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Ali Perry-Davies: Sleep, let it sweep you off your feet. Hi, you're listening to find your joy. If you're looking for ways to thrive rather than survive in a world that can seem rather chaotic, you're in the right place, we will be sharing stories of our own, as well as those from guests who have found ways to bring hope, healing and freedom into places where trauma has impacted them. I'm Ali, author of the art of healing trauma. And I'm here to remind you that life is sweet. Now, let's dive in and find ways to create our joy. Hi, Sally and find your joy. And I am I'm so I'm grateful that that my friend, and this amazing artist and storyteller and explorer and adventurer, and just an extra ordinary, I don't want to just say extraordinary, an extra ordinary one who surpasses what we can imagine. Is is back again, for part three. Lonnie glass. Thank you so much.

I'm absolutely thrilled. It's really great. It's great to see you again. Ally. I know that I mean, that's like, for me those like, oh, great, I'll get a chance to see Ali. I haven't seen her in years. So this is like a fantastic buzz for me. So

Ali Perry-Davies: yeah, me too. It's a beautiful catch up. And, and I think that the recurring theme in in the last two episodes, and I would, I would just what I will guess will continue to happen here is we talk about finding our joy and in the midst of the things that happen in our life that are, you know, like for me, you know, we all have, we've all had stuff go that didn't go quite how we wanted it to go. But we find a way to make it through we find a way to have something that gives us life. And and I love about you the thing that I see in you well, there's so many things that I see in you. But you're in a you're an explorer and adventurer, you, you, you take the opportunities, I forget, you know, good luck is really just preparation and opportunity. Right? It's and so you, you you find your ways you you go do the gig, you you go into the backwoods and find the luthier you do these things, and that's part of I think, what makes someone who's, who chooses not to live in fear. It's it's it's a it's an act of courage, really. And and I know there's a whole bunch of ways that courage comes out. But But not everyone would be traveling and go take that chance to go try this place or that place. Go into the back. I mean, you imagine that and I think that that's a lot to do with it. You have an explorers heart?

I do. I do. And I you know, I've always been a like a lover of history. Like, that's always been my thing. And as matter of fact, funnily enough, when I when I was on tour with Sarah Smith, and we were in Europe, though I, when I was young. I was 19 Well, actually, I was, yeah, I was 19. And I went to Europe, I went away for a year, I went traveling for a year. So you know, I was in Europe. And I really wanted to go to places like Berlin and Eastern Europe. But you couldn't go it's just it was impossible to go. Oh, right. We were in law. 1970. Right. It's the wall. There's so there's just no way. But I always thought, oh man, I just have this hankering to see Eastern Europe. And I don't know where that comes from. But in a case. So here we go. Sarah, I'm going to Europe with Sarah. We're in Germany. And we did Germany in the Netherlands. And, of course, on the on the itinerary was Berlin. We're going to play in Berlin. I'm going oh my god, this is going to be something else now. You know, being a Jew. Berlin also has the right connotation. That's quite awful. Historically, but you know, I love history. So you know, what I would do is like, I was like the Every day, I would, I would get up early, six or seven in the morning, and I'd go on a walk, and always find the old parts of towns. So yeah, and I have my phone and, and I would just take pictures. And, and of course, you know, when I traveled in Europe, I was hardly in Germany at all because it was winter when I was there. So I just wanted to be to out of there go to Spain or Greece, Southern Italy, I didn't wait and do I did no clothes for winter. So I didn't see much of it. And so I'm going into this small little town and walked downtown. And it's like, Oh, my God, this is like these buildings. Like, from the 60s and something centuries, like my god, this is gorgeous. And then I cobbled streets, and then I go to the next town and go, Oh, my God, this is even more unbelievable. You know, this is what Europe, Europe, I

Ali Perry-Davies: love that it's a constant, oh my gosh, oh my gosh,

it's incredible. So then we get to Berlin, and I go on this walkabout for about seven hours. In Berlin. Just, it was so gorgeous, it was so beautiful. And so incredibly powerful. The vibe of it. And of course, there's the negative connotations. But, you know, every town I was in every city I was in, I would first go and, and do some research, historical research. And I'd find out what the whole history of the city was, like, from the eighth century up till present or, and so that I had a context of my viewing. When I was walking around, it wasn't, wasn't just taking pictures of houses, I knew exactly what this church was. And, and when it was built, and how long it took to build. And the whole history of what the trading nation what they did, why they became this and you know, so I really got immersed in it. And I would post every day all my pictures on Facebook, so that everyone back home could follow or tour and and see it. And I

