Today my band, Superficial Charm played at a benefit concert for Bethany Christian Services, a great organization that helps a lot of kids find homes. As I’ve mentioned, my son Jonathan is adopted, so when they asked us to play, we jumped at the chance. One of the reasons we were invited was a song I wrote, which Bethany’s local [...]

Another show coming up!

So this morning, Grace grabbed the mandolin by grandfather gave me. Jonathan grabbed the accordion Jen’s grandfather gave us. And they started to jam:

She doesn’t have a name yet, but she sure is pretty: Gretsch Electromatic She’s a Gretsch Electromatic G5120. I’ve been wanting one of these for a long time, and yesterday I found one at a price too good to pass up. I haven’t much time to play it yet, with school just starting up and all, but so far I [...]

We had a great show at the Art & Soul Cafe last night. Somebody took this picture of my wife Jen playing bass: I’m a lucky man.

A couple snapshots from tonight’s show, courtesy of David (click for larger images): And the gig poster:

This is Sybil’s new best friend:

Something new that Tom and I are doing. My lovely wife will of course be playing bass and Tattoo Steve will be sitting in on drums. click for larger image The Art & Soul Cafe meets in the basement of St. Paul’s Church in Mountville, PA. It’s a laid back, casual environment where artists and musicians gather to make a [...]

A few folks have emailed me or left comments on the site to ask how Sybil, my Parkwood Hybrid, is doing these days. In a nutshell, she’s great. In a slightly larger nutshell, I’m happy enough with her that I sold my Rickenbacker, and those of you who know me well know that that’s not something I did lightly. I’ve [...]