So lately I have been obsessing on the songs Scott Walker, Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, and Brother Danielson.Last month I was on Rhett Miller, Spoon, and Huey Lewis pop kick.I sometimes think my listen habits are like my eating habits.Sometimes I crave the things my body needs, like apple when I need fiber or tomatoes when I need vitamin C. I am not sure what my current music diet indicates, but my soul feels better for it.It has helped me to focus on the new recording.
Btw, the recording is officially “in-progress” with drums track already laid for three songs and three more to come hopefully next week.I plan to focus on finishing it in late October early November.More on that to come….
Also on September 25th, I am playing at the Fox and Goose in Sacramento with Ross Hammond.If you haven’t heard Ross, you should.
With exception of get what felt like the Swine Flu, this spring has been shaping up to be pretty exciting. I had an excellent time filling in for Kate Gaffney at the Torch Club acoustic songwriter series. The experience forced me to finish a bunch on new songs that should be making their way into the band's repertoire.
Had a really fun show at the Fox and Goose April 17th. Get Right Church. We shared the bill with Get Right Church who sounded amazing as usual. Note to Andy and Ruebi, keep Sam on the drums. He's great.
In the process of booking shows for the summer (I do procrastinate.) Hope to get up north to a bit via Chico, Mendo, Humboldt, Eugene, and Portland. We'll see, fingers crossed. If anyone feels like helping out with setting up a show in their town, shoot me an email me at
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Got word that some of my music is going to be used in an upcoming web tv series, Hillers. It looks promising, check it out! http://www.hillers.tv
Skope Magazine highlighted me along with a bunch of other artist this month. Never been called a cowboy before, but I'm pretty sure it was meant as a compliment. Anyways, Kathleen Edwards is also highlighted in the article. I'm a huge fan of her music, so I'm happy.