Ali Perry-Davies: was one of them. I was following all the way because like, you know, these pictures I get

I get people texting me saying hey, man. I've been getting pictures today. Mostly hilarious. So I ended up just having this glorious, glorious experience of, of being the transcriber of the events of the art tour. And I just, again, this inspires inspires me when I think when I'm thinking about writing, it just adds to my you know, an arsenal if you if you will have images, impressions, and it just builds on that. And I find that that I've had the gift was given this gift. Thank you Sarah Smith, of being able to, you know, basically travel. And oh, by the way, we'll we're going to play tonight as opposed to you know, what, where's the next gig? It was like, okay, yeah, no, we're gonna play. No, I'm, I'm thinking, where's the next town? Yes, no. So I can go to this castle or do whatever. And still we had rockin great time. But mine was a was such a life fulfilling experience was there it was. It was like it. Yeah, it was it was life changing experience for me. And, and Sarah will never, I will never be able to tell them how much it meant to me. Like what it meant to me was like, was because I, there was a hiatus of my life as a musician. And even when I came here, LA, it was like, it took me a lot of years before I was able to get gigs. Because, you know, people would always say, Hey, man, you can play here, seven days a week for free. So many for free, because there's so many places you can just open mic and little things in the V lounge and wait for the V lounge gig to go. And I found that hard for me. Because I come from, you know, a musical life of touring all the time and playing all the time, and rehearsing. And so this was like, Oh, yes, they're

Ali Perry-Davies: rehearsing

it was like, yeah, so quite a quite a change for me. Plus, you know, I had a heart attack. It was the year I came here. You're like God here. It's really a bloody heart attack. You Yeah, was amazing. I was working at a friend of mines farm. And it was a very steep incline going up from the pond up to his house. And, you know, I was cleaning out the brambles around this pond. I walked up the hill, I was like, Holy Jesus, I was just sweating like a pig, went home, went to the doctor. He said, Oh, man, he said that. Do you ever get that feeling again, dial 911. So the next day, after the weekend, I went back to work, it was fine. And then walk up that hill again. I was like all girls like I drove home as it was was stupid. But I drove home went to the hospital and and they said, Yep, says we've got rid of blood. And they said, we've got heart enzyme in your blood, that means you've had a heart attack. So I went and they put stents in. And the other cardiologist said, Well, we just basically did plumbing. This, he says, Your heart has not been affected. So thank goodness. So it was so they put four stents in. And that was, what 12 years ago was it it was on regular Christmas was December 19. And, you know, then I had to lay low and just be mellow. And yeah, but then I did a lot of power walks and then kept myself as healthy as I could. And it is what it is. I'm just still still kicking. Yeah. You know, but this is this was the setup of my existence in Victoria was a great year loves all my music behind and now we get come here and gifted with a heart attack. And then it's just, you know, I had to try and figure out what to do musically. You know, and I'm still working on it, you know, and, and it, but I find people you know, I found out I was doing an open mic. And Bill hold on the guitar player. Yeah, caring for this guy, Dustin. We remember Dustin? Yeah, he used to be lounge. And Bill was his caregiver.

Ali Perry-Davies: i Well, I remember I remember Bill and I remember Dustin and somehow Yeah, I did not have the two together.

So I'm at this old Mike incomes Dustin and Bill. And so so the billing, you want to sit in, you want to play. So Dustin was he was bringing Dustin so that doesn't get single his r&d or loose on and and then Bill plate. And I went Oh man. Oh, he says so we got to we got to work together. So Bill and I co wrote an album called an albums worth of stuff. And that actually some of the stuff that's on the I think my new CD which is called water rising. Oh nice. This blues thing with Daniel Morel six of the tensor songs that Bill and I co wrote, and Bill is just a killer. And so this was my first like, all of a sudden it's like oh, man, okay,

Ali Perry-Davies: where is he? By the way?

