This log cabin style home brings a bit of the country into the city – and it features a modest upstairs apartment. More affordable is this older model home. It’s basic in construction but it has housed several happy families in the past, keeping everyone… Read More
Back to work on a project I should have completed in the summer. The magnolia bench project took up much of my attention in August and September and so progress on this banjo slowed right down. Today I completed the basic shaping of the neck.… Read More
I was writing the previous post about my experience of painting, and I thought of Ornette Coleman. He came to mind because it occurred to me that when I’m working in the studio I rarely think about the work of other painters (it does happen… Read More
A friend of mine was surprised when I mentioned the other day I had 8 paintings on the go in my studio. This in not an unusual circumstance for me – I’ve worked this way for many years. I don’t do this to make more… Read More
Let’s take a little trip to Bakersfield…..Buck Owens and the Buckeroos performing Buck’s Polka Wouldn’t if be fun if everybody dressed like Buck Owens? Just imagine going to the grocery store and all the cashiers and the customers have these Nudie suits happening.
George is feeling much better….
Sometimes I just need a little dose of Nick Lowe. He’s one of just a handful of performers I can honestly say I’ve been listening to for 35 years. Check out these beautiful, sparse performances. Damned near perfect (at least in my tiny little brain).… Read More
Here’s the late Boozoo Chavis and the Magic Sounds….just because we need more accordion music around this joint.
That’s better. Regular visitors know that I get restless with the look of my little corner of the the cyber-universe and change it up from time to time. On a whim, I’ve done it again. I hope you like the fresh paint job. If you… Read More
27th Street 