admin | March 22, 2007
Every time I try to change the strings on my instruments, our cat, Willow, attacks the string ends. I usually wind up bleeding. It’s that time of year again… one of our local newspapers, the Boulder Weekly, features a “Best Of Boulder” survey each year. There are many catagories for which one can vote, including [...]
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admin | March 20, 2007
My wife and I have often felt that the secret to our success as a couple has lied securely in the fact that our parents (even after two years of marriage) have never met. Well, they met last week for the first time. And though it seems things went well, we are worried. Next week [...]
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admin | March 12, 2007
We just got the news that we’ve been invited to play at The Annual Charles Sawtelle Memorial Mountain Jam this summer. Folks just call it The Charles now. It’s a fun gathering of local bluegrass talent at The Gold Hill Inn and an opportunity to honor the late, great bluegrass musician Mr. Charles Sawtelle. Thanks [...]
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admin | March 11, 2007
Larry Keel is a skilled and versatile acoustic musician. I appreciate how he reveres the roots music he grew up with in the Blue Ridge Mountains, tweaks it with his own original style, and brings it to us here in the Rocky Mountains. It was great to open for them at the Stage Stop on [...]
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admin | March 7, 2007
We are really looking forward to opening for Larry Keel & Natural Bridge at The Stage Stop on Friday March 9th. There are several reasons for this. First, Keel is a flatpicking guitar master and a kick-ass singer-songwriter. He and his band, Natural Bridge, are very talented musicians. Both Del McCoury and Acoustic Syndicate have [...]
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admin | March 1, 2007
The week in the studio is winding down. All of us are pleased with the progress of James’ recording so far. On Monday and Tuesday we focused some long hours on the vocal and guitar tracks. Wednesday was spent with electric bass, vocal harmonies, and harmonica. Today I will add bouzouki, electric baritone guitar, banjo, [...]
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