John, I guess I would say go for the El Paso gig. One regret I have this late in life is that I did not spend more of it living in different parts of the country. Of course, I should have moved to Florida a whole lot sooner than I did as well. Problem is, you don't really learn the important things in life until most of the more influential decisions to make have already passed.
And if you call what I do, "sitting pretty", you really have no idea what it is like around here...
I'm surprised you didn't stop in at the Raleigh show at the end of August. You're living in North Carolina now, aren't you?