travels

i just got back from a 2 week job in DFW with a funeral in the middle. out in pensacola florida, with family and friends, we all celebrated and mourned the life and death of our dear friend, dad, uncle, brother and son, paul payne. a mixed bag of feelings and experiences that all ended up nicely with a smile and a tear. next headed out to NC to play lumberjack for a few months. reuniting with my close friends vic, andrew and dante and collaborating on the first steps to building their new home in boone.

skinny dip

fianlly heard some tunes at the soundpony this sunday night. a groovy NY band with tones of ben folds five with a heavy edge. the dudes put on a groovy short set and ended up in the kiddy pool on the back deck. this was all after seeing steve prior at exit 6c, who had their lighting nice and low and the sound just right. steve was in the groove and i heard david teagarden sr. sing.....nice.

rumplestiltskin

or is it karleskin?? ok paul benjamin:) well the friends and rocky frisco pulled one off again thursday night at mc nellies. jesse aycock, sharla, bo, destiny etc... had a great jam session. of course then there was paul, aka paul benjamin who i think is one of the guitar phenoms in tulsa, and yes because he can get off on the strings but moreso for his ability to get in the groove with about any one in town. all that with a great variety of organic beers and this "irish" named pub is as good a place as any to hang your hat on a thursday.

d-fest foursome

d-fest was this weekend.... and what might be the end of a good friends singing for a bit while he shapes the tulsa music scene with Exit 6C, Cappella and the Blank Slate. saturday night, beau charon, of fuzz fame, was back in town with his band from austin, rocking the continental. amos lee was crazy-good on the mainstage, and JFJO put on a spectacle late night. good musical effort by d-fest, one only hopes they will continue to get their act together in the style in which they run this event...."sorry no beer"

75 miles

i was fortunate enough to be able to take off a few days after my nephews funeral, and so i headed west to see friends in CO and NM. the views of the west cant help but soak in, and make an impression. im looking to point myself in a new and greener direction soon and dedicate this "push" to jeremy

jeremy's sky

this was the sky the night my family buried my nephew, who died in the iraq war because of a lack of armour. he was a hero in this life, not b/c he fought in this war but rather for the kind, funny and loving person he was right up until he died.

"oh my josh"

the fred has a groovy new drummer who is not only a real cool dude but is infusing a new energy into a band i already thought was the shit. right on josh.

50 cake

got a cake from rachels place of worship/ im mean work... merrits did a groovy job on my folks 50th anniversary cake, it wasnt vegan but a crowd pleaser for sure.