…it was a start. It might be a mistake. It might be, like at was for me, cringingly embarrassing, but you cant go anywhere if you're standing still. You cant steer a parked car. You have to move in some direction.
Read MoreI read once that William Burroughs and Jimmy Page used to discuss how crowds are influenced. It was explicitly music in Jimmy's case, but they'd discuss in general the ability for public speakers and musicians to affect large bodies of people.
Read MoreI end the year with eager anticipation.
I know, right? It doesn't even make sense after all we've been through and with no real guarantee of what's to come.
Read MoreDecember was filled with everything. I had a thing removed in a procedure I like to call, “That time I had a lobotomy!”
Read MoreI've got a whole bunch of Christmas tunes worked up and together we can get all sloppy sentimental and have an easy, un-pressured holiday sing along together.
Read MoreWith the month of Thanksgiving upon us, I thought I’d start a series of posts updating you with some of the cool things that have happened us over the previous weeks.
Read MoreI decided during the first verse, THIS was the song that was going to be played at my funeral.
Read MoreWe had just watched Joanne Conway fall on her backside in the Ladies Figure Skating and it was replaced by a music program. After the zany 80’s opening credits and a brief introduction there was live footage of the band that would change my life.
Read MoreThe next piece to arrive on my “lap” was a 1966 Kalamazoo Model 2, 7 watt tube amp.
Read MoreFor twenty four years it was just me and an acoustic guitar...
Then I caught a bug. It was a challenge really. How could I take everything I already knew and translate it on an electric guitar?
Read MoreThe Rocket Soul Choir had such a blast last night at Morrissey’s Irish Pub. Thank you so much to everybody that came out, whooped it up, took video and pictures, danced and sang along - We could never really properly share our gratitude at your support.
Read MoreThe thing about bragging that you've been playing music for 24 years is that you do so only after you've sat down (Really slowly... with a hand on your back, or with the aid of the nearest chair back) and had a nice cup of tea.
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