The weekend after I got home from last summer’s tour with Jim Bianco I smashed the big knuckle of my left index finger when a bungy cord interacted poorly with a pile of wood that I was trying to pull out of the back of my car. My father-in-law thought it was hilarious, but […]

Two things:
1. My friends Ben and Amy are getting married today. We weren’t able to go, but just wanted to wish the love, life and luck . . . you know, the good stuff. Much love from us to you on your big day. And, on a completely different vibe . […]

Left North Carolina on June 30th . . . 12 hours to Long Island New York to meet Jim Bianco at his dad’s house in Long Beach.  Swam in the Atlantic Ocean.  Played Brooklyn and DC, then visited our friends Al and Holly (who we’ll get back to in a minute) at Al’s folks’ place […]

Went online the other night after the show and read some of the original reviews of some of my favorite records.  Super cool.  Interesting to read bad reviews of records (ie Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon”) that have since become classics . . . even more the lukewarm reviews about “Astral Weeks” (Van Morrison), “Exile in […]

I’ve decided that I’m not a particularly good journal writer unless I’m really inspired by something cool happening – and when something cool happens I usually want to enjoy it rather than worrying about writing it down.
So, though I pledge to do my best on the journal entry thing . . . I think most […]