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  [...]

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 [...]

Saturday Afternoons with Blues Legend, Sam Chatmon

There are several events that are engrained into the memory of most performers.  There is the time that you step onto a real stage with real spotlights the first time and realize you can’t see beyond the first row.  There is the time you forgot the words of a familiar tune and don’t know where [...]

Writing Run Girl Run

What would your tell your first granddaughter? What would your want to hear if you never got to speak to her as a teenager? Shortly ofter Lilly Katherine was born I wrote this song about the five things he wanted her to know as she grows up. “Run” in this tune is a metaphor for [...]

Dave Sherman Receives SongVault.FM Airplay

Three RiverSide songs have been submitted to SongVault.FM.  Like many other music based social networks, popularity is based on voting.  There are four popularity groups and many, many genres.  At the time of this writing the three songs all ranked well.  Don’t just sit there, jump in and vote!
#29 in Blues SongVault Finals
Duct Tape Blues
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Kathy Mattea Songwriting School

Songwriting is a lifelong process for most.  I began writing in college at Northeast Louisiana University (now The University of Louisiana at Monroe)  I’ve had the pleasure of attending several songwriting schools.  These were taught by great songwriters such as Steve Seskin, Tom Prasada-Rao, Cary Cooper and Kyle Matthews.  Most songwriting schools are 1 to [...]