"[They are] the same boots I've played and recorded in for almost the last decade. Sentimentality aside, they don't make these boots anymore, as the company who makes them, Boodaz, went out of business around the time I got them. Those boots mean an awful lot to me, and you would have me as friend for life if you would find a way to have them returned to me."

So, if, for whatever reason, you were to gain knowledge of the whereabouts of Gene's bag, especially his boots, please contact his manager Rob Shallcross at rob@reversedrecords.com. Continues Gene:

"I had to play in tennis shoes for the first time in 17 years this weekend. They might as well have been ballet slippers. Okay, I'm gonna stop sniveling about it now. Thanks for listening."