Dear Tim-
You don’t know me. Murray is my stage name, and I am a 1990 Chico State Graduate. I was leaving town when The Mother Hips were first arriving I suppose. I live here in Puerto Escondido, Oax. You know….the Mexican Pipeline. I know you are a surfer. You would like it here on many different levels.
Until I moved south of the border, I had been living in Santa Cruz. I’ve seen you guys play a couple dozen times. Seen your boy Jackie Greene grow up on stage too. Even saw The Hips open for Jackie in Reno once. I’m sure you remember that show. We love our Truth & Salvage Co., our Skinny Singers, and we all caught The CRB bug when they ripped through Felton, CA. We know you guys are all one big team of sorts, and what you are doing on stage these days is absolutely sick. Look Tim, I am trying to bring some of that sickness to the Mexican Tropics.
So I’m down here in Puerto. I had an idea that you and Jackie would skinny up and come here to Puerto Escondido and play at the 2012 Puerto Blues Festival. It’s the 12th or 13th annual or something like that. Maybe it’s just the 7th. I don’t know. I have no part of it whatsoever, I just told the heads that I may have an act to trump all acts.
Tim, the state of Oaxaca is very financially poor. Unfortunately we can not pay you to come here. I know you guys are way beyond playing for FREE, or are you?? The Puerto Blues Festival can totally take care of your airfare(which i know is expensive), and we can put you and Jackie up in a nice hotel for as long as needed. You would want to bring your own guitars, but all the sound would be provided by the venue. Jackie is welcome to play my Roland if he wants, or I could just play it up there with you.(wink) We have plenty of surfboards for both of you, so that you wouldn’t have to lug them on the plane.
What an opportunity to spend a bit of time in Puerto. The muses are alive and well. The Festival has like eight venues over the course of eight weeks or so. Always super talented acts. Typically from Canada. It all begins in mid January sometime. All music is played on a nice stage right on the beach. Anywhere from 150 to 300 people will be watching.
I wouldn’t mislead you Tim. It’s an enchanted land down here. Please give it some thought, and get back in touch with me soon. Hope to hear from you.
