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Hey now! Been awhile, hope you’re well and thanks for checking up on me here. Some great news to share…the Next Waltz’s latest compilation (volume 3) has reached #1 at Americana Radio.  I believe that’s two in a row as last year’s release (volume 2) held the top spot for a few weeks as well.  It’s an honor to be...

Hey everybody. Thanks for dropping by. Hope that you and yours are well and happy. Today marks the beginning of our 18th week of staying at home (but really, who’s counting anyway?!). June just came and went here in Austin, and with it admittedly some slightly delusional hopes that the worst of the pandemic was behind us. In the last...

Dear everybody, Hope this finds you well and happy. Reasonably certain that none of us could have ever imagined how quickly everything comes to a screeching halt during a global pandemic! Holy shit! So there is obviously a lot to be concerned about, both in the short and longterm, and things will never be quite the same, etc…however I’m looking...

Hey now! Thanks for checking in on me here in this tiny corner of cyberspace Writing from DC where I’m in the midst of a two week tour with Bonnie Bishop in support of her truly amazing new album “The Walk”. Produced by the legendary Steve Jordan (Blues Brothers, Keith Richards’ X Pensive Winos, SNL, Clapton, Mayer, etc) the album...

Hey now! Some very cool records that I was fortunate to play on are out today.  You’ll notice that they are very different stylistically, but similar in terms of artistic integrity and overall quality.  Check ’em out! Black Pumas, Black Pumas Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis, Beautiful Lie Katie Toupin (formerly of Houndmouth), Magnetic Moves Peace, TN

Hello everybody. Hope this finds you well. Aside from a few blasts of severe weather it’s been a lovely spring here in Austin, one of the nicer ones I can recall since moving down here in 2004. Alas, Summer is upon us now as the temps and humidity are gradually rising. I get a brief reprieve though—as I write this...

Hey now! Hope this finds you and yours well and happy I’ve been busy the last couple weeks working on records by Chicago Farmer and Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis.  In short these sessions were really great: great people, great songs, great musicians, great vibes.  Or as my good buddy Freedog likes to say, “awesome shit with awesome people”. Last...

Had the pleasure of working with J Wagner on this record last year.  It was released a few months back and is hauntingly beautiful.  This guy is a fantastic writer.  If you are a fan of artists like Paul Simon, Iron and Wine, Gregory Alan Isakov then I recommend giving this record a spin.  Here is a video J just...

Greetings! Hope 2019 is off to a great start for you and yours.  Been a busy start to the year for me.  January saw me finishing up work on a few records that will come out later this year (Texas KGB, Mayeux & Broussard, Sour Bridges, Joseph Macht) and a light amount of time on the road.  We were on...

Hey y’all. Happy Holidays. Check out the new digs. Shout out to my buddy Francois Chain for helping me update this site. Been a part of many cool projects this year…one of which, The Black Pumas, has what NPR is calling one of the best songs of 2018. Adrian Quesada is a mega talent and has it all going on...