It’s been a while since I posted at this site. Let’s just say the Austin To Abbey Road experience wiped me out. Fun but exhausted for the last few months. That said, plans are progressing nicely for two more music ventures for the year 2009.

We’ve finally been released on the iTunes music store. Go to this link if you have iTunes to see it.

I understand that you might think that this is the web site for Scurvy Otto & The Rickets. Well, not exactly. This site was setup to chronicle the productions of the composers and musicians I knew back in my Kingsville days (including myself).

That said, there needs to be a site that can boast all Rickets, all the time. And now there is. Just type in any of the following

• scurvyottoandtherickets.com
• scurvyotttoandtherickets.com

or just type in

• soatr.com

Check ‘em out!

25 years after the Rickets first public performance, the Rickets returned to Young’s Pizza in Kingsville, Texas to celebrate the release of their CD - “From Austin To Abbey Road”. Despite being a high school football night and Halloween, a great crowd of 30 to 40 fans showed up for the gig.

It was caught on tape so we hope to see clips of it in the new movie clips (once we get around to creating them). CDs were given away to all that attended along with signatures from the band members. An arc has completed on the Austin to Abbey Road story. All that is left is to tell the story to all that might be interested.

The CD is mastered and pretty much ready for pressing. Last step is the cover design for the case and then we ship it all off to DiskMakers to press us a big box of CDs. Had a great time at Terra Nova Mastering with Jerry Tubb at the console. The final product is evenly balanced across the songs and the gaps between songs have been tweaked for the best possible flow.

We are gearing up for the 25th anniversary Halloween gig. Hopefully, all the pieces will fall into place and we will play that night and handout CDs.

Once I get the CDDB (Gracenote) database populated, the song titles will show up correctly after loading the CD on a computer. I’ll move ahead with getting the songs up on iTunes as well.

Danny Young passed away yesterday at 4:42 PM in Austin, Texas. Danny is a significant person in the South Texas Stomp saga because it was his place, Young’s Pizza, that gave birth to Scurvy Otto and the Rickets and because he was a fixture in my and Kaye’s life at the Methodist church in Kingsville. The Rickets played their first gig on the patio of Young’s Pizza on Halloween 1983. Scott Conard, the owner of Young’s after Danny left for Austin, gave us the break and was a close friend of Danny’s.

I had talked to Danny just before heading out to London and was looking forward to his reaction to what we’ve created. I think he would have enjoyed it.

There is more posted about Danny at this link