When we got the news the we lost Tom Petty last week, I listened to Jamie Coffis on KPIG Radio that evening. Jamie did an awesome show, played four hours of Petty and threw in lots of live and obscure […]
Concert Review: Colin Hay in Monterey
A good concert makes me want to go home and play. A great concert makes me want to go home and write. Like this one. Colin Hay brought his band to Monterey’s Golden State Theater last month. If you just expected […]
Corporate Speak: Name Those Tunes
Two new corporate speak-inspired songs made their way onto the new record, “Hey Karma”. Here’s the story behind them. I’ve always had a techy day job that centers around writing and communicating. It pays the bills and is more often […]
Behind the Song: Somewhere I Went Right
Sometimes, a great song takes a great journey and just gets better. I need to tell half this first story, then tell you another one, and then I’ll come back to this: From 2007 to 2016, I was honored and […]
Behind the Video: “Moving to Boise (Zombie Free)”
It really did start with a trip to Boise. Last year I went to Idaho to gather with a group of other songwriters at a retreat. Me and my pal Glenn MacPherson flew out a day early with a stopover […]
Songs and Stories #162: Dayan Kai’s Maui Update
Click here to listen to the interview with Dayan Kai (time = 47:00) I think Dayan Kai just beat out Antsy McClain of The Trailer Park Troubadours as the most frequent guest on this podcast. A brilliant musician and a good […]
“A Night in the Garden for the Alzheimer’s Association”
Tuesday 7/12/16 update: We had a great night. Seven hours of music. And the event raised $1300 for the Alzheimer’s Association. The YouTube stream was also a successful experiment. A couple of comments that came my way by email: “The […]
The Drive-In Movie Theater Turns 83 Today
My friend Dave is retired from the coast guard. He now lives in Hawaii with his lovely wife, Catherine, and studies environmental law. He’s pretty hip. When he told me he’s from New Jersey, I listed a bunch of really […]