From L.A. With Love: One Year On

Hey Soul Mates,

It was one whole year ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play.

Last year on May 24, Rush Hour Soul departed from LAX to begin our tour of the UK. It was a journey none of us will forget. In fact, I had a long conversation with Doug about it last night. We miss simple things, like green hillsides, Twinings Everyday tea, Starmix. But most of all we miss our fans in Great Britain.

Our current work is going to help us return in style. The work continues on the recordings. Our co-producer Adam Marsland has been adding lots of tasteful keyboard parts and editing. As I've mentioned before, mixing begins in earnest in two weeks. Just in time to split the difference between Doug and Bryan's birthdays!

So to commemorate and to get everyone in the right frame of mind for our return in Autumn, here are some never before seen photos from our tour. "From L.A. With Love!" I will endeavor to post some everyday during the next two weeks. This is from our first night in the UK in beautiful downtown Sheffield. It was exciting. All of us beating back jetlag to play the D 'n R Live for an appreciative crowd in our debut. Unforgettable.

All photos by Patty Tokahuta.

Thanks to everyone who helped us on the tour. You know who you are. We will see you in a few months!

Have a great day, y'all.
Love, Power, Peace

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