Here we are in February and it’s been a long time since we have played together. That’s all going to change in a mere five days as we’re playing a house concert down in Yakima, WA.
This is where it started for the current lineup of Prairie Flyer-we got together in Yakima with Steve and Jason to see if it was all going to work and I think it has evolved nicely. So we’ll practice in the morning and afternoon and then have our show at night for 70 or so folks. We are really looking forward to it.

It’s been almost a year since we said “adios” to Richard and in the past few weeks I have written a song for him and here it is:

Slow Train

(Chorus)
I’m ridin’ on a slow train
Thinkin’ ’bout the things we’ve done
I can hear a sad refrain
As the whistle it moans
I’m hopin’ for a cool rain
To soften up the Texas sun
I’m ridin’ on a slow train
That’s bringin’ you home

It seems like only yesterday
You were singin’ by my side
I stood there and I watched you play
Givin’ all that you owned
Could not believe it when you went away
You never showed it but I know you cried
Now I’m ridin’ on a slow train
That’s bringin’ you home

(Chorus)

When you sang you always closed your eyes
I wondered what you could see
Was it all of those painful lies
While your heart’s out on loan
The endless torture of the empty miles
It’s over, you’re finally free
And we’re ridin’ on a slow train
That’s bringin’ you home

(Chorus)
Repeat last line

I’m sure we’ll be working on it this weekend as well as a few others so hope to see some of you there and hope to see the rest of you down the road this summer.
Jim