I woke with trepidation and as I looked out the window I was greeted by a world of swirling whiteness. Snow. Lots of snow. My friend Gary Colvin’s worst nightmare. Gary is our point man in upstate NY. Our “closer” if you will. He gets butts in seats. Back in the late part of last [...]
Brian and I left Ithaca, NY last Thursday in a hurry to get up to LeRoy, NY and see our friends Gary and Christy Colvin. Our show at the Shop in Ithaca was, well…… let’s just say lightly attended;-) So we cut our set a bit short and headed up the road. A few Labatt’s [...]
Many miles have passed. I’m on a couch in my favorite little sitting area at the Mansion on O street. I love it here. As always we were made to feel very welcome when we arrived and I got a kick out of watching Brian’s head keep turning at all the things there are to [...]
When last I left you we were headed out to the Marriott Hotel in downtown Memphis to spend some time in the swirling vortex that is the Folk Alliance Music Conference and play a song or two for a late night showcase. When we stepped into the bar, because where else would we go?, we [...]
When I first talked to Jimmy (Davis that is) about coming to Memphis and playing for a week I let him know that my alterior motive was food. Mostly barbecued pork and fried chicken. It is Memphis after all. My first afternoon here we re-visited Central BBQ in midtown and I fell hungrily onto a [...]
My whole life I’ve heard about Memphis. The rich fertile musical soil there has produced too many of my influences and heros to mention. Over the years, I drove through Memphis a lot on my way back and forth to Nashville and played a couple of shows there in the first 2 years of the [...]