He's really he lives. Where does he live? He lives great flower area. Viral cafe. Yeah. Off crepe flower.

Ali Perry-Davies: Is he still play it? Yeah.

His big thing is he does he does this looping.

Ali Perry-Davies: Oh, yes. Yes.

Massive pedals and Steve Dawson.

Ali Perry-Davies: You remember Zubat and Dawson, Steve Dawson. If you he and Steve was played with my brother and stuff like that before. That's how I got to know Steve. But I went one time and saw him playing a single and he was doing all that and very proficient that you know, really good at it. I'd love to also let me know. Let me know next time bills played I'll go and see

Billy Billy is something else. He's also a gentle soul. Yes, he's a lovely guy. And there's just another influence. Because although I'm, I sing blues and I like it, but it's not my thought my favorite right genre of music is just just isn't you know, not in the traditional sense, I should say. I mean I I did get this you know, but you know, let's like when I learned some guitar and I was working on just developing my, my skill. I will always try and learn a few new chords. Just because you know, the more 14 chords equaled melody right? So if you know more chords, your melody expands. And so as a son songster it just means you can come up with melodies that aren't standard or typical and little twists. So add chords. I can write a blues song, but I'll add some jazzier chords. So it doesn't come across like a straight 12 bar blues. Yes, yes. And it just becomes a little more for me a little more creative and interesting to listen to, for my ear. So

Ali Perry-Davies: it's fine, but it's not my it's not where I'd want to stay.

Yeah, no blue bill, hold them is a real a real Blues Blues. bluesy guy, but he's really talented as a jazz ability on guitar. So when he plays it just doesn't sound typical. So we were able to write, I think, 10 or so 11 songs together, and that was great. Then I was met this harp player, Jim Cecil, Jamie Cecil, and he's great. But he was telling me how he goes to Cambodia every year, Phnom Penh and sunoco Sihanoukville on the ocean every year. So I thought, oh, man, I'm going to go. He says there's tons of work, there's to play the clubs everywhere. And N equals for from like, November till April. So I went, Okay, I'm on my way, I'm going to come. So I'm literally ready to go. I'm ready to get my reservation on the flight. And I run into Hank, play heart. Oh, we're just having a chat. And he, he called No, he called me to have a meeting with me. And, and I saw I met him at Christie's pub, I met him and we were having a drink. And, and he, he said, How would you like to be bass player? For uncle wiggly? Oh, man. And, and, you know, in my head and thinking, and then going to Cambodia it was, it was like September, actually, it was a Denver. And that was organizing to go in November. And he and he said, Oh, okay. I'll check it out. So we haven't rehearsal. And it sounds great. So I, I ended up working with us doing these Christmas shows. Yes, yes. Would you did every year as done every year. So I ended up I guess, I played with amcos Hanks bass player for three years. And we toured and again, a whole different ground. And Hank and I came became very close. And Hank has another incredible story on this. Yes, his story just knocks me out. And we would have just a great time having discussions because, you know, he's even older than I. Yes, I know people older than I was great.

Ali Perry-Davies: I actually married them. Hi. I officiated their wedding in our yards.

This Yes,

Ali Perry-Davies: I still am. I'm still licensed.

No, did you marry? Did you marry Sandy? Grant?

Ali Perry-Davies: I did. Oh my god. Sorry. You said Sandy. And I in my mind went to another Sandy because I was just talking to another Sandy. Sandy and Bill. Yes, yes.

I remember. I was at the wedding. Yes, that's right.

Ali Perry-Davies: And and and and Hank and Kim got married right out on our deck on the point right on the water out here. Yeah. Yes. That's, that's another little sideline, I just love doing weddings. But yes, they're, they're a wonderful couple.

