As good as the music was in DC, there was a light that shined even brighter than the music. The love and support of friends and family. I left the NC show on my way to DC with a sadness that began to creep up on me from He's Gone at the NC show. Fortunately, the love and support from the community provided a safety net for me to move forward from.

Driving to the DC show, my phone rang, my brother knew I was feeling depressed about certain aspects of the show in NC. He decided being the person, brother and best friend that he is, that he was going to get a rental car and share the DC and VA shows with me. Standing on Shakedown, I heard my name called out from the distance. There stood my brother, waiting to embrace me with a warm hug and reassurance that the darkness in the community was bound to falter.

Anyone that has been to show on this tour knows what I am speaking about. A combination of violence, dog fights, thievery and general disrespect for one another. Not to say everyone on the lot is participating in these things we would rather not see, but a new generation that feels this is the way things should be. Having experience the community for over 15 years, things were not like this nor do they need to be.

Looking back to years ago, fights were stopped when they started, dogs were treated with self control, stealing was unheard of and love resonated throughout the community. We are at junction, how do you want our community to be viewed? How do we change the trend and return to those days brightness?

This Darkness Has Got To Give