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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
Well, either spring has sprung early or Climate Change is gonna kill us all. Maybe something in the middle…who knows. I’ve been writing songs and messing around with synching audio with video, in the hopes that I’ll be able to kick out some videos this year with higher sound quality. I’m not there yet. I … [Read more…]
Out with the old, on to the next. There’s been a lot of 2016 bashing going on, and I can’t entirely disagree. It had its shitty moments. We lost Prince, Bowie, Princess Leia, Merle Haggard and Guy Clark. To name a few. A lot of people I know and love had a tough go this … [Read more…]