A funny thing happened on the way to the 4 Sknns reunion—actually it’s not funny at all. A week ago last Sunday night, Gary Charlson was going into his house after playing a gig and slipped on the ice. He broke his leg/ankle/foot/whatever very badly. He is still in the hospital, with something like 18 pins and a couple plates holding his bones together.

So, the 4 Sknns reunion gig February 3 has been postponed. We don’t have a new date yet, partly because Gary needs to work out with his doctor what is going to be possible when. Also Issues is booked nearly every weekend and we will need to figure out something between Blayney’s available dates and ours.

Issues will play all night Saturday, February 3, instead of just the last couple sets. Cliff Eveland will perform the role of the Stage Right Guitar Player. Stay tuned for news as to when the reunion gig will be rescheduled.

Meanwhile, 4 Sknns CDs and DVDs are nearly finished and will be available to order from the website soon. I talked to Larry Brewer at Great Plains TV yesterday, who put together the DVD 2-disc set, and he said it was the most fun editing he’s ever had. Not to hype things too much; I still haven’t seen anything or heard the CDs, so I can’t say. Not that I would be objective anyway.

Guido will be in town next week and is supposed to get me some CDs of 4 Sknns live material not included on the discs for sale. I’ll pick some cuts and put them on the website for download.

On behalf of the band, our apologies for the postponement. I know people have bought plane tickets and made plans to come into town just for this gig. Please understand we wouldn’t change it if we didn’t have to.