We were back In the tour bus
for March 2011,
A nice snowy tour of France.
Starting in The Bus Palladium Paris on St Patricks night,
Johnny gets on page 1 of top
French Guitar magazine X-treme...
The march edition!
Summer-11 brought great gigs
all over Europe, The Czech Republic,
Germany, Holland, France,
Italy & Swizterland.
Playing festivals, sharing the bill,
and having the craic with Status Quo,
Point Blank, Iggy Pop & the Stooges.
Getting to work and play with
French guitar legend
Louis Bertignac Plus Global Guitar Gods
Johnny Winters, Warren Haynes
Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather,
Bernie Marsden, Pat McManus.
So all round a great year for
Johnny and The Boxtie Band
So switching on the Winter button
Bundoran has got the blues again,
although some nice gigs around,
Recording is finished,
the mastering is been done
The art work we wont touch,
well.. till after Christmas.
So dig'n in for the winter,
Ready to snuggle up and cybernate.
2010
1st and foremost, meeting and working with french Rock n Roll Guru's, Maurice Suissa, Simon and Romain Turgel
Touring with The Harley Davidson
EURO FEST CONCERTS through-out Europe,
getting to meet and working with
Warren Haynes & GovT-mule,
Louis Bertignac,
Joe Bonamassa, Marcus Miller.....
on the same bill as Motorhead,
and hanging with Lemmy....
Bernie Marsden,
French Blues genius Paul Pearson......
meeting the wonderful Suzanne Lee Barnes,
playing le Moods Monte Carlo
and entertaining Princess Melanie De Massy.
some great moments.
2009
A great year for The Boxtie BandThe album sells wellThey had 4 Successful tours away, working Sweden Norway Germany Austria Italy France Belguim UK
A few amazing gigs such as the Zwart Cross in Holland, which is one of Hollands largest and leading Rock n Roll Fest's They play at Electric Picnic,
which is Irelands largest and leading Rock n Roll Fest.