We had a great weekend of shows

Sold out, amazing crowds

We also got to catch up with some great mates

You remember Tom?

If you’re not  familiar with his story

You can read about him here

 

Before his wife Kylie passed away

She had been promising to take her younger brother to one of our shows

But he had to wait until he turned 18

Kirrin, who looks so much like Kylie, turned 18 just before his big sister died

So he never got the chance to see a show with her

But Tom made sure his little brother-in-law didn’t miss out

The boys had special t-shirts (dedicated to Kylie) made up just for the night

Instead of coming with a big group of mates

They opted to just come to the show together

And brought along photos from every time we’d all caught up in the past

There were some laughs and a few tears

Dad and I made sure we did Kylie’s favourite songs in the show

‘Cause we know she was there somewhere

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Yesterday I got to catch up with a great friend of mine from high school

Fiona now lives here in New Zealand and runs a very successful novelty cookies & cake company

She made these hip Simpson cookies on a stick, for Macaroni & Magoo

That I’m not sure if I’m allowed to take these back into the U.S.

So I should probably eat them, just to be on the safe side

She also brought this with her

A cake of ME – that she made from scratch, less than an hour before she came to meet me

I’m like, dude – that shit would take me all day to make

WITH a packet mix

4 glasses of wine

And it STILL wouldn’t be edible

She said the chocolate cake filling is low fat

But the icing will get you a year stint at Jenny Craig

Bet you’ll never guess what I’m having for brekky?

 

If you live in the Tauranga area,  and you like delicious homemade yummies – go to Funky Cookies & Cakes

(She also couriers her fabbo treats anywhere in the North Island of NZ)

 

 

 

I was going through some pics and I found these

That I totally forgot to post about at the time

Which should come as no surprise to anyone who knows me

And knows how much I do not have my shit together

Anyhoo

Better later than never, right?

So back when it was my birthday on the Victorian tour

We started of the day with wonderful family friends

Wally & Rosemary

Who, for as long as I can remember, we have called

Miss Rosemary and Sir Walter Fat-fuck

I’m pretty sure Dad probably gave them their nick-names

(that’s them, in the back of this pic)

They were having a bit of a shindig at their house and invited us to come along

And what an amazing home they have

An outdoor grill that would make Diamond sulk for a year

Something that really made the day special for us

Was Dad getting to catch up with, and me getting to meet for the first time

Gerry

A friend of Dad’s for many, many years now

You may not recognise him from the photos but I’m pretty sure most of you would be familiar with his work (we’ll get to that later)

He’s a top bloke of the highest order

And his wife Pauline

Well, I’m pretty sure I’ve never met a more genuine, kind and fun lady

Love at first site for me

She was just brilliant

They even invited me to stay at their house whenever I am in the UK

Which might help if they actually adopted me my cause next time

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Of course we got the guitar out

Just spreading the cultural enrichment….as we do

Some of the folks had not heard Dad’s stuff before

And none of them had heard of me at all

Always fun seeing people react to our music for the first time

The lovely Miss Rosemary even prepared a homemade pavlova that doubled as my birthday cake

But seeing I inhaled it before any pics were taken

Here’s what I would call my 2nd cake

The CAM-CAKE

A big ol’ door stopper sized slab of Camembert cheese

Yeah baby!

So indeed yes, it was a fabbo, FABBO day

I want to end this with some of my favorite songs from Gerry’s history making repertoire

This one gives me goosebumps

Probably his biggest hit (which he sang for us)

And my all-time favourite

Told you he is the shit!

Do you guys remember a while ago when I told you about our friends Tom & Kylie?

If you don’t, please CLICK HERE to read their story

Because it really is a beautiful story

A love story

About what love is really about

How even though it can be heartbreaking and cruel

True love is always unconditional

If you know Tom & Kylie, you know that’s the kind of love they have

Kylie had surgery recently

Initially she came out of it OK

But then she wasn’t

Kylie was taken off life support on Saturday March 26th

She was 25 years old

“…She was so very, very special
And was so from the start
You held her in your arms
But mainly in your heart

And like a single drop of rain
That on still waters fall,
Her life did ripples make
And touched the lives of all.”

Rest in peace beautiful girl.

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