Clearly my phone has blown up and my e mail is flooded since chucks announcement a few minutes ago to leave the band. Obviously I knew, and the heart felt friendship post will come, once I can put my feelings into words. But in answer to the Questions Im receiving. No.... You are not going to see a similar post by me in the next few days. To leave all emotion out of this, I just want to say this. I am a career musician, its all Ive ever been, its all I wanted to be, its all I still want to be. Ray and chuck while my brothers, and chuck my best friend, whose bond can not be broken. They were both the guys in my band when this option came. Both had other jobs. Id had several bass players prior to ray, if this would have happened 6 months prior, Scott Clark might have been the bass player in bmb. Im not offered that option even if I wanted it. I chose a life by age 5, as Bret says live by the sword die by the sword. Im like a shark who needs to swim to stay alive. Without my guitar, I die. Thats not saying the future will not bring change. But Bret has been my musical partner for almost 10 years now. At this point I dont know anything else. Both Ray and Chucks replacements have been chosen before any of you knew this was even happening. I will talk about that later to. My point to all this is not to sound cocky, its to answer the one Question thats flooding all my means of communication. I dont have costco to fall back on, or what ever ray does. I made a commitment to my self and my own mother to feed my family with my guitar. I made a commitment to my children to show them that your wildest dreams can come true without having to suffer through the plasticness of Hollywood. I love chuck and ray I would kill for both of them, but keep in mind they got ten years in something they never planned on or expected to happen. Just like me, they have the answers to Questions most people lose sleep wondering about. They have stories and memories that read like the best of all rock and roll biographies, and unlike the dirt, theres are real. Life changes. The original poison line up didnt last as long as this version of Brets solo band. You all came before any of us, and you will all continue when we are all gone. Its the Bret Michaels Band and its a celebration of music that me, chuck, and ray grew up on, they will continue to celebrate it just like you and just like me. Emotional breakdown text about all this coming next week stay tuned.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:18:29 +0000
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