Thursday, June 04, 2009

Is Clapton Going to save me?
Current mood:  blissful
Category: Music
The British and Irish have always played an incredible role in my life!!!! I Love the Brits and Irish…. Scottish as well!!!!!! My mom’s best friend was a Brit….. Boxing day and Bubble and Squeak are the BEST, nothing gets much better than that!!!!!!!….. But in the last few years, numerous times, some amazing British people have saved me!!!!!

I got lost in China….. and it was bad…. I got lost in an area that tourists don’t go…. By the grace of God I found our way to the Lingering Garden….. When we got inside, the only thing that lingered…. was was my imagination and fear. We had no interpreter, nothing….. I had been to the BODIES exhibit in Atlanta…… “Freeze Dried Chinese People”…… I had images…. bad images….. and just when I had given up hope, and thought I might turn into one of the bad images…. I heard this beautiful British voice……. I just jumped up, and hugged the woman. Her tour guide couldn’t believe how lost we had gotten, and said he was going to save us….. We ended up spending the day with the whole lot of British tourists…. They put us on their bus and spoiled us rotten…. The jokes they cracked on that bus will make me smile for the REST of my life…… Then they got a special car to transport us back to our hotel in Shanghi…. At that moment I knew I wanted Brits to be in my life forever!!!!!!!

About Six months ago I found an incredible web site! www.justinsandercoe.com It’s this musician named Justin who gives free guitar lessons….. For the first time I was able to learn cover tunes…. and so much more all because of……… Another Brit……. Justin is also so much fun to listen to everyday…… He just has this sense of humor that is so funny, and some of the jokes are bad, bad ,bad but make you laugh, laugh, laugh out loud the whole rest of the day!

This week I have had to lay low…… and I got my new Rolling Stone Magazine…. It is AWESOME… my favorite one all year…. One article that just tickled me pink, was the interview with Eric Clapton!!!!! I actually wrote this song that has his name in it….. He is part of the chorus……. So I have been very intriqued about Mr. Clapton ever since!!!!!!! Obviously everyone in the world knows how super he is at playing that guitar…. So the intrique was not about him being a star, but about figuring out how his brain works to make that kind of music…… The article touches on the way he thinks…… so I LOVED it!!!!!!! And He is HUMBLE!!!!!!!! Just a REAL gift!

After I read the Article….. I had this EXPLOSION of ENERGY PASS THROUGH ME…..and I thought……Oh My Gosh….. I think Mr. Clapton might be the next British person to save me!!!!!!! Sometimes I just know things ……and I don’t know why….. and RIGHT at this moment I know that Mr. Clapton is going to be a very big part of the rest of my life….. Maybe it will be from the guitar skills I learn on Justin’s website from the Clapton songs…. Or MAYBE he is going to go on tour with me, and be that dream guitar player I’ve been searching for my whole musical career????????? I don’t know what it will be… but I just can’t stand how excited I am right now!!!!!!!!!

At the end of the article Mr. Clapton sais……. “If you want to learn to play the blues, live beyond your means, “I want to learn to really play the blues, so I am going to live beyond my means……. and send this note into Cyberspace hoping it might find Mr Clapton and introduce him to the Lexers!!!!!!!!! (I call myself the Lexers sometimes).

Mr Clapton said he wants to find a way to write faster……. And I can GUARANTEE that I can help him with that!!!!!!!!!!!! We could spend several months together, touring and I could help him write faster, and he could help me play better….. After reading his article….. I think HE could be the Ying, and I could be the Yang?

I guess only time will tell, but no matter what…… Today I am just thankful to all the Brits that have touched my heart, and so Thankful that Eric Clapton’s music touches my very soul…… Now it’s time for Big Mamma to Rockin Roll!!!!!!! Hope you all find a way to live beyond your means, because in reality, it doesn’t have to cost even a penny!!!! And it feels soooo good!!!!!!! You got to believe in good things!!!!!!!!!!

Love,
Lex

Currently listening:
Blues Power: Songs of Eric Clapton
By Various Artists
Release date: 1999-06-22

Friday, May 15, 2009

Tomorrow and the game….
Current mood:  jolly
I heard this great saying……  You can love the players, but not the game!!!!!!!!  I never have been good at games…  I never even realized there was a game going on,  until someone told me……  but I’m finally starting to see the game,  and I’ve decided, it’s better if you just ignore it……. and focus on lovin the players!!!!!!!!!  In music this is a real easy thing to do, because there’s all these guitar players, and bass players, and just all kinds of musicians playing all this great stuff, and there is no game in a song!!!!!!  No winner, no looser…..  just beautiful music!!!!  Wouldn’t that be something……  If everyone lived life like a song…. 
Tomorrow night I’m going to be singing some songs…..  I will be singing at Smith’s at 10:00PM in the Atlanta room!!!!!!!!  Put away your game face and come join me!!!!!!!!!  There won’t be any winners or loosers…..  Just a whole lot of LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!(SMILE)

Chow For Now!!!!!!

