Cindy Grayson: Blog

Friday is a long day for me because I work from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm. I have about a half an hour between jobs from 5 - 6:30 and it's always a rush to see if I can get to my second job on time but I manage. I hate the rush but I love playing at The Manhattan in Lufkin ,Texas. It's a family owned Italian resturaunt with the best food and the best crew. The family who runs it and wonderful people. Destin and Lesa greet you as you come in and always check during the meal to make sure you're satisfied with the meal. The atmosphere is low light with a candle at each table. There are 22 t5ypes of wine and a full bar and excellent waiters who carry your food to you on a large tray and are very attentive. It's also one evening a week I get to dress up and actually try to look my best. They often stop and tell me how much they enjoyed my music and I really like it. I could get my dinner for free but it's too hard to eat a whole meal on a 15 min break. One of these days I'm going to go and just eat [...]

Camp Street Cafe was great ( as usual). The variety of performances was wonderful. They won't have another one until September . It's the first Saturday in September and it starts at 7:00 pm but I usually try to get there by 6:30 pm. I think this time I'm going to do either " Jesse James" or " Frankie & Johnny". Then there are two old Irish tunes I plan on working on. I'm even going to work on my choice of songs during my trip to my family reunion in Ithaca , New York this August.
If you would like me to lengthen my samples of the songs on my Celtic CD, Let me know. I had a friend load them and he chose a shorter time than I would have.
If there's anything you want to ask me, don't hesitate. I'd love some input.

If you want to see more pictures, you can find me on Face Book and check out my photo albums. This site uses photo shop and I use a different program with my photos and don't wish to load another whole program into my computer memory and relearn another program when I'm already use to one. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Sorry for not having new pictures but where as I've never had trouble loading pictures before, now they tell me they're too big. When I figure it out I'll have more.

For those who just stop by and are gracious enough to check out my music - welcome.! I try to keep up with this site from my home in East Texas, USA. I live on 42 acres and am in the process of trying to be a self sufficient as possible. I have a theory about 21/12 and I think if it does happen, I might be living on an island and am preparing as best I can. I have my music and my art, my garden and my chickens and I'll try to stockpile as much as I can so even if it doesn't happen, I can still sit on my porch and play my guitar and eat well! :-)