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Hi there Lovelies! It’s been a while and I am trying desperately to get back on track with blogging as there is tonnes and tonnes of amazing stuff going on of late! Firstly with the help of my lovely friends Emma and Donna..we were able to get the Song for Donna compilation up and running and what an AMAZING bunch of songs to be had, all for $5CAD (on a pay what you think it’s worth) scale. Please download a copy, you audiophiles can get everything up to FLAC for cheaps and you’re doing something good for someone exceedingly lovely and brave. This is a case of helping someone out who helps themselves. She’s already taken the initiative to travel to Costa Rica and then America to have treatment for her MS, and now she’s struggling under the weight of the costs. Your money will help her stay out of a care facility as long as possible and have time to rest and heal. She can do that much better at home than in a facility away from her beloved kitties Pita and Pepper. You can find the comp here….Songs for Donna on Bandcamp

Next in line is my new covers album!!! Finally! I am almost finished with it and it’s turning out to be a humdinger let me me tell you!!! I’m covering songs by Ron Sexsmith, Rob Szabo, Paul McCartney, The Lemonheads, Sixpence None the Richer, Henri Mancini, and many more!!! I am very pleased with the sound of this record…it’s stark and lovely and just like something you’d hear at one of my shows. I hope you love it too! I’ll let you all know when it’s ready for downloading. We’re also doing a deal on memory sticks…Steve and my entire back catalog along with video, Steve’s book, and both of our new albums for £25. Here’s a detailed list and the link where you can purchase one for your very own!

Lobelia albums:
040515 [2004]
Solitary World [1999]
(as yet untitled) brand new covers album [2011]

Steve Lawson and Lobelia albums:
Live In Nebraska [2008]
Live So Far [2010]

Steve Lawson albums:
And Nothing But The Bass [2000]
Not Dancing For Chicken [2002]
Grace And Gratitude [2004]
Behind Every Word [2006]
Ten Years On – Live In London [2010]
new solo album (title TBA) [2011]
assorted rarities [various years]
Other albums:
Steve Lawson and Trip Wamsley – Slow Food [2010]
Steve Lawson and Trip Wamsley – Infrablab [2010]
Lawson/Dodds/Wood – Numbers [2008]
Steve Lawson and Jez Carr – Conversations [2002]
Steve Lawson and Theo Travis – For The Love Of Open Spaces [2003]
Steve Lawson and Theo Travis – Live at CB2 (unreleased double live album) [2005]
Steve Lawson and Mike Outram – as-yet-untitled album [2011]

Video:
Steve Lawson live in Antwerp (45 mins) [2010]

PDF/ePub:
“Rock And Roll Is Dead” (novel) [2009]
Here’s Steve’s blog on the subject and scroll to the bottom for the pay pal button!

http://Steve’s Blog on Kickstarting without Kickstarted and the Paypal Link for our EVERYTHING Memory Stick

The time has come for us to go off into the wilds of America and play for the masses one house at a time! We’re so excited about seeing everyone again and of course meeting and playing for new lovelies along the way! We’re starting in NY and will be in NJ, PA, OH, WI, NE, TX, LA, TN, NC, VA, WV, GA and who knows where else we’ll end up! Email me if you need deets on dates.

Lastly, I have been offered a gig at Greenbelt this year, I’m playing on the Sun. August 28th at the Performance Cafe in the afternoon. Hope to see you there..I’ll have more details as the time draws near. I’m pretty excited to be able to give you a date in advance as the last couple times I’ve played Greenbelt have been rather impromptu and I’ve not been able to give anyone much notice. Check out the amazing lineup at Greenbelt 2011 So see you out there somewhere in the world soon! xoxLo.

Hi there! It’s been a long long long long time since I posted on this blog. There’s lots of reasons I could give…one being the little man that I gave birth to in Nov. 09, another was me thinking that I could could stop taking my meeds and still function. I started to wonder when I could no longer focus my eyes or think straight though a very very foggy brain. I hadn’t realized over the last 14 months how affected I was until I started feeling better. So now that I am, it’s time to get onto more important things! Let’s talk about my lovely friend Donna DeLorme!

Donna was diagnosed with MS in 1996, after a few bouts with optic neuritis. She was told that her MS was relapsing-remitting and that she would not likely have many problems. This wasn’t to be so, and just two years later she started having tingling and numbness in her right hand, a foot that dragged when she was tired, and blurred vision. As with anyone with a busy life, (I’ve been guilty of this for the entirety of my life so far) she ignored her body and symptoms and continued to work, even taking a very stressful job ’99. Within two weeks, she was blind in one eye, could barely walk and could not move the right side of her body.

Donna is one of the bravest people I know. She managed to keep her independence for many years by setting up a business and working from home. She eschewed the MS injections as they were not helping and making her feel horribly ill. She’s managed all this time with supplements and exercises, diet modifications and lots and lots of water…but unfortunately MS has her firmly in it’s grip and last year after quite a long stint in a care facility, she truly thought that she wouldn’t be able to come home again and would have to give up her beloved kittehs, Pita and Pepper. I’m sure it was through sheer force of will that Donna did come home, she managed to get things sorted with the help of friends and family and move into an apartment better suited to her needs and arrange just enough home care to get by.

Last July Donna went to Costa Rica to undergo Angioplasty treatment (read about CCSVI here) but was under-treated according to her latest diagnostics. Angioplasty for CCSVI is a hot topic, and is quite controversial, and many countries, including Canada do not allow the procedure. Here in Britain, the first treatments were done at a private clinic in Ediburgh in October of last year. So though you can have the procedure in the UK, it is not something available under the NHS.

We all had such great hopes for her treatment in Costa Rica, and to anyone who knows Donna, just the dramatic change in the way she looked after treatment was enough to make us believers. Unfortunately, her symptoms didn’t improve enough to give her the life-changing results that we were all hoping for. She needs further treatment and perhaps stents to keep the veins open and the blood flowing and that means a second treatment in America. Family and a few friends paid for the last procedure, and cannot afford to do so a second time.

Here’s where you come in! This is your chance to make a real change in the life of someone wonderful….someone who is a huge supporter of great music, a fighter, a lover, a loyal friend, someone who doesn’t take life for granted. So many of us never think about getting out of bed in the morning, being able to take ourselves to the bathroom, or make ourselves and our loved ones a meal. I can’t imagine not being able to reach out an pick up my son, to throw him up in the air while he squeals with delight…so many things
that I do without thinking on a day to day basis that are a struggle or just plain impossible for Donna. we’re putting together a wonderful compilation of great music…songs donated by some of the best musicians that can be found. All proceeds will go to help pay for Donna’s procedure. In the meantime, read her story, peruse her blog, and give a little something to help her out. Just a quid if you’ve not got much…believe me, it’ll help. We’ll let you know when we get the comp underway! Thanks for listening and for your help! Much love, Lo.