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“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

My sketch/watercolor of an evening at the Kerrville Folk Festival. My band and I will be playing on Saturday, June 8. (Prints of this watercolor are