OK, so I finally heard the Eric Church song “Springsteen.” (Showed up in my Twitter feed as an Austin City Limits performance: #countryfail.) To be honest, I didn’t listen all the way through. I’ve heard this song before. Well, figuratively. […]
I'm the design and user experience lead for FreshGrass/No Depression, and I also do front-end development. I've worked for years in tech design and development, marrying it whenever possible with my love for music. Examples: I'm a partner in Local Music Vibe ("Live local music - wherever local happens to be"); as a producer at LucasArts, I brought in Roy Rogers to record a game soundtrack.
I also play and put on shows. A songwriter since my teens, I attended the inaugural session of Camp Copperhead, Steve Earle’s songwriting camp. Every year my wife and I put on an intimate music festival on our property in Sonoma County. In 2012, I organized a centennial tribute to Woody Guthrie in Santa Rosa, Calif., starring Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. Introducing Ramblin’ Jack from the stage was one of the highlights of my life.
OK, so I finally heard the Eric Church song “Springsteen.” (Showed up in my Twitter feed as an Austin City Limits performance: #countryfail.) To be honest, I didn’t listen all the way through. I’ve heard this song before. Well, figuratively. […]
Rolling Stone returns with Garth Hudson to Big Pink for the first time since he moved out. Watch him reminisce about times past, and explain of the recording secrets of The Basement Tapes. Don’t miss the end of the video […]
Santa Rosa, CA, June 6, 2012 – For over five years, a young Ramblin’ Jack Elliott stuck to Woody Guthrie like rust on a boxcar, becoming so proficient at his style that America’s most famous ballad writer remarked, “Jack sounds […]