My friend Dave is retired from the coast guard. He now lives in Hawaii with his lovely wife, Catherine, and […]
Songs and Stories #158: “Recent Radio – And My Red Skelton Story”
Click here to listen to Michael’s recent radio appearances (time = 28:55) As much as I love interviewing other songwriters, […]
Songs and Stories #157: Michelle Chappel – “Call Me Crazy”
Click here to listen to the interview with Michelle Chappel (time = 1:01:15) Lots of people have left a full-time […]
Songs and Stories #156: Blackie Farrell’s “Cold Country Blues”
Click here to listen to the interview with Blackie Farrell (time = 40:15) Dave Alvin says “Blackie Farrell is absolutely […]
Songs and Stories #155: Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen
Click here to listen to the interview with Dan and Laurel (time = 1:04:07) Lots of people meet on the […]
The Owls Have It
I love owls. Owls are just cool. But we’ll get to that. You never know when song inspiration is going […]
Songs and Stories #154: Mark and Cindy Lemaire
Click here to listen to the interview with Mark and Cindy Lemaire (time = 1:04:00) Fingerpicking. “Slap and tap” harmonics. […]
Behind the Video: “Highway 17”
Sometimes you need to go back to the beginning. I wrote my first song, “Highway 17”, twelve or so years […]
