Richard Norton's Blog

Well, I got back home after spending the Easter weekend with James. What a great time. Judy and I drove up with James to a vineyard in the Hunter Valley and enjoyed a phenomenal concert with James and Carole King. What a pocket rocket is Carole. I just didn’t realise how many unbelievable songs that Carole King has written in her career. It was so refreshing to listen to lyric’s that actually mean something and are written from personal life experiences. It really was very heart warming. It was so cool to reminisce with James about the years of touring together during the 70′s and 80′s. My mate George Adams had dinner with us one night and was fascinated to hear about how into the different Martial Arts, James’ son Ben is. I also got to spend some time with band members like Russ Kunkel, Leeland Sklaar, Danny Korchmar and Arnold McCullor. All legendary session musicians and dear friends. I guess the thing that really meant a lot to me is that friendships forged so long ago never die and are just as cherished today. judy and I are looking forward to visiting James at his home in the US when we get back later this year.