Yeah. And they're up in Sydney now. So yeah, watch with them. I think this week or next week, because I haven't seen Hank, in a few years. So it's always nice to meet these people who were really influential in your own life. And, and Hank, he made him think he was influential, but he absolutely is an influence in my life. Because, you know, he was the constant blues singer for me. And, you know, in blind because I'm not a blues player. So, you know, I had to learn how to play that genre. Not just apply my rock chops to blues, different game. But it was great. I met so many wonderful people. You know, Paul Wainwright was in wiggly. Well, Paul ended up being the sax player in fact On the road, my Springsteen, Stewart McClellan who I met at the first time, and I always think, oh, man, I'd love to be in a situation playing with Stuart sometime. And so we ended up being the title of one of the guitar players in the Springsteen thing as well. And then Charlie Fox, keyboard, giant here. Yeah, same thing at the V lounge. And we got the hang. And then it was like, a totally you wanted. He was the, the organist in that band. So, you know, all these ties, you that you meet along the way, but, you know, and where does it end up all ends up that you're all gonna play together in a band? You know, and of course, that's not together anymore. But, you know, there now are a time musical friends, you know, yes. Part of the part of the community. And that, I think is probably the greatest thing about music is that there's a tie that binds us all. You know, it's the music and it doesn't matter. It doesn't even matter what genre

Ali Perry-Davies: you play. No, it doesn't it sure does not know I

have a guitar player. And the Bourget guitar player who is just a shredder, he's just like Eddie Van Halen is just incredible guitar player. And, you know, I met him. One of the first people I ever played with, was a rehearsal for a band, and he was the guitar player. And it never went anywhere. It was like a nine o'clock at night rehearsal for three hours. See you later. Thanks a lot. Nothing ever happened. You know, but, you know, you just never know, because I wanted to try and do some ZZ Top stuff here. So I thought, oh, who was that guitar player that I remembered way back. The first thing I and I did some research, and I found off Zandi budget. So I got in touch with the Mises. Sure. Let's get together. So we did a you know, a bunch of gigs together. And it's like, you never know what's down the road that you ran into years ago, and said only a couple of words to all of a sudden, there. It's like the seed is planted, right? And the universe is just waiting for the moment. Yes, for it to take place.

Ali Perry-Davies: Oh, we remember, you know, for me, one of the biggest what I mean, musicality aside, of course, that's important. I remember how, okay, I'm the person who if I'm in a restaurant with someone, I, I am noticing how people treat servers. I'm, I'm, that's, it's a huge deal to me. And when I'm when I've done any kind of any band I've ever been in, or even if I just walk onto stage, or a jam or something like that, I notice how do people do they serve each other? Or how to how does that work? And so that's another huge thing to me, I would actually probably take a lesser player with a better attitude. Yeah, like I just it because I probably can't change the attitude, they got it, you know, they've got to figure that stuff out for themselves. And so that's another thing that I noticed around here. I just noticed, how do how do other people seem to feel in their presence? How, how much space do they give them? How, how kind are they how, what, oh, how much grace? Do they extend each other? That's, that's a big thing for me.

Absolutely. I knew. Speaking of those kinds of things, you know, I was a very aggressive when I was younger, right? I mean, I've been I went through 12 years of very serious therapy. So which was were very worthwhile. And, but you know, I can laugh about it now. But you know, as an example, I would, when I had my ZZ Top thing I read or agent was my, my manager or manager, and they were part of the part of the Feldman agency. But in Toronto, they were called the agency Feldman actually became Feldman from the agency, which was the biggest in Canada at the time. And so, you know, Dave, our manager, he would like send out a memo to everyone in the office line is coming in. Oh, and the entire office would take lunch.

Ali Perry-Davies: I told you something. Well. Here's the thing, right and look at so you're, so you're an intense, passionate person. perfectionist, right? So we know that about you. And now you come from a place of grace and kindness. But it makes sense. Like I see

evolution you know, it's I'm

Ali Perry-Davies: the same way i i was not sunshine and roses all my life, right like there was a there there is a trail of carnage behind me

alley that was the beauty of being of moving from Toronto here because I thought to myself, you know, no one here knows my story. So they don't know my baggage, right? So it's like tabula rasa, you don't say a clean slate. Yeah. Beautiful. I can just start my life over again here. And no one has to know, the shade I did along the way. But you

Ali Perry-Davies: chose to make the change, not just geographically, right? Like you did the work. You did that. And so

