I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to better use this web site. The main page here hasn’t turned out to be as dynamic as I’d hoped. Sure, there are a lot of links, and you can sift through a lot of information quickly, but for a lot of people it all sort of runs in together. Maybe I’m just too matter-of-fact in my approach to this web site. There aren’t enough bells and whistles, and doo-dads that go “ping!”, to hold the attention of the average American. I …

This ring has been in my family since the late 1970s, and belonged first to my aunt, and then to my mother. My mother recently gave me the ring to auction on eBay, to help me raise the money to publish a book and buy a few items that will help me with my music. It’s a gift that has a value to me far, far beyond the value of the ring itself. I’m humbled by my mother’s generosity. I’m also humbled that, years after her death, my aunt Loretta …

Songs Completed
• Calling All Angels
• Dog & Butterfly
• Pony
• White Rabbit
• Willie & The Hand Jive
Recording sessions for Windhaven were finally started this week. It’s an exciting time for me. I’m getting to explore the nuances of acoustic guitars in a serious way for the first time. I never aspired to be a part of an acoustic act, so I’m still a little surprised at how this all came about, but I’m very glad that it did.
Right now we’re trying to get together a handful of songs to post to the band’s web site so …

“Most human beings don’t worship God. They worship religion, without realizing that there’s a vast difference between religion and God. They’re not one and the same.” ~ Wicasta Lovelace

“I never thought of myself as a Liberal until the Conservatives defined “Liberal” as anyone who thinks we should care for the weak, give our brothers a helping hand, love our enemies and live our lives according to certain moral principles of fairness and equanimity. It finally occurred to me that the reason I couldn’t see eye-to-eye with Conservatives is that I was brought up in a Christian household and studied the teachings of Jesus Christ. So while I don’t consider my a Christian, per se, if I’m a Liberal, …

“The most annoying, and most dangerous, person you’ll ever come across is a reformed debauched sinner who’s trying to make amends with God.” ~ Wicasta Lovelace

My new band is officially up and running. I look forward to making a lot of noise in the Tampa Bay area with these boys. We have a hell of a lot of potential, and it looks like it’s going to be great fun in the company of gentlemen who already feel like family to me. That’s a sharp contrast with my last band, Systematic Chaos, in which even after almost a year of playing together, I felt like the other band members still kept me at a professional distance …

“Married men are only certain of one thing; they’re often in trouble, and they rarely know why.”
~ Wicasta Lovelace

I’ll be heading to Ybor City, Florida tonight to kick off the weekly Wednesday jam at Market On 7th. It’ll be the first time I’ve been to Market On 7th since I played there in the first week of December with Systematic Chaos. Gino, the owner, seemed happy to be getting something going again on Wednesdays when I talked to him last night. For my part, I’m excited to be returning to an old haunt that feels very much like a second home. Wherever else I might play in the …

“Cynicism is an unpleasant way of telling the truth.” – Lillian Hellman