Setlistology
I don’t even try to do set lists any more. It’s just too hard. Jenny has to carry that weight. As a variety cover band, we know that the most important thing to our guests is the songs. People want to hear songs they like and if they can sing along, all the better. The […]
Caution! Blind Driver is Going to the Dogs
One of our favorite events – Paws In the Park – is coming up on April 7. It’s a family affair, and I mean the whole family including the pooches. Lots of cool people with their cool dogs, plus vendors, food, prizes, dog stuff and Caution! Blind Driver on the big stage. We always brush […]
Blind Guys ROCK: Ronnie Milsap
Jeff and I took an interest in Ronnie Milsap, a blind musician from North Carolina like Jeff, and were amazed to learn his history and the quality and quantity of his work. Milsap was born blind in Robbinsville, NC in 1943. His mother almost immediately abandoned him and he was sent to the state school […]
Jenny’s Short-scale Bass Saga Continues
Okay, the Fender Mustang experiment didn’t work. At all. Jenny needed a good short-scale bass and loved the look and feel of her new Mustang at rehearsal. But you never know how a piece of musical equipment will perform until you gig with it. First thing we noticed is no headroom due to weak PJ […]
Mustang Jenny!
My daughter Jenny has been playing my bass guitar for some time. Before we put our family band back together she gigged with some local rockers with the Squier Precision bass I had bought her as a Christmas gift. But she found her Squire didn’t compare to my 1982 Vantage VP820B bass. I bought my […]
Stevie Ray Vaughan Paid His Dues
My treadmill time is actually a guilty pleasure – I record every music concert, documentary, and interview show on TV and watch them while racking up the miles, sans commercials. I really enjoy learning the history of famous musicians, and the surprising backstories. AXIS TV recently featured a long documentary about the life and musical […]
The Best Christmas Gig Ever
By today’s standards, we didn’t have much. In fact we were dirt poor, but we really didn’t know it. Everybody else in the neighborhood was, too. Back in the early sixties my sister and I were grubby little kids who pretty much had the run of the city, day and night, and nobody worried about […]
CBD to Face Lions
from the Davidson Dispatch, 10/26/17: Getting ready for the Lions District 31-I fall convention Reminding all Lions that the District 31-I’s fall convention will be at Camp Dogwood Nov. 3-5. Don’t forget to bring auction items for Saturday morning and crafts, gifts, and Lions-themed items for the boutique. All proceeds go to Brighter Visions. […]
I Miss Tom Petty Already
Tom Petty was the guy all of us young, guitar wanna-me musicians admired. A rebel. A writer. A guy who did it his way, and his way was magical and irresistible. Genuine. Straight. Unfiltered. Has there ever been a bad Tom Petty song? He never mailed it in. And that goes not only for the […]