Contemporary Fiction Author, Infrequent Blogger & Retired Clown

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Zach Bryan’s Snow Show at Red Rocks

Zach Bryan’s Snow Show at Red Rocks

Snow started falling while we were enjoying dinner. And by enjoying dinner, I mean playing darts and drinking beers while a couple of burgers got cold on a nearby table. What better way to pregame before seeing Zach Bryan headline at Red Rocks for the [Read more…]

‘Til the Southern Wind Puts Me Six Feet Down (The Lone Bellow, Show #5)

‘Til the Southern Wind Puts Me Six Feet Down (The Lone Bellow, Show #5)

If you love your ears, you will take them to experience The Lone Bellow. As all of my friends are now well aware, I can wax poetic about The Lone Bellow for days. D-A-Y-S. But I’m gonna get right to the point: You need to [Read more…]

The Day I Caught Jason Isbell’s Guitar Pick (and other stories from Pilgrimage Festival)

The Day I Caught Jason Isbell’s Guitar Pick (and other stories from Pilgrimage Festival)

  Every time I go to a music festival, I leave the event thinking: DEAR GOD WHY DID I DO THIS PLEASE NEVER LET ME GO TO ONE OF THESE AGAIN! But then I have a couple margaritas with my childhood best friends and someone [Read more…]

Bluegrass Underground: A Spiritual Music Experience Unlike Any Other

Bluegrass Underground: A Spiritual Music Experience Unlike Any Other

It’s ten-thirty in the morning and I’m standing in the darkness of a cave somewhere in the middle of the Tennessee wilderness. A young tour guide with a buttery Southern accent is rattling off some history tidbits when I hear it. One of the most [Read more…]