Regular visitors to this oasis in the cyber-swamp know that our Newf Ruby is on restricted duties, awaiting surgery Tuesday for her torn cruciate ligament. That means she stays back while big brother Georgie goes for walks. She isn’t happy about this arrangement. Consider that… Read More
Somewhere, surf’s up.
As some of you know, I’ve started to learn fiddle, and I’ve been working hard at it. I’m taking an online course from the “Brainjo” guy, Dr. Josh Turnkett and taught by Adam Hurt. I’ve taken banjo classes from Adam at Midwest Banjo Camp and… Read More
Champion Jack Dupree….Diggin’ my Potatoes Cabbage Greens….
I should be in bed but instead I find myself up checking out the latest NPR Tiny Desk concerts. It’s a great way to learn about all kinds of music, and for me that’s important for me because I’ve been listening to so much old… Read More
This morning I was playing the banjo before Ruby’s vet appointment. The tune I was playing is called Nixon’s Farewell. I first heard this tune at the Rockbridge festival down in Virginia last September. I was wandering around the park listening to jams with a… Read More
Today I received a phone call from a guy from ReMax – as a courtesy he said (how thoughtful is that?) – to tell me in a nicely written script what the house next door sold for quite some time ago. Yesterday, another real estate… Read More
I’ve been listening to a heaping helping of fiddle music lately, as I’ve been hunkering down to learn to fiddle. For a guy beginning to fiddle, working hard at just making a decent tone and finding a few notes, hearing players like this is simply… Read More
Our 17 month old Landseer Newf Ruby, or Rubiska as we often call her (the black and white dog in the picture) has been having a problem with her back leg(s) for about a month. We had some x-rays taken and our vet suggested we… Read More
Here’s a couple cuts by a lesser-known blues player named Juke Boy Bonner, whose music I came across more or less accidentally many years ago. He lived a fairly short life and if his songs are to be believed, not a very happy one. I… Read More
27th Street 