Operation 365 2… Blog 86

Operation 365 2 – Jefferson Jay – Originals – 86 “Spades Hearts Clubs and Diamonds” by Jefferson Jay

Welcome to Day 86 of Operation 365 2, the official day of getting thrown out of a bar for life. 

Last year, I had the pleasure of working an event with my dear friend John Warner. As a new San Diegan, in 2000, I met John at a show featuring the finest poster artists in the city at the time. We hit it off right away. Fast friends, we acme. Since then, John’s stock has skyrocketed. He moved to Austin, killed it there, started making posters fro bigger and bigger artists and now he helps run some of our country’s biggest festivals and does poster work for essentially whomever he feels like it. He did the poster for David Gilmnour’s 2016 tour. It’s an amazing poster and the work he’s now doing for moe. and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead and tons of other people is simply world-class.

So now that you know about John a little, we were driving around in his golf cart setting up the big event in San Bernardino and we met a fellow who had the same tattoo as John in the same place. It was a big one, a sleeve essentially featuring the four symbols that have lived on playing cards since the 14th century, “Spades Hearts Clubs and Diamonds.” It was a cool moment and later that night, when I was back in my hotel room, I wrote this tune. So here it is for John, a great man, whose success is hugely deserved and equally inspiring. It’s great to see an amazing artist compensated justly for his skills. Hail Bro!

Operation 365 2– Jefferson Jay – Covers – 86 “Hotline Bling” by Drake

This here "Hotline Bling" comes very special request to my brother, Some Guy. That's his stage name. His parents didn't really name him Some Guy, but who's parents really named them anything really. life happens and it can have an effect on one's name. Trust me. So I'd never hear "Hotline Bling: or any Drake song for that matter when the request rolled in, but I watched the video once or twice, played the song a couple times and the rest is now. Catchy little jam. Hail Canada. Go Drake. 

Here's hopping people love "Hotline Bling" enough for me to get more hits on this video than any of my previous 1400 some-odd videos. But, ultimately whatever, this, like so many other things, we can not control. Gotta love it any way it goes. 

Operation 365 2 – Jefferson Jay – Words – 86 “Great Things Happen”

So to finish up today's 365, I shared some heartfelt words about perspective and enjoying life. Even the little things are cause for a huge celebration: breathing fresh air, seeing the sun. Even getting up on the morning is a reason to jump up, click your heels and shout "Woo hoo!" Hooray for you!