I don’t really remember being four years old, but there are a few stories I have about my life at four. And I’m not sure I’m remembering the event itself or the memories of the event and I suppose that doesn’t matter much anyway. But the things I do remember Read More …
Word pronunciation changes over the years. I bet every word that changed caused some to bitch about it. I find myself doing the same thing and the bitches are plenty. “Question.” I don’t really have one but I do bitch about how it is pronounced lately. I always pronounced it Read More …
I went to take some English and History classes at the local Jr. College when I was in my forties. I had no desire to get a degree, I had no idea of changing my profession and getting a career. I was surprised to find out I would be required Read More …
Continuing the series finds me looking at a couple of my songs. Both songs are waltzes, one a little darker than the other, mostly for its content, but actually, it gets a dark musical treatment as well, and the other tune is lighter with a hint of heartbreak. And the Read More …
I write. I write stories and I write songs. I don’t know if I’m any good at it or not, people seem to like what I write, both my prose and my songs. I feel a need to express how I write songs, maybe just to organize it in my Read More …
Most of my stories are light-hearted, so to speak, I rarely write about the disasters that have made my life, (all, by the way, of my making). I have told the disaster tales at those funny meetings some of us go to. They’re called drunk logs whether the choice is alcohol or drugs Read More …
I’ve been a music performer for over thirty years and in that time I’ve played in bands, duos, trios, and solo. I played in cover bands, and I’ve done original music, and I’ve played in most types of venues you might imagine from bars to wineries, to stadiums. And I’ve Read More …
Ya know? Some mornings are just bad, No reason and no particular malady, but I didn’t feel good yesterday and this morning woke up gray like the weather. And then everything hit me harder than usual. The newspaper. The news in it…like how Sacramento is going to build a bathroom Read More …
I played in the school band until the ninth grade. I liked it. I started out on tenor sax because that’s all the music store had to rent. I was maybe 8 and the damn thing was as big as me. I liked learning how to play it, but I Read More …
I recorded an album in the nineties with my bluegrass band, The String Creek Band. We made cassettes to sell at gigs and give away. We recorded at a studio in Redwood Valley, Ca called Laughing Coyote Studios. Spencer Brewer owned and operated the studio which was a custom built Read More …