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Holiday special on music!
Texas bound and Fall Updates.
Happy fall!!! At least technically. It’s still pretty hot here today. But it is the start of fall. I have no idea what that means. I’m headed to Texas this week, to the Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference (or SWRFA, if you’re feeling hip). It should be three days of not sleeping, playing music, hanging … [Read more…]
Who are your heroes?
If Darrell Scott played guitar in your band at a club show on a Saturday night, everyone who heard it would swear he was the best guitar player they had ever heard. If he sang at that gig, they would swear he was the best singer they had ever heard. If he played his songs, … [Read more…]
Myths and Legends
I grew up with Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. If you aren’t from Minnesota we’ll forgive you for not knowing what that is. Click the link. Later on, I heard the John Henry story, probably in the Johnny Cash version, but there are so many versions. The John Henry story is an archetypal American … [Read more…]
Backyard Rock-n-Roll
Ah Summer! Hope yours is starting well. One of the joys of the particular small town I live in is that we get more good music than any other town of 2000 that I know of. Last night Son Volt, yes you heard me, Son Volt!, played about 500 yards from my house. They were … [Read more…]
Goodbye February, Hello New Toys!
This winter has been a grind. Not sure why, but it has. So goodbye and good riddance February. John Lennon was (I have read, but this story is probably apocryphal, like most stories of its kind) once asked, what was his favorite instrument to compose/write with or on? His answer, supposedly, was “I’m an artist … [Read more…]
Rocking in the New Year!
Howdy all you interweb folks. I hope you and yours are having a good start to the New Year. I was traveling with my family on New Years, which was a great way to ring in 2018, and I’m just getting back to musicland this week. To start, I got to see American Aquarium at … [Read more…]
Fall Already!?! September 2017 Update
It seems like every year about this time I’m writing the same post, which amounts to, “holy crap, where did the time go?” That said, summer was great, and I love fall. So other than the speed of the whole thing, I can’t complain. Over the course of four days in July and August I … [Read more…]
Things are cooking in July
I had a great show in Fort Collins at Swing Station back in June, then was traveling with my family for a while. Thanks @swingstationlaporteco ! That was a really fun Sunday afternoon. A post shared by Jay Stott (@jgstottmusic) on Jun 12, 2017 at 8:03am PDT So it’s back to work in July! Show … [Read more…]
New Home!!! (and Happy Memorial Day)
Happy Memorial Day everyone. It wasn’t intended as a holiday event, but this weekend I launched a new website. So if you are reading this, congrats, you found your way here. The old one was a self made thing that I put up quite a few years ago, and it was long overdue for some … [Read more…]