The Evening Post

Every songwriter probably has one. That song they feel they never captured in a recording that matches what they hear in their heads. This is mine. I have recorded this song many times with arrangements stretching all the way from solo acoustic to full band plus strings. I always loved the song but never felt […]

Quite some time ago I said my new album was almost finished. And at that time it was true. So where is it? With my apologies for my long silence on this site, here’s the answer. First, with much help from Karl Hindle, this site is now hosted by his company. Moves like this are […]

Could be. Yesterday I learned that my dear friend and musical genius Rob Eaton is starting work on mixing and mastering my next album, Looking At Life. Yesterday I also completed the laborious task of doing layouts for a book of the same title that will be published at the same time as the album’s […]

I could have written a hundred verses and still not run out of things to say. With a humble tip of the hat to Dylan’s A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall here is An American Dream :

At some point during the production of each of my last three albums I said it would be my last. But none of them were. Because this always happens. Inspired by the thrill of making music with great players I start writing again as soon as each project is recorded. In times past I might […]

As always, approaching a birthday tends to make one evaluate things. For quite some time I thought there were no benefits to aging. But recently I’ve developed a different point of view on a couple of topics. First, driving. Yes, it seems an odd subject. But when I think back I am so pleased I […]

Of all the photos I’ve taken in London over the years this is my favorite. Somehow that bird represented freedom from the bureaucracy symbolized by that building.

When I moved from Santa Fe to Portland I gave up my custom-built recording studio. Only thing I miss about the place, being honest. I transported all my gear here and watched as it sat in a garage and then in one side of my live/work apartment. I always told myself I’d get it all […]