Checking in from Portland (gig today and am in Seattle tomorrow)- overall, just an incredibly fun run of west coast dates – thanks to everyone for coming out in the desert southwest, too! My good buddy, Joel Tipke, will open the Portland and Seattle shows so come out early for a great night of music.  You can get tickets here:  http://www.andymckee.com/tour/

I just posted a Festival date for Bangkok Thailand Bangkok Acoustic Guitar Celebration on 30 October. This will be my first time in Thailand and am super-psyched. Looking to lock a bunch of other Asian and Oceania dates right around that time frame – so please keep watching for updates.

Got a great contest running with the nice folks at eMusic – you get tickets to the July 13 Chicago show at Lincoln Hall and a private guitar lesson with me before the gig. This is a limited time contest so you need to enter asap:  http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/314193/win-a-guitar-lesson-from-andy-mckee-and-tickets-to-his-show-black-version-

Press continues to roll along – I just did an interview with Acoustic Guitar magazine and the current Guitar World mag with Ozzy on the cover has a nice feature article too that I had a lot of fun doing! Here’s a sneak peek at the cover: http://www.guitarworld.com/new_issue_preview_august_2010 … had a nice piece in the recent Vintage Guitar magazine, as well…. Go check these fine mags out on the newsstands.

After tomorrow, I am off to Canada for some exceptionally cool shows – so come by and say hello at these gigs – and, then I take a brief break before the next run of US gigs that will go through the end of July.

Catch up with you all very soon.

Your pal, Andy