WISHING YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

IMAGINE

Twenty five years ago I was sat in the Comedy Store on Sunset Strip, West Hollywood and a waitress approached my table with a drink for me, she was crying. I asked her if she was alright and she replied, "John Lennon has been shot dead this evening in New York!" I downed my drink in one and went straight home and watched the television news in disbelief. Innocence was driven much further back into my memory.

Tour Digital Images

I thought it was about time I posted a few more snaps on Ye Olde Blogge!!!!

CROKE PARK REVISITED

I was thinking the other day what an amazing few days we spent in Dublin last summer and what a pleasure it was to work at such an event!So here's a few more snaps.

VERTIGO MEMORIES

More Vertigo tour photographs that remind me of the summer tour around Europe and all those warm sunny days!!!

TOUR PHOTO'S

Here's a few more pics from the tour.

BACK FROM MY HOLS

Hi everyone, I just got back from Marmaris Turkey where me and the family had a two week vacation sampling the sun, sea, and markets of Turkey. It was hot and sunny everyday except for one night when there was an incredible electic storm. I am still going through pics I took on tour and will be publishing more in the future!

LOOKING AT THE WORLD THROUGH A WINDSCREEN

All these shots were taken through the windows of my truck.

More Tour Photographs

I am now sat at home in the living room and have selected a few more shots for you all. As I look out of the window a Teesside blue sky is greeting me (steely grey)I must get on and book this late deal holiday!!!

OFF TO NORTH AMERICA

After a long drive of over 2000 kilometers I arrived at Southampton Docks on Wednesday morning and there I said goodbye to my Genny's. They are now on a ship bound for New York and some other job. After writing this blog for the past couple of months I will now tell you something of myself.
My name is Graham Wright (G.W.) and I have been involved in the music business for over 30 years as a backline roadie, stage carpenter and truck driver. I am also an artist and author, I recently co-authored a book about touring in the seventies titled "How Black was our Sabbath" check it out on Amazon, it's a view from the crew!(If you enjoyed the blog you might enjoy the book)
Thats all for now I am now going down to my local village pub for a pint of beer the first in two months!!!

JERRY & GENNY

Here are a few shots taken before the blog emerged, earlier on the tour.

GOODBYE FROM GENNY WORLD

It's a goodbye from all the crew on Genny World and Jake, We all hope to be back in the future. As I said there will be more posts on this site over the next few weeks. I am heading for England after the show tonight and will be taking my family on holiday!

THE LAST ONE ?

First of all I would like to say what a pleasure it has been to share this weblog with everyone and it's been great fun selecting the photo's to post and writing the brief descriptions of our journeys. So here we are at the last gig of this leg of the Vertigo tour. Sadly Genny World will not be going to North America on the next leg of the tour (they don't use Genny's in Arena's) but may be resurrected on future European outings! This does not mean I will cease posting on this site as I have still got to take my generator to Southampton England and put it on a ship to the USA. I will also be posting some more photo's of the tour in the future so pop back now and then.
Yesterday it reached 43 degree's in gennyworld and it looks like another hot one today! MORE POSTS LATER TODAY!

ESTADIO JOSE ALVALADE LISBON

Yesterday saw us have a rare liesurely drive from Madrid to Lisbon. The trucks drifted into Lisbon from early afternoon onwards. Last night, most of the drivers had a end of tour drink in a local bar. (oooh me head)Today is the production set up for the last gig on this leg of the tour. Whats happening to Genny World, all will be revealed in the next few posts.

ESTADIO VICENTE CALDERON MADRID

We left San Sebastian Donastia in the early hours of yesterday morning and drove up the long hills to Vitoria then to Burgos and down the A1 to Madrid, it was a relatively short drive of 6 hours. To our suprise it was cloudy and cool yesterday, almost stageco cardigan weather! Considering the very tight space allowed for the load in, the cool weather was a real bonus and yet again the production crews and truck drivers did stirling work and everything was ready by 8pm last night. Today the crowds have been building up outside the stadium since early this morning. The stadium is home to Atletico Madrid the other famous Madrid football team.

SAN SEBASTIAN ANOETA STADIUM

The Nou Camp was a huge success and the load out was huge too! Not the easiest of places to load in and out of, but amazingly we were all away by 5am and it was a late show. The drive to San Sebastian was about 7 hours and some very long steep hills to navigate, the stunning views and lush landscape of the Basque region made up for it though. Everything is ready for tomorrows show and it is a warm evening.