I didn't just carry my sheet with me. Yes, I left it behind. That's right, though. So this is the evolution of soul. You know, this is the evolution of a person, and I can see it, and it's, you know, I'm happier now in my life than I've ever been. And I'm more musical in my life than I've ever been. And, and more joyous about all of those things. Because as the as I come down the side of the mountain, on the other side of the mountain, and I'm rolling towards the end of the mountain, right, you know, then it's like, hey, you know, how do you want to end? Right? Yeah, we want to be so it's like, that's my mantra. My mantra is, I want to end well, yes. And, and I'm doing it in all my relationships, my relationship with my wife, and my relationship with my daughter with my friends. I still backslide sometimes, but yeah,

Ali Perry-Davies: I get that I get that sometimes, you know, I have, I might not even speak it out. But there are times when, you know, the initial thing that rises up in me is, is, is not peace, or kindness. The initial thing it touches a very old place that I'm like, Oh, can we so that? That's still not very healed? Oh, there you are. Yeah. Steve.

Is what's not Freud, but Freud's one of Freud's contemporaries was a young. Yes. So Carl Jung had this, this notion of just the I had a few of couple of years with this therapist, who was phenomenal. Yunyun a youngin. But she was also a shaman. Oh, it was like, really, really fascinating. But, you know, Jung talked a lot about the shadow, the shadow self. And, you know, this is, is that every, we all have this, right? And this is the that thing that rises up to, you know, it's there. It's that it's the darkness and, and really, it's never goes away, it's never gone. But what the, the work, the work that is there therapy wise, or spiritually wise, is, is the conjoining of the two sides of our elemental natures. Right, so that we become whole, right? Yeah, you don't just dispel this, but we amalgamated into our, into our beings, so it can no longer affect us. In the same way,

Ali Perry-Davies: that's right. So that we can find a place of peace like that. i The book that I wrote, while I you know, when I first started writing, I was a co author in the first three right and then the book, The Art of healing. And that was it was all around that it was that it was the layers and figuring it out. It was a layer after layer of of the pain and the unkindness, and then and then the shame, you know, the shame of all the crap that I had done and you have to, but but we all have that, but some people they don't even know they have that and that's why they continue on. Are we any of us? Who's Who the longer I stay in that horrible place? The longer I hurt myself and everybody around me? Yeah, absolutely.

You have to become aware of aware. It's just self awareness is the beginning of, of your internal journey of the

Ali Perry-Davies: heel. Right, some belly button gazing. Some Yeah,

I'm good at that.

Ali Perry-Davies: I'm doing yeah to be because it was a that's a whole other. Yeah, that's a whole other. That's a whole other thing there. Just all of that. And I think that when I when you're talking about that when I look at, I mean, you've had a beautiful career, and you've worked with these amazing people. And then you're saying, Okay, so there was some parts that weren't so pretty about that. And I got some, I got some healing buddies. But there was also must have been some pretty good parts all the way through it. Oh, yes. You have you have those friendships? Yeah.

And, you know, I've been, I've been very fortunate to actually be able to save that. You know, although I wasn't a big star. And, you know, I didn't sell millions of records. But I had a career I had as a musician. Since the time I was 19 years old. I was a professional musician, and still am. So yes, I made my living doing it, which is really, not only that, but I have been with my wife for 55 years, which is also an unbelievable anomaly. It is it is a musical and the musical world. Achievement. Exactly.

Ali Perry-Davies: I mean, not. There's a whole I mean, I've married to a person who goes away a lot. There's, there's a thing that they're that's a very specific kind of pressure that it puts on a relationship. That's

true. But you know, my wife is an has always been so independent, and so self aware. Let's matter fact, I always fell behind. And I always made any spiritual moves that I ever made. My life was usually because I saw my wife moving. I will. I'm thinking I better catch up. Yes. And so I wouldn't see with go first. And I'd follow. That's

Ali Perry-Davies: our that's our story as well. That's very,

it was. So she's ultimately my greatest inspiration. For me. That's my my, my lady. Yeah.

Ali Perry-Davies: That's, that's, ah, well, my gosh, this has been, this has been an incredible whirlwind. It has I'm just I'm so grateful to, to spend the time with you. I'm excited to share you with listeners. People will be I'm sure. very intrigued and interested to listen to the amazing stories, honestly, like it. We've been chatting now for two hours, and I could I could if I didn't have somewhere to be, I'd be still I'd be having you. I just honestly would would really welcome another time that we could do this.

