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Date Posted: 00:22:46 12/21/03 Sun
Author: John Wolmar
Subject: Fifth Avenue - Novi, MI

Was looking forward to Josh's return to the Motor City and planned the night out months in advance. Guess I should have checked the schedule before going. The itinerary listed two shows Fri. Dec. 19th at 5th Avenue in Royal Oak and Sat. Dec. 20th at 5th Avenue in Novi, MI. Since Novi was close to home (I live in Plymouth, MI), I planned on going to that show. Along with me I took Tony Piccoli, a prog rock drummer who was the backbone of my band in 1989 called Warhorse. Tony later went on to play with Josh Ford and bassist Shaun Flynn in "Fellowstone" a kind of blues-rock trio in the tradition of Eric Clapton's Cream. It was at a show on the Wayne State University Campus' Art Center Music Theatre located in Detroit's Cass Corridor that I realized just how talented Josh Ford was. Although they were the last band to go on, they were the highlight of the evening playing until 5:30AM to a still crowded room of adoring fans who were blown away by the performance which was held in an old funeral home. That was one of the most memorable nights I can recall. I remember Josh was driving a truck for a local fish monger and had borrowed the truck for the evening to move equipment and we were on the way to the gig. I was following in my van on i-75 with a group of assorted friends, groupies and musicians when Josh's truck broke down... we piled everything into my van and continued to the show. The Art Center Concert Series as it was called was run by a group of college students (mostly Dead Head types) who were selling home baked bread, veggie snax and sugar cubes to the crowd. The latter explaines why my recollection of the nights festivities is somewhat vague after this point; let me just say that greatness was achieved and although perhaps only 50-60 people witnessed the phenomenon, few would forget, nor had they seen the last of Motor City Josh. As for the other two members of Fellowstone... that's a story for another day. Anyway, Tony (Josh's and my old drummer) and I went to see the show at the 5th Avenue in Novi, MI and were disapointed to find out that the show had been cancelled. What a bummer... I had been planning the outing for months. With my own birthday being on the 16th and Josh's being the 24th, I thought it would be quite a night of celebration. It would have been nice to see Josh and share a few drinks and memories, but I guess it was just not meant to be. I will have to follow the web site schedule more closely from now on. I wanted to bring a group of fans down from Detroit last year to the housewarming party, but couldn't get away from work. Well Josh, we hope you haven't forgotten us here in the Motor City, we would love to hang out and catch up sometime and as for myself even do a little fishin', which "we" never got a chance to do although I share your love of the activity (calling it a sport kind of kills the whole experience for me). At any rate, we wish you well and hope you look us up when you get back to Detroit. Just an end note: The band who played the 5th Avenue in your place, "Reverend Right Tyme" a funkadelic band with a chili peppers kind of feel was well worth the trip and definately worth checking out if they get down your way. Living like a king was an instant classic, Back to the country... seemed neccessary and the production was top notch if not a little over the top, I still love your live performance of Someone Else's Sho nuf gettin that good thing at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, MI; stringer full of blues peaks my interest, but I wonder how much more can be added beyond Goin' Fishin' (the ultimate fishin/blues song), the other live CD, I have yet to check out but am eager to aquire as in my ears, you are at your best doing what you love in front of a crowd. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and as your Brit fans say... all that rot! God Bless!

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