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THE GREAT NASHVILLE FLOOD OF 2010

I wanted to post a news item about our recent flood here in Nashville, but when I read Gretchen Peters blog on it I realized that she had written exactly what I wanted to write about it. So here is…

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ALEX CHILTON

The news of Alex Chilton's death has hit us hard. It was 9 years ago, on a cold January morning in 2001, when I first got a call to play a string of dates in Canada with The Box Tops…

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26 DAYS ON THE ROAD!

11.22.09. Bush Hall, London:

Gretchen and I are looking back at the last month in wonder. From Boston on 10.24.09 to London tonight on the anniversary of the death of JFK, 11.22.09. We've managed to survive flight changes, driving ourselves…

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ROOTS ON THE RAILS

I'm in Albuquerque on the way home after an amazing week in the Southern Rockies, riding the narrow gauge railroads of Colorado and New Mexico. Tom Russell, Gretchen Peters, Wylie Gustavson, Sourdough Slim, Paul Zarzyski and I spent the last…

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TRAINS, PLANES, AND BLUEBIRDS

The Train trip (Roots On the Narrow Gauge Rail) was a resounding success. Everyone had a great time, and the artists on the trip (Gretchen Peters and myself, Tom Russell and Thad Beckman, Wylie Gustafson, Paul Zarzyski and Sourdough Slim)…

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NEWS FLASH!

"The Crossing" nominated for 2009 Album of the Year. "The Crossing" has been nominated for Whisperings Solo Piano 2009 album of the Year. See: http://www.solopianoradio.com/favorites.htm The Solo Piano channel is also featuring six of the tracks from the album at…

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ONE TO THE HEART, ONE TO THE HEAD REVIEWS

ONE TO THE HEART, ONE TO THE HEAD REVIEWS Here's four early reviews of the new Gretchen Peters with Tom Russell CD "One To The Heart, One To The Head", currently climbing the Americana charts. It includes my song, "North…

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HIGHLIGHTS OF 2008:

Starting the year out in San Diego on Jan 1 by visiting with journalist Kenny Weisberg and going to the San Diego Zoo after playing New Years Eve with the Box Tops. Getting lost after leaving a gig in Sautee…

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BEST OF 2008

In Kerry Dexter's Best of 2008 column that came out today, THE CROSSING made the list. Also making the list is Gretchen Peter's NORTHERN LIGHTS, which Barry Walsh co-produced. NORTHERN LIGHTS is a Holiday/Winter/Christmas album, light on the Christmas songs…

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WILD HORSES CLIP

Here's a youtube clip of Gretchen Peters, Janis Ian and myself doing Wild Horses in Winters, CA on 9/12/08 at The Palms Playhouse- a great venue.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT3n0LbBmiU