Dear Publicist,
While I appreciate the glossy photos, the slick brochure and the latest CD from (insert artist’s name here), I’d like to request you refrain from sending me anything until you’ve listened to Billy Joe Shaver’s Old Five and Dimers Like Me. Once you’ve determined that the disc offers something half as good as [...]

Peyton Manning, pitchman supreme and QB of the century, also happens to like Kenny Chesney…a lot. Well, he can’t be perfect, but at least when he joined the pint-sized, rust-colored, balding singer on stage at the stupor-fying Sloppy Joes in Key West he picked a Steve Goodman tune.

Head over to Will Kimbrough’s site to hear a couple of new Buffett tunes and a few Daddy numbers!
That’s a lot to serve up on one plate!

My pal, fellow father, and songwriter-deluxe Will Kimbrough has a new song on his ReverbNation site.
Now Will is a fount of knowledge, well-read and a snappy guitarist, but what I’ve admired most about Will in the years I’ve known him is his ability to be a husband and father first. One night in Austin [...]

The Huffington Post got an exclusive to debut the latest Neil Young video Johnny Magic.
You need to head over there and check it out. It’s a groovy little vid that looks like it was shot on a Handycam from Neil’s dashboard. At one point it looks like he’s either mumbling or forgot the [...]

You probably already know that Jason and the Scorchers are working on their first studio album in over 10 years. What you may not know is that our pal Tommy Womack is helping write the tunes:
I’ve been writing songs with Jason & the Scorchers (including some inspiring co-writing with Ginger from the Wildhearts, who’s [...]

If you’re anything like me, you cried into your sweat-stained Harp t-shirt the day they ceased publication. Harp was a well-written rag with great insight into the burgeoning alternative scene of its day.
Luckily the passion lives on in the form of the equally singularly-named tome Blurt. The magazine’s first printed edition arrives shortly [...]

I’ve been slacking. No excuses…just slacking.
That said, I’m off to see Willie Nelson this weekend at the St. Augustine Amphitheater. At some point I decided I only wanted to see artists in smaller venues and this sure fits the bill. I’d love to catch him somewhere like Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, but [...]