David Freeman Music

The Yacht Rock gig in Hawaii was pretty incredible.  Basically, we traded a five day vacation for an hour of music (split between two gigs!), plus we met Kenny Loggins! I brought my family along for this one, our first vacation in several years. Thursday:  First time on a 747.  Very cool.  It's a nine hour flight, during which I watched Guardians of the Galaxy , Unbroken , and Silver Linings Playbook .  I tried to watch  Birdman,  but I couldn't get into it. The view from our hotel room at the Prince Waikiki Hotel, looking out over the marina. The first day (afternoon) was spent acclimating ourselves to Hawaii (the time change kind of squashed us).  We walked a bit down the Waikiki Beach, ate, and went to bed pretty early--it was unavoidable. Friday:  Beach day #1! We had lunch at a place called the Goofy Cafe, down the main drag from our hotel.  They specialize in local organic food, and serve breakfast all day. ...

Yacht Rock played a pretty fantastic gig in St. Thomas, USVI Tuesday night.  Because of travel, we got there Monday afternoon and left late Wednesday morning.  Sweet trip! Monday:  Fly day.  I'd stayed up most of the night working and packing, so I slept for the entire flight. Greg Lee and Mark Cobb were unavailable for this gig, so we brought Tom Young and Ganesh Giri Jaya from the Yacht Rock Schooner along. Backline was limited, so in addition to carrying saxophones and my EWI rig, we had to bring all four keyboards (plus a guitar and bass in road cases).   We also brought Kip!  Yay! The roads of St. Thomas are pretty drastic, moving from the coast up into the mountains pretty quickly. We happened upon a wreck. The band was put up at the Ritz--individual rooms!  Nice.  We were greeted with some kind of rum drink upon arrival. There was also some small food, which we devoured while we waited t...