The Band "Red" is a group I've sat in with on a few of their gigs. The Bass player is someone I had played with thirty years ago and we finally reconnected. I think everyone in the band played with "Snake George" or knew him to some degree.

This video was also an invitation for folks to submit their own stories. I read one in the video sent to me from someone in Utah. Oh, the stories we can tell.

In addition to a wacky sense of humor (or lack of) , sometimes while I'm out on the road I meet interesting people, actually I always do. Musicians, quilters, ex-agents, mowers, etc. I love interviewing these often willing troopers, having them share their stories. Often it's always connected to our lives as artists.
In this case, I met Ron Palmer at an open mic in Oxford, NY. What a wonderful person and of course, musician. I was fascinated with the reality of how pragmatic even geniuses such a… Continue

This was actually my first video, I posted it before the Guitar Lessons idea came about. Since this was not included in the series most folks who view the series never saw it. (lol. most people haven't seen any of this stuff). It was suggested that I should it add to the bunch, so I did. I get a kick out of being the most un-hippest brother I know. Here it is.

My motto these days is "There's nothing more entertaining than what musicians go through to entertain". I've always enjoy telling stories. My latest CD "Cafe Vignettes" gave me the opportunity to include spoken word along with the music. Basically, I focused on telling stories about some of my adventures touring cafe's of the US and Canada. Since it's release, it dawned on me that I could also have musicians tell their own stories. One idea lead to another and I ended up with this series "Guitar… Continue