Back in Germany!

After one taxi, 2 buses, one plane, and then a car ride, I arrived safely into the Basel, Switzerland airport, went out on the French side and ended up in Germany. Perfect.

Tonight I got to re-connect with Mark and Silvie Egles and Anja Lehmann and play a few songs at the SMI night in Kandern, Germany.

It's been a long day and I am excited to post some photos tomorrow.

Love,

Tammy*

On a Harley and playing at the Blue Ball

Here is a pic of the fabulous Malcolm Guite and his Harley. He took me to my BBC Cambridge Radio Interview on it. Classy :o)

Man! Tonight at the Blue Ball was just so wonderful! The people, the atmosphere, Mystery Train and Malcolm were stunning.  I will have to come back to Cambridge on my way back out to the states and play a night there again.  Thanks to Malcolm for the invite to play and to all who came out!

I rode into the BBC Cambridge radio interview on a Harley

Well, you see, my friend Malcolm has a Harley.  He gave me a lift to the BBC Cambridge Radio interview with the guitar on my back.

You can hear it here :o)

http://tinyurl.com/tammybbcradio

It is the July 20th show.

Love,

Tammy*

Why?

I wrote a long blog about the lovely and surprising events of the day and sadly it disappeared :o( I will write about it tomorrow...so...

Here are some photos from today...lunch with Mike and Pippa Rimmer and the radio interview with Mike.

I arrived safely in Cambridge with a day full of surprising events...I will re-write about them tomorrow.

Love,

Tammy*

Birmingham with Mike & Pippa Rimmer

Most of today was spent asleep on the National Express Coach...5 hours of travel. sheesh! Canterbury to London, London to Birmingham.

I was greeted at the coach station by the wonderful Mike Rimmer.  He is a radio broadcaster and journalist that I met in Nashville 2 years ago.  You can check his blog out here http://www.mikerimmer.co.uk/ He and his wife, Pippa, had a small group from their church at their house tonight and asked me to play a few tunes. It was a good time.  After that we went out for Indian food, met up with a friend, Joel, and headed back to the house.

In the morning we are doing a radio interview and then taking a look around Birmingham and then it is off to Cambridge in the evening.

There are two special towers in Birmingham that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien to write "Two Towers". Here is a photo of one of them.


Love,

Tammy*

An Irish man and a Scottish lady

Why are Irish and Scottish accents so beautiful and yet so hard to mimic?

Today I played a few songs at Whistable Baptist Church in Kent...I even played " This Little Light of Mine".  Lovely people.  I would like to tell you some beautiful stories but jet-lag is winning this evening. Have a great start to your week.

Heading to Birmingham tomorrow to hang with Mike and Pippa Rimmer.

Love,

Tammy*

Official Tour Poster

To start the tour off right, Heidi Frank, a very talented singer/songwriter and graphics designer created a fabulous tour poster for this summer's tour. Please take a look and let me know what you think.

This morning started off with breakfast and lunch all at once with my friends, Terry and Vicki,  in Sevenoaks. Then I caught the National Express (England's version of the Greyhound..but much nicer) from Dartford over to Whistable which is right outside of Canterbury on the coast (where I wrote the song from my new album 'Coast of Kent').  There was tons of traffic on the way and we were a little nervous about missing the bus.  Well, the bus ended up being late due to the traffic, too.  So I made it!... Just in time with my two suitcases and guitar (I am hiring a massage therapist after lugging around these bags...not really...but wouldn't that be nice? :o).  The bus was nice but smelled like bathroom air freshener.  It was quiet on the bus for the most part.  There was a man in the back near the bathroom that I am sure has played a pirate in a movie at some point in life...just had the pirate look....hard to explain.

My sweet friend Dixie was there to meet me in Whistable. It was raining today, a bit dreary, but Dixie had good news.  Nigel Hobbins, one of my favorite English folk singers, was playing a gig in Herne Bay and wanted me to play a few songs this evening. So, after 'tea', Dixie and I drove 4 miles to an old nice and pretty conservative church.  I will post a video soon so you can hear Nigel Hobbins and the Backroom Boys. I hope that you love it.  It's the  kind of jolly music with a deep message that makes you smile the whole time, but you don't know why. My favorite part of the whole show was in the middle, right before I played, one of the singers from the other band went into the backroom of the church where I was tuning up the guitar.  She said 'It's a little nerve-racking out there' I turned around and she whipped out a flask and took a few good swigs of whiskey.  I had to crack up. She was lovely.

Today I was thinking about how thankful I am ..for friends...and for friends that have amazing hospitality who really make you feel loved when you are hanging out with them.  Thanks to Terry & Vicki and Howard & Dixie for the warm meals, hugs, rides and great conversations.  Friendship makes the tour so much richer!

In the a.m. I will be playing some tunes at Whistable Baptist Church on Middlewall in Whitstable...some for the kiddos and some for everyone.  Any suggestions on the children's songs? Maybe 'This Little Light of Mine'.

Goodnight all.

Love,

Tammy*