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MK Cancer Update
(updated 02/14)

"ok... so here we go. looooong time since i posted and it's been a long, strange trip indeed.

i’m guessing many of you have already heard the phenomenal news that we got our pet/CT scan results a couple daze early and i have officially been pronounced cancer-free!!! woooohooooo indeed!!!

i am blown away and am full of life and gratitude... and joy at the prospect of picking up the guitar again and rejoining the ongoing parade, party and dance/concert and family that is RatDog....

i cannot express in words NEARLY enough thanks and appreciation for all of you that have travelled this road with me offering love and support and encouragement along the way... the power of the kind of energy this community offered me is something unlike anything i'd ever experienced and absolutely had a giant hand in my healing... along with a lot of amazing experiences that were definately not coincidence and that have strengthened my belief in the essential goodness of people and life and experience. praise be to the universe and to that which we choose to call God... however that shows up for each of us!

i cannot BEGIN to thank my medical folks at UCSF... dr. alan kramer, dr. david eisele, dr. jeanne quivey, my chemo nursing staff fred, dana & trina & the gentlest blood sampler on the planet, tom. these people brought me thru the physical treatment with strength, knowledge, encouragement and definately put in effort beyond the call of duty... and the same goes for my alternative healers yen wei choong, carey lee, david kitts and elly winchell. acupuncture, body & energy healing and spiritual guidance kept me on a path of joy and healing when i might otherwise have gotten lost in my own mind amongst technical data and statistics. thank and bless you ALL.

during the past few months i’ve really enjoyed the few moments onstage i've been lucky enough to have stolen over the past several months... especially joining the doggies in december for a good chunk of their show as well as the recent kick-*** obama benefit at the warfield in SF. whatta ball! but mostly i cannot wait to get back to where i truly belong... onstage with my dawg brothers... playing for my friends and family

and hey luke... you can let your hair grow again man. heck, it looks like i may soon be sporting an afro with my new post-chemo curls... LOL!

MUCH love, life and many blessings to my family, bandmates, friends, docs, and my extended fan family. thank you!

and now... let's boogie!!!! MK"
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RATDOG
TOUR DATES


Sat-May 31
Hampton Beach, NH.
Casino Ballroom

Sun-June 1
Hunter, NY.
Mountain Jam

Fri-June 20
Eugene, OR.
Cuthbert Theatre
(w/Govt Mule)

Sat-June 21
Seattle, WA.
Wamu Theatre
(w/Govt Mule)

Mon-June 23
Boise, ID.
Idaho Botanical Garden
(w/Govt Mule)

Tues-June 24
Salt Lake City, UT.
The Depot
(w/Govt Mule)

Tues-June 27
Murphys, CA.
Ironstone Ampitheatre
(w/Govt Mule)

Sat-June 28
Indio, CA.
Fantasy Springs Casino

Tues-July 1
San Diego, CA.
Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
(w/Govt Mule)

Wed-July 2
San Diego, CA.
Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
(w/Govt Mule)

Sat-July 4
Quincy, CA.
High Sierra Music Festival

Sun-July 6
Jacksonville, OR.
Britt Pavilion

Wed-July 9
Saratoga, CA.
Mountain Winery
(w/Govt Mule)

Thurs-July 10
Saratoga, CA.
Mountain Winery
(w/Govt Mule)


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