My First Blog Ever

So I finally decided to start my own blog. I've been writing these super long e-mails to friends lately and this seems like a better way to get the word out.

My fan girl status...there are so many: Don Dixon. Kevin Bacon and his band the Bacon Brothers. Abraham Benrubi. Kevin Smith and all things View Askew. John Cusack. Mark Chesnutt. There are others, but this is a start. I don't want to look completely insane. I have been lucky enough to meet some of the people on the list (Dixon, Bacon and Chesnutt--sounds like a lawfirm or a weird sandwich). So most of blogs will be about meeting these people and being a fan girl. I love being a fan girl. It makes me smile and I get to laugh at myself. I think that's something that most people should do more often.

Lately I have had the wonderful experience of meeting and chatting with Don Dixon. I have been a fan on his since 1981. I was only 11, but I heard something in his voice and his songs. He changed me. And all for the good. Dixon got me to pay attention to bass players. So when I 28 and I started to work with a band, One Without, I started watching and listening more and more to the bass player, Mike. Then I fell in love with him. That's not what I expected to happen at all, but watching him play just pulled me in. Once I started talking to him we felt a great connection. But it all started with the rhythm section--thanks Dixon. Now after all these years we just celebrated or 3rd wedding anniversary yesterday. And three months ago I got to sit and watch my wonderful husband talk to Dixon at a club in Charlotte. It was surreal. I still can't believe that it happened. It was a dream come true...

I'll write more details about that later. Thanks for reading.

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