From Arlo to Zevon; from Van Dyke to Van Zandt. From Ry to Ray. But seriously, folks... Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie. Doc Watson. Blind Blake. Clarence White. Gatemouth Brown. Bob Wills. Earl Scruggs. Louis Jordan. Terry Allen. The Everly Bros; the Beatles. Gladys Knight. Tom Lehrer; Spike Jones. Uncle Normie. Gus Bob and Skabbo. Duke McVinnie. Esteban Jordan, dba Steve, "El Parche". Doug Sahm. Bajo sexto and norteño drumming. Guy Clark. Mike Condello. Joe Ely, Lloyd Maines and the memories of Jesse "Jake" Taylor and Tommy O. All alumni of The Normal Brothers and Yesterday's Wine. Dan "Igor" Glenn. Janet Gray, N.J. Bean and R. Cornelius. Austin, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona. And don't forget those guys in the first line. And the second.
The usual. Squandered youth, ambiguous adulthood. More to come when I've got it figured out. In the meantime, the basics:
Bluegrass, Arizona, the '70's. High school: the Coldwater Flounders. Crazy Ed's Place. The Mighty Normal Brothers. College in Poughkeepsie, the early '80's... Pete Seeger, Uncle Normie and the Jackalopes. Later '80s... Two Week Notice, all over the West. '90s... Bryndle, all over the country. '00s... Warren Zevon, John McEuen, Van Dyke Parks, Jennifer Warnes, and a bunch of others. Session guy on some of your favorite albums. Composer fellow at 2008 Sundance Summer Labs. Want to know more? Gimme a shout.
I am friends with Leslie, Jim and Marty. My husband Dan played with Jonathan McEuen last night. I got up an did harmonies with Jimmy Adams, Jonathan McEuen and Suzanne Paris...twas fun!
Yo Matt, check out me n " Wal Boy". If you ever wanna play a song or two for him I know where he " holds court" every Friday @ lunchtime ! Peace, Jimbo
While "No It Isn't" is very good, I don't think anything beats "For My Next Trick I'll Need A Volunteer." I can't leave this page until I hear it again.
AAh I tried to Tivo you Sat. night (that sounds kindof wrong)- and it didn't work! I have to crash someone's house and watch it, preferably with snacks. Any takers?
So I am flipping through the channels last night and fall upon SNL. Who do I see playing with Steve Martin? What a surprise!!!!Nice work; Hope to see you soon
Happy New Year! We wish you a very happy and healthy year. We hope it's a year of peace and prosperity for all. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
We're really looking forward to your concert here on April 18, 2009 with Van Dyke Parks and David P. Jackson, Jr.
Matty 2 shoes and a bucket of blues...Heard you might be making your down yonder to bakersfield next sunday for paulapalooza. Is such news true? I just added a new tune called "crowded room" that I performed last monday @ the songwriter open mic night here in b-town.
What's up? How you been? I've been doing the singer/songwriter night at the local studio lately and put up a few tracks on me myspace page. Wrote a duet for last night's performance, and it was pretty fun!
