For the last three weeks or so I had ventured back to Michigan for a tour, if you will, of the state of which I was raised.
On my agenda first was the Hiawatha Music Festival, a traditional music (read hippies in long, grotesquely patterned skirts banging on fiddles, bongos, and the usual assortment of acoustic [...]

I apologize for lack of regular updates lately. It is summer and summers are incredibly busy for me, though, I am not entirely sure why. I have to assume that it is only because my typical hermitesque excuses to withdraw into my mancave just do not fly when the weather is pleasant.
Pleasant? well, ok warm. [...]

Set list for tonight… wait… set? HA!
* In the Pines (leadbelly cover)
* Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (pearl jam)
* Hobo’s Lullaby (woody guthrie)
* Long Black Veil (johnny cash)
* Wings (josh ritter)
* Girl in the War (josh ritter)
* All Along the Watchtower (bob dylan)
* Knocking on Heaven’s Door (bob dylan)
* Don’t Go [...]

I cannot sleep though I am not sure why.  The day that has now long since passed was ever so eventful.
It started off with school of my own… the first full day of classes and yet it wasn’t full at all. Major construction sent my final class in hybrid mode. What on earth is hybrid [...]

I took a break from playing music in Omaha’s Old Market last night in order to rest my fingers and gain mental strength for tonight and the rush that this weekend will undoubtedly bring.
This is a wonderful way to slowly gain my confidence and tune my showmanship as next week is the beginning of the [...]

All this week I have been wandering around downtown Omaha’s Old Market district with my guitar in hand and an open guitar case for donations. I have decided to do this for several reasons.

The most important is not for me at all. Trista Stevens is your everyday average 17 year old girl. She lives in [...]