HAVING arrived at the hotel so late last night and everything closed we’re starving when we head down to breakfast.

It’s a bit of an adventure as the three or four main buildings that make up the hotel are connected via a maze of underground passages and corridors.

Breakfast is good tho’ and we chat with Florida-based Albert Castiglia and his band. Nice guys and they’re playing right after me tonight.

We spend the day chillin’ and dealing with some online stuff before being picked up at 5pm and taken to the festival venue.

Load in is quick and easy and I have 45 minutes or so before the band in before me finishes and I do my line checks behind the scrims.

We go to the merch area and leave all my stuff there with the BluesAlive folks and grab a drink and a quick bite in the VIP area

Line check and all the tech goes smoothly. I get changed in my dressing room which has enough beer, drinks and snacks for a ten piece band then hit the stage.

The huge venue is packed and the crowd is mad for it….and I have a blast for my 50-minute set.

As soon as I’ve cleared the stage I head to the merch area and hang out chatting and signing stuff then we ‘re sent to the restaurant for dinner.

We finish in time to catch Albert Castiglia and chat with more folks before our driver takes us back to the hotel where we get some packing done ready of an early start in the morning….