Hello my dear readers, if you are still following this blog. I won't blame if you don't. Despite the effort to come back here and find the inspiration, I've been absent for quite some time. Sorry for that! I'll try to stop by 2-3 times per week and give you some interesting "news" or my insights on different topics, but mainly guitars, guitar players and music.

So, lets get back to the topic! The title is "Does it get any better?!". What does?! Well I'll share my story with you, right now, right here.

This weekend was one of the best in my life, mainly because of two reasons. The first one is personal and will remain so, at least for the time being. The second one is an event. The exceptional, awesome kind of event :).
I'm pretty sure that for the foreigners (and for the most of the Macedonians as well) the name Jakov Drenkovski doesn't mean much! Well, it means a lot to me! With all due respect to the rest of the Macedonian musicians (only a few of them!!!) Jakov is probably the best ever! So this event we went to was called "Jakov and friends" and was and hour and a half acoustic performance! And WOW what a performance it was.

He sang his greatest songs and ended the night with the magical "Skitnik". Here's the music video. It's antique by the way :).

I really can't find the right words to express what I truly want to say here. Let's put it this way - "Does it get any better than to listen your favorite song ever, at a live performance by its creator?!" I don't think so! The emotions were all over the place. He was one with the songs and he was one with the crowd! His latest CD, The Best Of, is on sale so make sure you buy it! It's a piece of Macedonian music history!

His music, "Skitnik" in particular, was my inspiration to pick up the guitar in the first place. So, having that in mind, thank you Jakov, for being the musician that you are, and maybe more important, for being the one of a kind person!