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- Jun 11, 2018
Simplicity
Last week, Marion and I traveled to Concord, Massachusetts, a town which the U.S. Census Bureau refers to as part of “Greater Boston.” To...


- May 28, 2018
Hello there, it’s been a while. My last blog went out at the end of 2017. I had intended to take a break for the holidays, stay off...


- Dec 11, 2017
My Christmas List
“And so this is Christmas… and what have you done?” Well, to answer John Lennon, quite a lot in 2017. Musically speaking, I released a...


- Nov 20, 2017
“Strings of streetlights, even stoplights…”
“If you don’t like the weather, wait ten minutes.” That’s what they say in New England. It may be an exaggeration, but not by much. At...


- Nov 6, 2017
Money Doesn't Talk, It Screams
This is not the blog I wanted to write. I had planned to share my latest musical project, something that gives me a lot of joy, and...


- Oct 24, 2017
The Casting Couch
Harvey Weinstein. Within the last couple of weeks, his public reputation has gone from that of “Producer/Mogul” to “Sexual Predator.” The...


- Oct 9, 2017
Guns, Dollars, and Sense
What a week. Las Vegas…Tom Petty. A shattering, one-two punch; not quite a knockout, but close. We’ll stand up, shake ourselves off, and...


- Sep 25, 2017
Not For Musicians Only
I recently received an email in response to my blog, “Swimming UpStream,” from a young musician in Germany. He had written previously to...


- Sep 11, 2017
Swimming UpStream...
“Crooked as a dog’s hind leg.” That’s what my dad would say. When it comes to the music business, he wouldn’t be far from wrong. There...


- Aug 21, 2017
“Moonlighting In Vermont”
If ever there was an “all American” place, it is Vermont. That is not to say it’s the most “all American” or only “all American” place,...