We spent a lot of time in June staring at the windshield. That’s a lot of time to think, or not. Also, cellphones all have cameras on them now (in case you weren’t aware of that). So I was scrolling through all the pictures and video of our travels and I realized I had a … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
The store is open! Actually, one of you discovered that we had already put the button up for pre-selling CDs last week. You are sneaky. You clicked the button. You get to be first in line when we mail these things in a few weeks- and we’ll throw in some extra stickers just for you. … [Read more…]
Well, that took a whole lot longer than I had anticipated. To say the least. About eighteen months ago I sat down with Brian Schey and we talked about making a ‘little record.’ I figured we could get it done by the end of the summer. Summer of 2014 that was. Hah! In July, after … [Read more…]
I posted about street musicians from our trip earlier, but some of the coolest musical bits of our trip were hanging out with my wife’s relatives. She has several uncles and cousins in England and Ireland, and a great-uncles and cousins in Scotland. I hit a really awesome vintage guitar store in East London with … [Read more…]