Last September at Jon Gindick’s Harmonica Jam Camp in Natick, Massachusetts, I performed a duet with blues harp master Annie Raines on a G minor blues.  The performance was recorded to video–my first videoed performance, and it’s a good one.  You can see it on…

I sat in with Jon Paris’s band in NYC (at Lucille’s Grill in BB King’s, times Square) for the second time on Monday, October 22, and it was fine.  This time, instead of running the harp through the PA, I managed to talk Jon into…

I saw Scott Albert Johnson (SAJ for short) at Arlene’s grocery in NYC last night.  I was the very first buyer of SAJ’s first CD release earlier this year.  (And I’ve got the dated autograph to prove it.)  The CD was enjoyable pop with a touch…

Over a year ago, I wrote to the Harp-L internet mailing list to tell list members that I’d released a new song called “Stone Castle,” and said piece was intended as theme music for a vampire movie.  Soon after, a member of the list named Johan…

I was one of the coaches at Jon Gindick’s Harmonica Jam Camp in Natick this weekend, and it was a blast. I went to Jam Camp because 1) I wanted to learn a few things from the other coaches, and 2) I wanted to help…

As I write this I’m listening to Maybe August’s debut CD for the second time.  I don’t expect this to be the last time I listen to them.  They’re very good, meaning the songs are very good, the singing is very good, and the playing…

I met Jon Paris, the guitarist who played for years with Johnny Winter, at SPAH, where he invited me to come sit in with him at BB King’s in NYC, where he plays Lucille’s Grill every Monday night.  Last night I went to sit in…

In the last few weeks, 3 of my pieces have been posted to various Top 10 lists on Broadjam.com, a site for indie musicians.  One of my pieces, “Kill the Doctor (That Killed My Wife)”, was 4 on the worldwide Blues Top 10 list for…

Today is the second anniversary of the death of my brother Ted, who was almost 55 when he died.  He died in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he lived the last few years of his life, and where he was happy for the most…

We’re doing some work on my house, and the work happens to include the room I use for recording.  This weekend I have to disassemble my studio, move the pieces out, wait three days, then reinstall it.  I suppose I’ll take this opportunity to make…