The Bitch Is Back

It's 2019, and the Schloss-(Bitch) Blog is back...

Or as Elton John would put it...

I'm a bitch, I'm a bitch oh, the bitch is back, stone cold sober as a matter of fact

I can bitch, I can bitch 'cause I'm better than you, It's the way that I move, the things that I do, oh-oh-oh

I entertain by picking brains, sell my soul, by dropping names
I don't like those! My God, what's that! Oh, it's full of nasty habits when the bitch gets back.

Oh, how I've missed you all, but Happy New Year to everyone and here's a poem to make it so:

Twas the night before the shutdown, and in the White House below

Not a person was stirring, they'd all been furloughed

    And on Capitol Hill, all things were still

After all, where were they gonna' come up with that 5 bil?..

    Meanwhile, out beyond The Beltway

Those laid off had naught to do but try and play

    And at the border, mothers gasped

Having received the news, their children passed

    But for the rest of us, life goes on

But for me, 2019 brings a new song

    Of Radio Freedom and just rolling along

So go out there and don't get too down

    Don't let the stock market make you frown

As your 401K fritters away

    Below in the White House, everything's on layaway.

What a year it has been indeed.

Saw the Eagles, and Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band.

Great show - how does he get those stars from groups of yore to come out and play with him? He had the keyboardist from Journey and Santana, who is in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame with both. Also had the lead singers/guitars from Toto, 10cc and Men at Work and did so many of each group's hit songs, plus his own solo and Beatles' hits.

One more great show to go and I can die happy - seeing the Stones when they come to Chicago. Just wish I'd have been able to see Tom Petty before he was "Taken Back."

The Dead are still touring, and here's the thing - saw 'em at Soldier Field 25 years ago. Jerry Garcia and the gang. Sting opened for them. Bob Weir looked like he had just stepped off a golf course that night, wearing a neat, pressed golf shirt and pleated shorts, his hair business clean cut. His riffs filthy though.

Now, the Dead are back and Weir looks like his barber died or else he's auditioning to be an extra in the next Tarzan remake. Still plays a mean guitar and now John Mayer is touring with them. Everyone wants to tour with them. They've already had Trey Anastasio and Bruce Hornsby.

Many of these guys are in their 70s and stlll banging it out. Gotta' love it.

I'll be seeing you weekly from now on again, at the very least. Maybe some New Year's resolutions next time. I know mine - same one I make every year and never keep it - return Cheryl Tiegs' phone calls.

One of these years ... have a great 2019, and beyond.