Finding a Rare Fenix DG-40.N Guitar

The Find For some time I have been an admirer of Fenix guitars. They were produces for a short time from the late 80s to the early 90s. They were made by the Young Chang Company in Korea.  Many people know Young Chang as a very respectable acoustic piano company.  They also produced the Fender […]

Taylor Guitar Factory Tour – El Cajon, California

I’ve been a fan of Taylor guitars since the mid-80s.  I remembered playing a Taylor for the first time in the mid 1980s at a music store that sold both records and musical instruments in the French Quarter in Tyler, Texas. There is a FedEx/Kinkos location there today.  If you remember the store name please […]

Do You Remember Where You Were When … ?

When you hear the question, “Do you remember where you were when …” it brings back the joy or the pain prompted by the question itself. Well today I am working on a project for Pine Cove.  It is Early May 2014.  Campers will arrive at the new Silverado Camp near Columbus, Texas soon and […]

2013 Juke Joint Festival – Clarksdale, Mississippi

I passed through Clarksdale, Mississippi, this weekend. Clarksdale was celebrating the 10th annual Juke Joint Festival. Clarksdale is the hometown of many legendary blues artists. Much of the current economy appears to be centered on tourism. There is still a worldwide thirst for genuine blues music. I noticed several folks that talked funny there. Clarksdale […]

Sam Chatmon Blues Festival Oct 6, 2012

They call it a festival for a reason.  It was a day of fun and celebration of Delta Blues.  Most importantly, the  Sam Chatmon Blues Festival is held each year to celebrate the life of the late Sam Chatmon of Hollandale, Mississippi.  I earned my place at the festival by being mentored by Mr Chatmon […]

My Sweet Mother FIRED My Guitar Teacher

The back of the neck on his guitar was bare wood.  His rough leathery hands had removed the finish over a period of years of wear and tear.   His hands were rough from whatever “day-job” he was working.  His name was Louis “Snowball” Nichols.  Like most Mississippi Delta bluesmen he possessed two things, a […]

Reviving My 1973 Epiphone J200 Want-to-Be

I have to admit I have been blessed with more than a few great acoustic guitars.  One of my favorites is my first REAL guitar, and it’s not even a good instrument by most standards.  It is an Epiphone made in Japan.  It is somewhat of a copy of Gibson’s famous J-200.  J-200s are huge […]

Long Lost Silvertone Amp – Found

I think I have found an old amp I owned from 1965 to 1994.  As a young rocker in Greenville, Mississippi, I was surrounded by a lot of music in the Mississippi Delta.  Greenville was in the heart of the 1960s blues culture, and only a short drive from Sun Studio in Memphis, the mecca  […]

Songwriters in the Round – KE Cellars

I had a blast last weekend sharing the stage with two great Texas Songwriters. Connie Mims (winner of the 2009 Texas Music Award’s Songwriter of the Year award) and Randy Brown (winner of last year’s Americana Music Festival – Songwriter of the Year Award).

Got Milk, AnnaLeigh?

Some sweet things in life are planned.  Some sweet things just happen.  Some sweet things happen, and you don’t even know they happens until later.  Folks that know me know I’m all about being a father and a grand-father.  OK, I’m a much better grand-father.  Current grandbaby count, FIVE.  In June I had the chance […]

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