Thanks to prayers and support from friends and family, I’m back on tour after a month of recuperation and rehab. I’m bald, but I’m back! We had a great time last night at the Promenade. I love playing music with my family so much, special thanks to Jenny and Jeff, and my wonderful wife Linda, […]

On June 9, my 46th wedding anniversary, I was launched out of bed at 1:00 am by what I was convinced was a heart attack. My father had heart disease and I was expecting the same. I perched on the side of the bed, lurching rapidly and violently, unable to breathe, talk, or stand. No […]

I made a visit to Benford Brewing Co., a locally owned producer of craft beers last week. Bryan Benford, owner and brewmaster, built the operation from scratch about seven years ago, and soon after his products were showing up in stores and taverns all over the Carolinas. Benford’s success is no accident. This man knows […]

People think drummers are not exactly at the top of the evolutionary scale. Some wonder how drummers feed themselves. Can drummers cook? Even blind drummers? We decided to do an investigative report, using our very own drummer, Jeff.  

We are pleased to announce that we will be playing at one of South Carolina’s premier weekend festivals, Rhythm On the Rails, on Saturday May 18, 2019 in Clinton, SC. Rhythm On the Rails is a family event featuring carnival rides, games, food (mmmm barbecue!), vendors, trains, custom cars, and, of course, music! The festival […]

“Hey,” Tim said on the phone by way of introduction.  “Pat says you can play drums.” That definitely got my attention.  Pat was a fellow pitcher on my Babe Ruth 15-year old baseball team.  He knew I had borrowed my dad’s big old Leedys to play with a few kids’ bands and sat in with […]

Jeff and I were walking across the parking lot from his condo to the nearby grocery store.  Every Thursday night we get together to cook man food (okay, it’s usually hamburger helper) and listen to a ball game. As we crossed the street we heard music coming from the parking lot, unlike anything we had […]

The cool thing about playing a wide variety of music from the sixties through today is that it has such universal appeal.  It would be easy to assume that 20 year-olds want to hear only today’s artists, urban people prefer hip hop, folks over 50 will only tolerate classic rock or country, and small town […]

It’s tough sledding when you are really different from every other kid in your second grade class. And your school. And your whole city. Jeff Balek, our drummer and the namesake of our family band “Caution! Blind Driver” was REALLY different, being totally blind. It’s not that the kids were mean, or didn’t like him. […]

Jenny shows off her new Eastwood bass guitar at Promenade: