Whew- it’s hot, and I haven’t posted an update in forever! Winter was long, and we complained. Today it’s 90 degrees or more, and we are complaining. Apparently we just complain. Last night we had one heck of a hail storm while I was playing at Cannon Mine in Lafayette. Now my truck is dented. … [Read more…]
Updates and a cover song.
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…]
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…]
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…]