Be great. tours with Daniel, and I'd love to just get into that sexual life, which

Ali Perry-Davies: is yes. Yes. Absolutely. Because that's

my sort of focus is where is it's the, from here on segment. Well,

Ali Perry-Davies: let's, let's take a couple more minutes and chat about that at least like,

well, you know, Daniel, I ran into an open mic, and this is just how life happens for music in this town. Yes. And, you know, he's, he's, he's a troubled kid. No, when I found out that he had been homeless. It was just that he told me the story, that a story about his family, living on the farm and how he was kicked by a cow and was in coma for three months. Oh my gosh, I used to beat him and burn him and just just horrendous. He's only 33. And he's been out on his own for so long. But he has this innate, and he's broken English, like, you know, hard to understand. But, and he never took a lesson or anything. He's just a natural, he has a natural gift with the harmonica. And like, he's really something else to behold. And as you know, he he knows a lot about the musical properties of those scales and things but, but his timing is not good. But he so he reacts totally differently. It's this really organic rah rah way that he plays no It works great with the kind of stories I tell and the songs we do. And, and because they're not totally, they're never only a few times or the actual 12 bar blues. And, and he's just gifted. And he also, he's got this van, but he can't get his license because he can pass the driving test. But he's dyslexic, so he can't pass the written test. And they won't accommodate him to help him. Really, yeah, it's really, really bizarre and very conscious of stuff. He's very aware. He's got an unbelievable survival instinct. He knows, like, if he's in the woods, he can survive in the woods. He can lay, he knows how to light fires, knows how to build stuff. He knows all about mushrooms, plants, herbs, everything that has to do, he knows how to take care of himself in the cold. Because he was on the street, and just a remarkable kid. And he also got me into fishing. Oh, wonderful. So he takes me out busy. So it's quite a buzz. Again, he's a gifted kid. And we're getting such great responses. And I just sent out to every, we did some Canadian Legion gigs. And they were so great that I decided way up. We were up in Texas and gold River, way up and it went over so great. So I thought okay, here's the business move. So I just emailed literally, every Legion in British Columbia and the Yukon, Alberta and Saskatchewan. And, you know, it's been Christmas. So we're waiting for some reply.

Ali Perry-Davies: Right? So it'll be a new year, probably

in the last few days have gotten eight replies. Everyone wants us for gigs. So I'm thinking I thought maybe I'd get 10% I'd be happy. But it's like literally every single one I've ever, ever wanted sent, no one sent back saying sorry, weekend, everyone says back saying, Great. Let's get a date. So I'm going to we're going to first second week of April, we're going over to the eastern part of of DC, coming back. And then we have a week going up to the top of the tacis. And, and then I'm going to go up to the Yukon, which is I wanted to go their bucket list thing for me is territories. So we're going to go up there and play. And it's like, here's another revival of my early life where all I did was tour. And I you know, due to economic circumstances in the music industry, everything is prohibitive to do it anymore. Yes. To think you cannot forget disregarding gas, but just thought you can get gigs, Friday, Saturday, anywhere. But what are you going to do on Tuesday and Wednesday? You know, when you're in the middle of Saskatchewan? Yes. You know, now I've got all these leeches the ones and so I'm going to I'm going to create a project that is going to be a Canadian Legion tour. No clubs, just a want to be represented in the Canadian Legion. And we'll start with British Columbia, and the Yukon and we'll see if we can go all the way across the country just doing legions and create a little documentary of this journey. This

Ali Perry-Davies: is very interesting. Did you know that David is part of you and David must talk that he's part of what's the initials Military Police ride for me. Anyway, so it's part of a motorcycle thing, right? For the for the military police. Oh, and and we he's not police but they so why I'm saying this is that it's a fundraiser for for blind and visually impaired children. And it goes across Canada. And he's he does the he does the BC ones and they and they go to every Legion. Yeah, in beasts. Well, not every Legion because they can't go to every Legion but and then across Canada. The this ride every year goes across Canada so so it starts in BC they travel around for a week or so when they go to all the Legions then they go to those who are going to extend it. Then they go to Alberta and then they travel around all the legions and then they go to so it's just you guys overlap so much. And he's a bass player too but nobody It's a lot of overlap with you guys. This close. We must get together. Absolutely. Yeah. Oh, that's gonna be one. I love that, that we will chat. Well, I'd love to chat to you about that. Yeah, I have ideas. I have ideas to pass to you. There we go.

