[FM] David LaMotte in Bosnia

[Maryl Neff]

Dear friends,

Some of you know that I've been in Bosnia for several months now working for 
the Army on a base near Tuzla. Originally I'd been told that I'd be the 
entertainment coordinator, and I had great hopes to try to get some people 
from the contemporary acoustic circuit in the US over here to play. As it 
turns out, I'm handling tours and publicity instead.

Be that as it may, I received an e-mail from David LaMotte a couple of 
months ago saying that he was going to be in Sarajevo in October and were we 
interested in having him perform. Through several e-mails between David and 
others here, we managed to make it happen.

David performed here last Saturday night to a most appreciative crowd. I 
know it was an unusual setting for him -- after all, just about everybody in 
the room was dressed in camoflauge uniforms and armed, too. It was a good 
evening on many levels -- for me, just to see a familiar face from home was 
great, not to mention getting to see David perform a lot of songs from his 
new album that I hadn't heard before. The people who were in the audience 
enjoyed talking to David afterwards, and they've been coming up to me all 
week saying how great it was to hear David AND to have some sort of 
entertainment other than a cover band for a change. He really touched people 
with his songs. And the one-star general who caught part of the show 
compared his voice and style to "Sweet Baby James" and was wowed by the 
guitar solo.

I had the pleasure of driving into Sarajevo to pick David up and then 
returning him the day after the show. It was a treat to catch up on what 
he's been doing as well as what some mutual acquaintances over there have 
been up to. In short, I enjoyed visiting with David and experiencing a 
little touch of home through the concert.

If you haven't heard his new album, you'll want to. The lyrics/tune from one 
of his songs keeps rolling around in my head. . . "There's no time like the 
present. . . There's no present like time."

Alive and well in Bosnia,
Maryl Neff