Dear Funtazia,

You are very welcome...it was truly an honor and a distinct pleasure to be able to spend some time with the one and only, my favorite co-frontman and guitar player of all time, the inimitable, Mr French.  Truly a gentleman, was he!

Donna

T,

Well, either I am a very good actress (I know that I am not, you can pretty much just look at me and know how my day is going) or Mr. French did a mighty fine job of pretending not to notice that I was about to pass out.  My money's on the latter! Calm I was not!

I did listen, I heard that, bless his heart!   He knows I love my Queensryche and how totally psyched I am for OMC II!!!!  Can't wait!!!  (Sorry, OT mention in a TS thread...call out the board police!!!)

How's the wee one?  About the tour book, since I spend half my life in my car, maybe I should just drop it off in your mail box???  Let me know what you think.

MP - I recorded it, you're welcome to it...

Take Care,

D

Donna,

Hands down an awesome interview.

I’m sure that your modesty is appreciated by all, however, it is incredibly misplaced.  You may claim that your are nothing more than a scribe but those who have met you understand that there is so much more involved than that.

I certainly admit that it is an incredible statement about the character of Twisted themselves that the band relishes one of their fans so much that they give you the access that they do.  On the other hand I feel that only a certain personality would be so agreeable that such a situation come to fruition.  In other words, it is only because you are such a sincere and dedicated person that an interview of this quality could be obtained.  It is only because you have carried such a fire in your heart about this for so long that the members of TS genuinely consider you a friend and therefore you were able to achieve the honesty so apparent in your interview.  I hold no illusions that any other person could not have accomplished this.

You may very well have been as nervous as you intimate, but if Jay Jay did not value your contribution to this band’s history so much the words you recorded would have never been spoken.

There is no one who could have done this better.  It is phenomenal that the S.M.F’s have a great connection with those like Danny Stanton who is not only Twisted’s manager but also a fan and who strives to present all of the latest official information.  However, I argue that only such honesty could be shared with and from someone who’s interest is so organizationally free of any other motive of the band’s path that it could singly be shared with you.

I thank you that your commitment is not only to the band, but to sharing the innermost working of the band with the other fans who share your interest.

I have no doubts that your next interview will be every bit as much, if not more so, groundbreaking.

Best always,

CG (and J)