Recently returned from Houston, TX where my wife was in charge of hosting her company's annual conference, and of course I was "volunteered" to help her out! Initially, one of her co-workers suggested doing Campfire/Sing-a-Long's one of the nights and I was put together with him to work out details and so we could supply the jams together. Well, last minute he was sent out on a job out of the country so I was on my…

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This past weekend was not only a couple of great Halloween Shows, but it saw the return of the full RELIX line-up since August of 2010!

Steve was ok'd by his doctor to start playing the drums again... he's still a bit sore and stiff and enduring PT, but it was great to get the call that he was able to play and sing again!

As soon as Steve was ready we began rehearsals with our fill-in for Chris and were just a few days away from back-to-back Halloween shows when Chris…

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Via phonecalls and emails to Chris letting him know about the outporing of messages we've recieved through various outlets, he and his wife thank everyone for their prayers & well wishes. His wife was admitted to Willis-Knighton in Shreveport & dr's there think tests done in Alexandria may've been misread (likely a false positive). Her pain is being managed, a tumor is obstructing kidney but a procedure Monday to put in a stint - further tests, etc, but looking much more HOPEFUL!

The thoughts and prayers of all of us in RELIX are with our Lead Guitarist, Chris Gaspard, as he heads to Shreveport, LA with his wife to a hospital that specializes in cancer treatment. His wife has undergone a tough round of radiation and chemo over this past year and it looked like she was turning the corner and beating it, but apparently things took a turn for the worse a few nights ago and it was discovered upon testing that a large tumor… Continue

I see that there are a LOT of artists here as well from Reverbnation - Awesome! I'll try to find and click on some of you there and hope you'll do the same (I can be found under both "John Barrell" and "RELIX") - Hope to see (and HEAR) y'all in both places!