for whatever is happening with your family, and burly with his daughter...and Kayla with her in-laws. K, does that mean you have other news to share as well, such as you got married? That would be a spot of good news amongst all this hard stuff going on.

It's just life, I know....and we are trying hard to live in the moment rather than worry about what's to come. My dad is still here, still alive and we need to grab ahold of that and be joyful for every moment we have together, and not think ahead too much. My brother says human beings spend too much time living in the past or thinking about what might happen in the future, so much so that we miss the actual moment that's happening. And it's something we can never get back, so to try not to miss it.

Good advice I think.

Joe, thank YOU for making the decision to do Chickenfoot and sharing that experience with all of us. You are a blessing in so many ways, to so many people. I betcha if you wanted to, you could decide to get off this "merry-go-round" and sit back and take it easy the rest of your life. If you did do that I'd be very happy for you...but for as long as you want this ride to continue, we're soooo glad to go on it with you :)

Hi Everyone,

I did that Fort-4-Fitness Run last weekend and it was tough. There were more runners and the course was all brand new. There was 2,280 participants in the half-marathon and I came in 45th. I was 13th out of 85 in my Age Division. My time was 1 hour, 29 minutes, and 19 seconds. I wasn't happy with the time because last year's time was about six minutes faster. But, oh well, there is always next year. I should be glad that I actually finished it.

I actually did another race afterwards, which was a three mile run. After the half-marathon, I came home and had about 30-45 minutes to get ready to go do that other run, so I didn't have a whole lot in me. There was about 20-25 in that run and I finished 2nd overall, so that was good. Two races in one morning is a lot.

Joe: Great to hear from you

Cheese101: Prayers to your family. My heart goes out to you, your folks, Chris, and everyone.

Gotta Have Joe: Prayers to you and your family as well.

Skippygirl, Do The Stu, Distorted Soul, Michelle, Guitarvibes, GoldenGirl2, Don1963, fatape, slashroom, cappy steve, and everyone:

How are you all doing? I might be going back to my former employer (Hilton). To make it short, management at my current hotel job isn't the best. One of my good friends left there and started having some problems (depression). He checked himself in at a rehab center, which was good and is doing way better. He gets to come home today, which is awesome.

Now I'm waiting for a phone call from the Hilton. I know a lot of them there want me back. The guitar store is doing well.