I'm open. I'm an open book. I'm ready for anything. Anything. There's my, my thing. I'm ready. I'm ready for anything. Yeah. Yeah, that's every experience possible from here on in.

Ali Perry-Davies: It is well, there's just and there's something there's something about the legions and your passion for songwriting and historical things that just makes me makes me, here's something. Here's this little story. I'm going to tell you. It has nothing to do with allegiance. Maybe it does. I don't. I thought it was thinking about this when you're talking about Europe, when David and I went to Europe. My uncle is buried in the rabbit and Warsaw cemetery in in Italy. Right. So he, he and the longer story is at my my mom's birth family. She had a brother and a sister and her. The parents divorced the month of the sister, the father took the brother and had my mom for a little while, but belty couldn't keep them all. And she she stayed with neighbors for about a year from house to house till she was adopted. Okay, then she saw Uncle Billy that was his name. And, and when they were young, and then they wouldn't allow them to adopt them to the people who did. And then she never saw him again. And when she finally did hear from him, of him again, it was a newspaper article, where he was posthumously receiving this award for a Military Medal for his for bravery in, in in battle. Okay, so that's the backstory. David and I go to Italy, in part of our touring around there, and specifically Italy was to I wanted to see his is his grave. And so we flew in and while we were making our arrangements, we decided this first night, we flew into Rome, and we were going to stay in this little town and then go up into Ravena, the next day. And so we stayed in this little town called Remini. And we beautiful little town, isn't it just lovely. It was in May. So it was before the sun, you know, to them, they think think it's cool. There were, you know, you know, Canadians were when shorts, practically. They're all bundled. While we were. It was the one little town that we really spent a lot of time in, and we wandered it and I took pictures everywhere. And I thought there's some connection to this town. It's just so interesting to me. And so then we the next day, we went up to Ramona, it was interesting, we got lost, vulnerable, we finally found it, then there it was the day after is Israeli, sort of like Remembrance Day. And we met this wonderful Israeli guy who had been a general and we just he gave us this beautiful Jewish blessing. It was a beautiful, beautiful day, right? So all of these things occurred. And it was very powerful as a Muslim not trying to make little of it. It was it was a huge deal, too, for both of us. And for me, I was just I didn't know it was I was so blown away by it. Then David, I didn't know had sent away for all my uncle's war records to make something for my mom. Yeah. And when we got it, David can go on and show the map. So they battled hard, and it was long, and then they had a month off. Will it were the next the other platoon went in for a while. And wouldn't you know, it was in what is now a remedy. That's where my uncle

so you had this vibe in that place. It

Ali Perry-Davies: was just I never felt connected to any place like I did to there. Yeah, that's a great. Isn't it just amazing. And then where he actually lost his life was just, you know, here's Remini on the coast here and revenues up that way and just over this way, and I don't recall the actual land that that he died on, but it was all in that area. And so it was I I don't know, I don't even know what made me think of that right now. But it was just we also have all these stories, right? And we have these things that happen and why Do they happen? And how does that work? And how did I, you know, I go off on my little Twilight Zone music thing here, but there's just a way that we're also connected. And we, if we stay aware, we will feel there's a way that land holds energy, land holds energy. And I, when I walk on in certain places, I, I'm very open to that. And I and I feel that and I know that and I, and you and I have chatted about before about your experiences energetically going when you're traveling self. And I don't know, there's, there's a whole bunch of conversations, we're going to need to how

you know, this is life.

Ali Perry-Davies: Yes, this is life. But he right. So you so you, and I guess I've not really been sure other than I have a brain injury, and I get, and I take rabbit trails easily. But you were talking about Daniel, and and some of the things that that that you've noticed with him and how he just has this way about him. And I'm not sure what I hope it's, I hope when I listened to this back, I will have any idea how I got off into my uncle didn't matter. It

was a great story.

