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Bluebonnets
In an effort to more fully participate in the Texas cultural fever that is "The Great and Eternal Bluebonnet Photo," I for the first time in my life stood on the side of a busy highway and posed with nature's (and Lady Bird's) bounty. Oh, Joy. Continue Reading→
The Water Tap
Years ago, Gary Nicholson and I were in his Nashville studio trying to write a song. But really we were talking about writing, how weird and utterly miraculous it is to actually write a song, and the big, bad bear in the room -- writer’s block. In his usual straight ahead way, Gary likened it all to Continue Reading→
Steve Fromholz’s Martin D28
This guitar, a 1951 Martin D28, used to belong to Steven Fromholz. He bought it in Nashville in 1971. Who knows where it was before that. I saw him play this guitar at the Texas Opry House in Houston in the late 70's (I was still in high school and had snuck with with a fake id. That's a whole other Continue Reading→
Now and Forever
Now And Forever When the night falls around you And the light is sinking low And the stars that would guide you Have gone missing, where you do not know And you feel your days Slip away Like water through your hands Know that I Am always by your side Now and Forever When your past starts Continue Reading→