Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011

In many respects this year was a challenging one – for us and for many of our friends. If overcoming adversity builds character then I think it’s safe to say there are some real characters roaming around the musical landscape! We hope you'll join us in facing the changing times ahead with an open heart, an open mind and an optimistic attitude. At midnight we will give a heartfelt toast those who are no longer with us but are never to be forgotten. We resolve to show affection and appreciation those we care about and to be kinder and more patient in the coming year, and to never let our dreams die.

Tonight we ring in a new year and a new decade. Looking back, we are filled with gratitude for the encouragement, the energy, and the adventures that you - our friends, family, fans and business associates – have shared with us and have sent our way over the past six years. You have, and always will play a huge role in our musical journey. Without all of you… well, we’d probably be jamming in a basement somewhere instead of sharing our music with people around the globe. We never, ever forget that.

When we started the Rusty Wright Band back in 2004 Rusty and I had been professional musicians for most of our lives. Over the years we’d settled onto the path of least resistance, playing cover tunes for good money, but the thought of filling our years with more of the same was… unappealing. Today there is an unending selection of great original music by independent music artists thanks to innovators like Derek Sivers and websites like CDBaby. Indie artists of all genres can now carve out a musical niche if they are willing to work hard and invest in their music career but in the early part of the decade, the idea was heady, exhilarating, and more than a little scary – especially for a middle aged couple deciding to give the proverbial finger to reigning social attitudes which said we weren’t young enough and pretty enough to be musically relevant. Fast forward six years. Wow. Six very gratifying and challenging years filled with music and new friendships, learning experiences and adventures. We hope you’ll stick with us a while longer because we’re confident the best is yet to be.

From all of us in the Rusty Wright Band to all of you, wishing you and yours all things bright and beautiful in this fine new year we have ahead of us. In the immortal words of Spock, "Live long and prosper." ;-)