Ali Perry-Davies: So, so one of the things that will that I'll do is I'll have your contact information. So listen, people are listening to these, and they will want to get to know you better. And they will want to hear your music.

Oh, yeah. Give you my site. Yeah,

Ali Perry-Davies: and I'll have all of that will be in the in the show notes. So I'll just email you that. Yes, we'll get all of that. And, and then people will know and and around the time when this comes out. And this will I'm guessing it'll be around. I'm not sure but probably around February or something when these start to come out. That's kind of my guess, I guess off the top of my head. I'm not sure but but but then we'll we'll make sure that we have all the dates of where people can see you. And oh, I know where it was I Oh, thank goodness or made some sense. It's you traveling them you traveling doing the legions? That's what that's what is because legionnaires, they're still there are a lot of people who are legion members who are much, who may be more aware of how we are actively participating in, in history at any given moment. And, and not everyone is always aware of that, that we're just living our life. But but all of us. You know, when my grandkids when the pandemic started, I said to them, I don't know how long this is going to happen. But what I'm telling you is this as the you are right now living in something that will be discussed a lot in history, you are this is this is a very specific moment in history. And and a lot of people who end up serving overseas and doing the things that they do, I think sometimes are maybe because of that are a little bit more aware. I don't know if that's even the right word. I'm not sure what the word is. That would be correct. But how we're living in history. So I I can see you being such a gift to people who go to the leap like they will get you. Oh,

I have no doubt. Yeah. The amazing thing is even like when I do the open mics, and that we play one one, which is at the Hoyne Brewery Company down on wharf and fiscal No, Harold Harold Brewing Company not okay. And they have an open mic there. It's great. It's fantastic one. And that was what I was doing with Daniel, and I was noticing that everyone was young. There's something you notice

Ali Perry-Davies: when you're not so much, and

you see if I can connect with anyone who's older than 30 here. But you know, they're young young people come in, and it was just great to hear. Hear the response of young folks, as I'm talking about something which which is, you know, which I wouldn't have or things I would say in a song that I wouldn't think really, a lot of people would get unless you were of a certain now they're quirky little philosophical traits or names of philosophers that are in my music, some of the songs, and you know, I say them and then I'd hear the audience chuckle and thinking, Oh my God, they're they they know who Schopenhauer is like, whoever and recite. Yes. Okay, this is great. I know. I'm on level footing here. So yes, go and then young generation ways is like, they just go ballistic. And I'm going this is perfect. Yes, they they get him and they're, they're getting me. This is like a, it's a it's called this is one thing, because, you know, they look at me and they think, wow, here's this old. Here's this old guy and he's up there playing like, right? They think of that like that. Here's my grandfather's age, and he is, so they kind of wigged out on that. And they think that's cool. Right? It's just what I do, but they think of it as like, my grandfather. Just he can barely why?

Ali Perry-Davies: Yes. Well, I

mean, it's a kind of a neat juxtaposition. The two of us traveling around. It's like, you know, grandpa and grandson. It's beautiful. This kind of the stick itself, right. said that I said, this is Daniel Brown. He's my son. Everyone goes, Oh, is it not really? It's great. Ah,

Ali Perry-Davies: well, I can't wait to see I'm I'll I'll be watching for next time. You're playing locally and and? Yeah,

I'll let you know like January 5, and playing at the loft. With Daniel. I'm gonna be posting that anyway.

Ali Perry-Davies: Okay, good. Good. Yeah. Cuz my memory issues now. It'll be you'll forget about it. Well, thank you. This is this is great. And and I just really appreciate you taking the time and sharing these

stories. For me, Ellie. Oh, yeah,

Ali Perry-Davies: I'm just happy to see you. I'm happy to

be able to tell some of these things. I feel like I'm talking to my therapist. I've had a session and yours. Good.

Ali Perry-Davies: I've got my new gongs here. I just

invoice me. Yes. That's awesome.

Ali Perry-Davies: Well, thank you so much, Lonnie.

Thank you. Really, this

Ali Perry-Davies: has just been great. And for everyone listening. Thanks so much for coming and spending some time with us today. And, and yeah, just hearing the treasure. That is Lonnie glass. That's awesome. Thanks so much again for hanging out with us. This is Ali and find your joy know that your love

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