Archive for the 'Americana Music' Category

Faceless by Robert Baer

The other day my buddy Robert Baer called me and said that he was playing a gig at M&J Tavern in Bend, Oregon, and would I come video tape the show. We’ve been trying to get together to shoot some video for a while, and one previous attempt just didn’t work out. You know, it [...]

Singer Dave Carroll takes Revenge on United Airlines

Last year singer/songwriter Dave Carroll flew United Airlines from Halifax, Canada to Omaha, Nebraska with a layover in Chicago. While on the ground in Chicago a female passenger sitting near Dave and his band, The Sons of Maxwell, exclaimed My god they’re throwing guitars out there. The band looked out the window and sure enough [...]

Kris Allen wins American Idol!

Last night a soft spoken lad from Conway, Arkansas beat out a tall flamboyant kid from San Diego, California to become America’s newest Idol. At least that’s what I heard on the radio this morning because I don’t watch the show. The way the commentators on New Orleans’ WWL radio station were talking the glamrock [...]

Americana Music in New Braunfels, Texas

Ok, so I’ve been in Texas for ten days now, and I’m really feeling refreshed and excited. As my cousin Michael is showing me around this little corner of the world paradise I’m aware that there is so much more going on here than in Louisiana. At least outside of New Orleans. On Thursday night [...]