Musings

I won an award for best history research in the folk and country music category for the Merle Travis book. This is a big honor, thanks to the folks at ARSC! I really appreciate it.

This morning, with a few hours to kill, I decided I was going to check out Balboa Park. I had always heard about it, but I had only driven by it, never taken the time to walk around inside.

I won an award for best history research in the folk and country music category for the Merle Travis book. This is a big honor, thanks to the folks at ARSC! I really appreciate it.

If you’re a Mac person, remember when these came out? They were ridiculously expensive new, and universally ridiculed for their “trash can” appearance

When in Muhlenberg County, Bill Harlan will take you on a tour of all the sights

A great night in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, hanging with two legends: Bill Harlan and Royce Morgan!

Interviewing Terry McArthur today for the Mosrite book, about the year he apprenticed at Semie Moseley’s shop, 1958–59

I stopped in at the Nashville Musicians Association to talk to Willie Cantu, drummer for Buck Owens and the Buckaroos in the golden mid-1960s

A friend of mine and his buddies are staying at Hank Snow’s famous “Rainbow Ranch,” which is now open as a B&B. He asked if I wanted to stay there tonight with them, I couldn’t say yes fast enough!

I had a great day today with Eugene Moles in Nashville, interviewing him for the Mosrite book!