Hey guitar players, you ever look at frets.com? It’s a pretty cool site written by master luthier Frank Ford. With the help of Frank’s advice and about $100 worth of tools from stew-mac, I’ve figured out that my favorite Martin D-28 has half a dozen loose frets! ACHHH! The good side of this is that [...]

I just got an email from my friend R.K.Cowles. He snapped this pictures when I dropped in on an open-mic night last week.

It’s a sad day that we mourn the loss of the mighty Wilson Pickett. There’s a generation now that probably never knew who he was, but sometime in our lives, somewhere, we will all end up dancing to Mustang Sally. Peace.

here’s something I’ve been working on with ukelele. It’s an old Woody Guthrie song.
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OK, I admit I’ve been a slacker. My mind has been on recording and writing and I’ve been generally avoiding performing for awhile. My New Year’s resolution is to keep this blog current. And to eat healthy, play more and write another few albums. And practice ukelele. New Year’s Eve at the Caffe Lena in [...]