Love,
Lex

Currently listening:
American Beauty
By Grateful Dead
Release date: 2003-02-25

Saturday, May 02, 2009

Chuck Leavell Last Night
Current mood:  contemplative
Last night was just a real dream!!!!!  I got to hear Chuck Leavell fom the second row seat of the most spectacular Venue called the Melting Point…………  Chuck played with the Randall Bramlett Band and they are just all amazingly talented!!!!!!!! 

I love to watch the musicians fingers to see how they make the sounds…..  but I couldn’t watch Chucks on the keybord,  because I was below him……..  But I had a PERFECT view of his FEET!!!!!!!!  I never have watched a musicians feet before,  because I am so focused on the fingers, but chuck’s feet taught me more last night,  than any other performance has taught me before……  You see, when he is playing…….   the music is not only running through his head and fingers, but it moves all the way down his legs and into his feet and toes……  You have never seen anything like it……  It’s almost like he is levitating…….  I realized last night that I got to start feeling the music in my feet and toes…..  I want to levitate too…….  I have never heard a piano sound the way it did last night, but I can only imagine that it is what it sounds like up in heaven!!!!!!!!!! 

The icing on the cake was that I got to meet him as well………  and not only is he an incredible pianist, but he is one of the sweetest, kindest souls I’ve ever had the priveledge to meet…….I only got to talk to him for a few minutes, but you can just tell when you look him in the eyes that he is just goodness!!!!!!  This musical journey is the most incredible fun ride I have ever been on!!!!!!!!

The reason why I got to see this event is because of the University of Georgia School of Music……  Last night was a fundraiser for the music school, because it is privatly funded…….  If you’ve got some extra money, and love music, you should send it to them, because they are doing incredible things over there…….  Bruce Burch has been organizing these super events all year, and the ones I’ve gotten to attend,  have litterally changed my life from a musical stand point!!!!  And the music I’ve heard has given me outer body experiences!!!!!!!!   Also make sure to check out the Melting Point…..  The venue is just awsome!!!!!!!!! 

Thanks for reading…..and I forgot to tell you that Sunday night @ 10:00pm I will be singing an Aretha Franklin song at the 500 Songs For Kids Benefit……  I would love to see you there!!!!!!!!!

Love,
Lex

Currently listening:
Aretha’s Best
By Aretha Franklin
Release date: 2001-05-15

Saturday, April 04, 2009

Livin It Up…. Legacy Style
Current mood:  awake

Many people die with their music still in them.
Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live.
Before they know it, time runs out.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

I love that quote!!!!!!!!!!!  So here’s to serious living…. clink, clink……  Hope you have the best week and share some of your music with the world!!!!!  :0)  I Thank the Universe in a profound way, that some of the greatest musicians in the world, who have passed,  lived it up enough to leave a leagacy of music to all of us, so we could continue to feel there music in the rythme of our breath, and the beating of our heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  And in the muscles in our fingers,  when we’re trying to play a bar!!!!!!!  :0)  HA!!!!!!!!!!!! :0)  May all your dreams come true, so you are not staring down from the top of the mountain feeling blue!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love,
Lex

Currently listening:
Dreams

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Hot, Hot, Hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Current mood:  hungry

My Oh My…….  Today….. magic is in the air…….I witnessed a miracle, believe me if you dare.  For a girl that does everything,  in her life in reverse……..  finally there is a moment for me, of peace on earth!!!!!!!!  You see,  with a catalog,  of over 60 copyrighted songs,  a cover tune was never learned, I could never figure out how to play along.  But then something happened, and memory got turned on…..  could it be the addition of Pantothenic Acid or  Chiropractic Adjustments,  that are making my mind and fingers strong?  …….  “The Zepher” and the “Fast Car” are such incredible rides…..  and someday I want to thank Tracy Chapman and the Red Hot Chilli Pepers for the super music  they did provide!!!!!!!! ……..  For with these 2 songs, the flame got heated up………..  and then it caused an explosion that is HOT, HOT, HOT…………

The Lexer’s is back in full force baby!!!!!!!!  I was a little blue for the last month or two, but now mamma’s ready to bring the songs to you!!!!!!!!  If your out and about on the 19th of March….  I’ll be singing some diddies at Smith’s,  and I’de love for you to join!  I go on at 9:00 for only about an hour….  so come and join me……  and bring me a flower!!!!!!!!  And I will have a surprise….  not sure yet….  but come and find out,  so you will have no regrets!!!!!!!!!  :0)  I LOVE FLOWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love,
The Lexers

Currently listening:
Fast Car
By Tracy Chapman
Release date: 1993-05-27