| Gowan's Notes to You :: 2006
March 10, 2006
Hail Y'all And so we march forth... ( I wish I
had sent this on March 4th )... I want you to know how much I enjoyed
playing those Gowan orchestra shows and how happy it made me to
see those concert halls filled with folks who still dig the Strange
and the Animal in us all. Peter Brennan did a tremendous job of
arranging the orchestrations and I thank him again. For you Styx
fans who made the pilgrimage to the Great White North, I hope you
found the experience enlightening...eh. Speaking of them Styx boys,
I have to say our House of Blues run through southern California
and Vegas was certainly a gas gas gas... It was great to play in
Hollywood during Oscar week. (even though I was once again overlooked
by the academy) obviously my character in Chilly Beach was too
real for them to deal. Shame...but life rocks on. Let us all continue
to Big Bang our heads and make the world shake a little better
for everyone. L Gowan
February 14, 2006
Happy Valentine's
Day Lovers...
This week-end
I'll be performing with Orchestra London on the 17th and 18th.
We will be playing the entire Strange Animal album in classical
style and I'm looking forward to it. Next week on the 22nd and
23rd in Kitchener Ontario I'll do the same with their orchestra.
I have not done these songs before an audience since the start
of the new millennium ( that makes it sound longer ) but I think
I'm almost ready to re-surface
those 80's tunes... this
time without the mullet. After that it's back to Styxworld for
yours truly , as another fine year awaits.
Stop by if you're in the neighbourhood. Ominous Spiritus.
Gowan
December 19, 2005
People of Earth; Surrender...
And
peace to men of good will hunting. After all it's Christmas and other
assorted holidays so... you know, chill baby. I just returned from
playing with my fellow rogues of Styx at Alice
Cooper's Christmas Pudding show in Phoenix. T'was the night before
and t'was great fun. I even got to sing with Alice ( who, incidently
is in fact a MAN ) on Run Rudolph Run. After
which "he" chopped off my head
and fed me to a snake...some Christmas traditions just never grow
old... Earlier
this month I performed with my pal Maestro at the Canadian Urban
Music Awards on his most excellent Hip-Hop Rap version
of Criminal Mind. He was nominated for that song. After
which he pat me on the head
and fed me to a snake...some Rap traditions just never grow
old... That show will air on December 21 (I believe ) on the
SUN TV network across Canada. Yo,
check it. This
week on December 22, I is gonna be singin' with my main man John
McDermott at Roy Thompson hall in Toronto for his Christmas show.
John's new Christmas album entitled "Images
of Christmas" features a fabulous
song called "Ring The Bells For Christmas" by a very humble and
meek ( who shall inherit the earth ) piano player. Yo, check it.
Now here's some big news: I happened to meet with Santa ( who, incidently
is in fact REAL ) the
other night, and guess what.?.. I've been upgraded to Naughty-but-Nice.
Finally. The
fat man has spoken...
So,
People of Earth, Surrender and Merry Krinkle . Lawrence Gowan
July
18, 2005
Guten
tag ( you're it ! )
Get
it? It's a play on nerds... er...words. I'm still floatin' on what
a gas we had on our European-Summer-Vacation as it were, so excuse
my rambles. The
shows recently in the USA haven't been too bad to come back to either.
In fact they've been rather stellar ! I've
really enjoyed these last two months of touring. Oh, yes indeed.
My smatterings of German, Swede, Italian, Dutch, French, Gaelic and
even English seemed to cause a few folks to shoot back sympathetic
stares and occasionally a nod...Now
if I can just master American I'll be sittin' pretty... Oh yeah.
And you know it too. There were
far too many life enriching experiences for all of us, the band of Styx,
to truly verbalise with any degree
of justice, so I hope we'll be able to reflect those experiences
somewhat musically in the future. Thanks to all of you for your words
of support and continued rocking
to the extreme limit. It has not gone unnoticed by any stretch. Until
we rock again... Lawrence Gowan
April 19, 2005
Greetings to the people
of planet Earth,
...
that includes YOU. Did you ever wonder about the origins of Rock?
Where did it come from and what was there before it was here and
who put it there in the first place and what was Her sun-sign?...
of course you have. Well enough about that already. Did you know
that our new Styx CD will be entitled "Big
Bang Theory" and pertains, to some degree, to our beliefs regarding
the essential components that converged to
bring our universe of all things Rock into existence? Believe it.
Hopefully you will, after a listen or two. May 10 is the release
date for the USA and at this writing
May 24 is the Canadian launch. We're back out touring currently and
looking forward to appearing on the "Today Show" on May 14. Thanks
for all your kind words and personal comments on this site recently.
I've enjoyed reading them. Rock
on dear bretheren and sisteren. L Gowan
March 5, 2005
Hey all
you fine folks,
I just tested my knee for the first time post-surgery and... I believe I
can fly...My first attempt was off a baby-grand but by next week I'll leap
tall piano's at a single bound
...as you can see the medication hasn't quite worn off yet... Thanks so much
for all your well wishes. I know they had a positive affect. This was a life
enhancing experience in
many unexpected ways. A knee isn't such a big deal... but continuing to
play music is. My mind is focused and next week in Nashville I'll be
struttin'. Knee Deep In Love...
or something.. Lawrence Gowan
February 18, 2005
We're just putting the
final touches on the new record (with I Am The Walrus). It's sounding
rather splendid,
if you're interested in my un-biased opinion...Did you see the Brad
Pitt commercial on the Superbowl that featured the Styx classic "Renegade"?
It was awesome (once again, un-biased). Now I have some news as well.
March 1st I'll be indulging in something they call "knee-surgery" but
I assure you I'll be on stage with Styx on March 8th in Nashville.
The surgeon has promised me a 100% recovery. I asked him if I could
have 110%, but he said "No, I'm
sorry but that is a mathematical impossibility "...
so we've settled on 153% and that's final. Thank you all for your
kind words of concern. I'll just have increase the "rocking out" thing
to 200% (which IS apparently possibe if one chooses the right partner).
99.9% Yours (I have to hold SOMETHING back just to retain a hint
of dignity)
Lawrence "knee-jerk-reaction" Gowan
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