Yes, it's that time of year. Time to bar the door, or open the door to the bar. Time to run screaming for the hills or run cheering to the corner of 5th and...
Howdy, Austin, For the moment, I can't say I'm not in Kansas. I'm off to parts North on my summer tour. Already did a church service in Denison, Texas and ...
I'm on the last weekend of my summer tour, which has been about the smoothest and most profitable I can remember. I just came off two days at the Woody Guthrie...
Howdy, Austin, There's no place like home, said Dorothy, and after seeing a good bit of Kansas the past few weeks, I couldn't agree with her more. After 3,000...
Yup, I'll be mounting the Unitarian pulpit again this Sunday morning to talk on a topic close to my heart: what it means to be a Pagan, which has been my...
It's been years since I've played a solo show down here in beautiful South Austin. Tuesday, my fellow Bubbas and Bubbettes can hear one without having to stay...
It's a busy weekend and a busy week ahead for El Frog. You can sip wine and listen to me on a sunny fall afternoon in peach country, hear me at a poetry...
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Wow. It's been awhile since I've played this much around Austin. But this week and next, I go both ways - that is, South and North. Thursday, I'll be rockin'...
If you were thinking of heading up to Longhorn Caverns this Saturday, I'm afraid my show there has been cancelled, due to a shortfall in reservations. That's...
My Austin shows this month will be a couple of solo happy hours at Mesa Ranch at Oltorf and I-35, well-placed for those of you who live South or those who want...
Doing my bit to make Happy Hours a little happier, I'll be back at Mesa Ranch this coming Tuesday. When you get sick of sitting in traffic on I-35, pull off...
I picked my time carefully for early voting - I was one of the few residents of Travis County who didn't have to wait in line. Oh, what a feeling! But I've got...
I'll be on the move all day Saturday. I'll play the morning at the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market and the evening at B.B. Rover's. Depending on the temperature,...
Before I head to Houston and Galveston for the weekend, here's a note on my next show here in Austin. The last Tuesday evening I played at Mesa Ranch, Barack...
Three more days in the studio the past two weeks, and we're closing in on the finish line. I finished my vocals (thanks to Brenda Freed for some great vocal...
I kicked off the New Year with two more days in the studio. More overdubs from Chris, and harmony vocals on four songs from Paula Held. And Tom Pittman of the...
Where were you Tuesday morning? For a lot of us, it was one of those moments you never forget, like your first kiss, your first shot of tequila or your first...
Here's a reminder that I'll be playing a happy hour set tonight at Mesa Ranch. If you're looking to postpone a cold, icy commute until traffic dies down, it's...
Somehow, I've missed using this joke during the several months I've been playing at Mesa Ranch. I'll be there again this Tuesday and the 24th, offering...
Yes, it's true. Ten years ago, when I started this email list, I was writing songs for Jim Hightower's radio show and hosting Hyde Park Unplugged, a weekly...
When it rains, it pours - there are some words we haven't heard in these parts for awhile. I'm looking forward to Friday's what-goes-around-comes-around return...
Thanks to all who made my return to the New World Deli a night to remember and a night to reminisce. There will be more Deli shows upcoming. In the meantime,...
It's been contest time the past few weeks. A couple of Sundays ago, I won a songwriter's shootout at the Bugle Boy in La Grange, tying for first place with...
Howdy, South Austin Friends & Fans, Besides winning in La Grange a couple of weeks ago, I tried out a homegrown contest just around the corner from my house....
The bad news is, my contest streak has been interrupted. No win at The Bakehouse last Monday, and "Austin Found" was not selected as one of the five finalists...
I'm Deli-ted to report that I'm officially returning to a regular weekly gig at the New World Deli, a decade after Hyde Park Unplugged pulled its last plug....
Thanks to all who made my Big Five-O show a special one, especially to Dave Hooper, Seymour Guenther and Thom Moon 10, for playing some guest tunes. It's...
This is the big weekend, when you can either run screaming out of Austin or you can run down to the O.Henry Museum and set up your chair in the shade. I'll be...