Hello my friends!
It’s been a tough few years for me in the music business, but for the first time since 2018 or 2019 I’ve been able to spend time on doing this thing that I love to do.
Between…
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My Friend Ray
I saw my friend Ray yesterday at a fantastic Hot Rod Show where I was performing at, (put on by the Artists of the Rustbelt and the RoadhoundsCar Club at the B&O Station in Youngstown Ohio.)
Seeing Ray yesterday, and…
Rally in the Valley 2014
In a few weeks I’ll be performing at the Rally in the Valley for the 4th year in a row
This fantastic event is hosted by the Street Lordz Car Club, and held at the Bullskin Township Fairgrounds in…
My Dan-Echo Pedal...and life
So my trusty old Danelectro Dan-Echo pedal took a crap at a gig a few weeks ago.
This was very distressing to me.
My first thought was, I’ll have to buy a new one or find something similar for slap…Read more
This was very distressing to me.
My first thought was, I’ll have to buy a new one or find something similar for slap…Read more
What is Slapback Echo?
What is Slapback Echo?
I often get folks asking me about how I get my guitar and recordings to sound the way they do.
Or I hear them remark that my stuff sounds so authentic, or how much they love…
Mr. Bad Cat
So here’s my newest song…Mr. Bad Cat
Mr. Bad Cat is a brand new song for me.
While I was recording the Smoky Mountain Encounter, Mr. Bad Cat popped up unannounced with his claws out, grabbed on to…
Smoky Mountain Encounter
This next release is called The Smoky Mountain Encounter
...Listen to it here
Well we packed up all our luggage in our ragtop Ford
The first thing you should know is that we’d made this trip before
Cuz we…
Music I did for a documentery…
A couple of years ago, a friend of Jean’s, asked her to be a part of a documentary that she was putting together.
Leah is an elementary school art teacher, and the documentary focuses on how art, and creating art…
My Old Man
This next new release is a song about my dad; it’s called My Old Man.
...Listen to it here
My old man was born in 1943
While his old man was overseas
Fighting in the big one; Shooting at the…Read more
...Listen to it here
My old man was born in 1943
While his old man was overseas
Fighting in the big one; Shooting at the…Read more
If ya ain’t first, yer last… Shake 'n Bake
This next new release is an instrumental that is both one of the oldest and newest songs that I’ve written and recorded…
and here it is... Shake 'n Bake
But first… the title
Coming up with a title for a…Read more
and here it is... Shake 'n Bake
But first… the title
Coming up with a title for a…Read more
The Old Coal Trail
OK, so I finally got a new recording done! …CHECK IT OUT HERE
AND... I’m hoping to keep ‘em coming for a while. (I’m shooting for one a week for the next few months at least…)
This is a…Read more
AND... I’m hoping to keep ‘em coming for a while. (I’m shooting for one a week for the next few months at least…)
This is a…Read more
First Show 2014!
Despite telling myself that I wouldn’t take any shows until April this year, (and turning down a few cool ones I might add), I am playing my first show of the year on Thursday March 13th.
Why you might ask?…Read more
Why you might ask?…Read more
What to call this thing...
So, I’ve never really been the kind of guy to keep a journal, but it seems like these days you have to “blog” if you have a website or anything you want or need to promote.
Now, the problem is…