Sam told me one time he was annoyed hearing a musician on tour from Vancouver, because she was imitating me. He was pissed off about it. For a second I […]

The first show I ever played as an opening act was opening for Dr. John at the Horseshoe. I asked Richard Underhill to play with me. We did maybe 6 […]

I was practising playing Martha My Dear. I always thought McCartney was saying help yourself to a better what is all around you. I thought it was cool way to […]

As the guy at Starbucks took my money I noticed the tattoo of three squares on his inner forearm, like three diamonds and asked if it meant something. He said […]

Student wrote this song and performed it in class: “I hate myself, I really do. Disappointed and worse than you. I am an impotent witness to all my failings. The […]

There was a discussion in class about musicians playing the same material over and over vs. those who reach new musical spaces by avoiding what they already know. One person […]

I get a little insomnia sometimes, when something or somethings are stuck in my mind and letting them go doesn’t seem possible. It’s a combo of stress over business and […]

Twenty-five years ago Mendelson Joe gave me a guitar, a Guild. It was small, he said it would be perfect for me, it has been. I didn’t have any interest […]

Joe had a great dislike of God believers, religious preachers, though he did believe in the Earth. I think he might have considered the Earth as God. Frankly, doesn’t everything […]