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Abilene is in the old stomping grounds of the American bison, and the bison is the spirit animal of Lone Star Dry Goods Icehouse in

“They call it the hill country, I call it beautiful.” I will be thinking of Kent Finlay’s song as I drive west to Poodie’s Hilltop

Kelley Mickwee is a force of nature- and her new song just released today is ‘Force of Nature.’ I loved writing this one with Kelley.

I think Sam Houston would like the Mucky Duck in the city named after him. I’ll be playing a show there in a week, and

The word “pub” is short for “public house” and the Mucky Duck takes that role seriously in the community of Houston. Here’s a shot from

I was lucky to be in Northern California when the Outlaws Music Festival rolled through Mountain View, California this weekend. Across the street from Google,

My sketch/watercolor of Ernest Hemingway’s house in Key West (print available here). Before I ever wrote a song, his novels and short stories moved me

My sketch/watercolor of The Bugle Boy in La Grange where we’ll be playing in a month on August 23. Prints of this are available here.

My sketch/watercolor of the Old Quarter in Galveston where we played a show on July 18. (Prints of this are available here.) Just a sampling

A painting my grandfather did when he was living on The Strand in Galveston. It has hung by my desk wherever I lived over the

In Oklahoma City on Friday night I’ll be at The Blue Door (tickets here) and a week later Adam Carroll will be there. I will

I stopped here to use the pay phone, but I guess they took it out. There was a new historical marker posted – I read