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 [...] Read more »
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 [...] Read more »
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 [...] Read more »
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 [...] Read more »