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It's going to be a short update today as I am exhausted. Tonight will be our fourth show in a row with very little sleep due to long overnight trips. Our ride from Detroit, MI to State College, PA took a little over 7 hours and the roads were bumpy and so...
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I'm sitting on the bus writing and watching it snow after our daily ritual of 5:00 sound check followed by dinner. Yanni complimented everyone on last night's Chicago performance. I think his words were "You guys were great, you really won Chicago!" Those...
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Greetings from cold, rainy Chicago where we're just a couple of hours away from performing in front of an audience of 13 thousand plus! I'm posting this journal entry a little late because I spent the day with Angie, dodging puddles, window shopping and e...
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My wife joined me in Grand Rapids for our day off yesterday and she'll travel to Chicago with us on the tour bus after the show tonight. The bus is going to be really crowded as Charlie, Walter, and Victor will also have their wives with them tonight. I t...
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I wish I could respond individually to everyone who has written to offer condolences regarding the death of my friend Gibbs, but there are just too many of you. Please know that your words were appropriate, genuine and healing. I failed to mention after t...
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In memory of Gibbs Johnson, my friend.To those regular journal readers who do not know me personally, this is going to be a very personal post. One of my best friends, Gibbs Johnson, died over the weekend. This journal entry has little to do with the Yann...
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OK, if I said every show was our absolute best to date, you'd eventually stop believing me. It is time for a reality check. Last night was not our best. Someone, I think it was Wendell Kelly our trombonist, commented recently that when you feel like the b...
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There was something in the air last night! Even the pre-show dressing room jam session was top notch. When walking off the stage for the 15 minute intermission during the show, several musicians - I remember Pedro specifically - commented on the groove. E...
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First, a bit about the Toronto show. Wow! The audience was the largest and loudest yet. It only took a few seconds in front of that crowd to realize that this show was going to be a winner. All the solos were brilliant and at the end of the night Yanni ha...
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I only have a limited amount of internet access time this afternoon so this journal entry will be short. David, Sasha, Eugene, Armen and I spent 6 hours walking the streets of Toronto yesterday afternoon. David and I split from the group at one point to g...
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We made the border crossing with no issues and only about a 20 minute wait. We've been travelling now about 30 minutes inside Canada and the ground is mostly snow covered. The terrain so far looks exactly like Southeast Missouri where I (mostly) grew up -...
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We're on the bus headed for the Canadian Border. Tonight's show was great and I got to meet a few serious Yanni fans. I appreciate their encouragement and it feels great to be accepted by the loyal troups.I don't know if I'll have internet access at our h...
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Everyone I've spoken to has had a good time in Indianapolis. There's a lot to do here with hundreds of restaurants in easy walking distance, plus great shops, theatres, and museums. The streets were busy with St. Patrick's day revelers as well last night....
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Our bus ride to Columbus ended around 5am. The overnight ride included two movies, Traffic and The Matrix, both of which could neither hold my attention nor put me to sleep. I thought surely The Matrix would knock me out because I haven't been able to sta...
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Review: New age icon Yanni keeps focus on the music By MELONEE McKINNEYStaff WriterThere are a few things one might expect at a Yanni concert — like an orchestra, maybe a decent light show and of course the requisite amount of hair flipping and posing f...
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I generally like to find a place to hang out by myself prior to a show. Last night in Dayton I found I had the entire arena to myself so I climbed to the uppermost nosebleed seats. I took this photo using the camera that is built into my phone. ...
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The Nashville audience may not have been our largest, but hearing them cheer when Yanni announced the hometown boy - Charlie, and home state boy - me from Chattanooga, was by far the highlight of my trip so far. I consider myself to be rich with friends. ...
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My anticipation meter was pegged as I walked onto the stage in Atlanta last night. There were quite a few close friends in the audience including Gary Hicks, Dana Harding and Steve Philips, all members of my band, Entertaining the Fish. None of these guys...
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This is just a quick note to let you know I've been away from the tour for a couple of days, thus no updates. I continued back home to Chattanooga immediately after our overnight trip from Jacksonville to Atlanta. I've been with family and friends ever si...
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I'm sitting here in the back lounge of the bus talking with Brad and David. We were just discussing tonight's show and all agree that it was our best show yet. Ok, I know I've said that after every show, but it just keeps getting better. The venue was gre...
