The weekend certainly started out rough enough. . . .a good half-hour to travel from 9th Ave and 51st St to the Lincoln Tunnel. Still we made New Paltz an hour before LJ’s 7 o’clock kick-off.

3 smokin’ sets. . .

. . .and countless Nut Brown Ales later, we packed up, reloaded the van and made our way to the Berkshires.

The weather couldn’t have been more gnarly on Saturday – but just as well. The rain outside kept us inside, focused on the task at hand – nailing Steve Miller’s greatest hits (or most of them anyway).

Jason and Josh made a stellar dinner happen (pasta with beef and sausage tomato sauce, garlic-bread and salad – followed by Jason’s apple crumb dessert).

By the time Sunday AM concluded, we got back to it. Over the next 4 hours, we worked the set through a few more times and tweaked a few endings before the boys considered it ready to go.

Sadly, the time had come to pack up the gear, load up the van and Sloan’s truck and head back to NYC. Fortunately, the weather on Sunday was fantastic and the views through the rolling valleys of the Berkshires were spectacular – reds, yellows and oranges against a light blue sky. As Moose said “F*CK ME – that’s BEAUTIFUL!”.

A great way to wrap an excellent weekend of music making with excellent people.