Just a place to document our travels, fun times, and life…
It started in London with a shy fan offering Americana outsider Jim White a gift—an obscure 19th Century novel called Precious Bane. Over the years they kept up a correspondence, with White becoming increasingly intrigued by this shy, impoverished woman who led a fairly desperate hand to mouth existence in the south of England. That woman is Trey Blake, a...
Texas Flood – SRV Tribute band. I generally DO NOT care for, or go to events with tribute bands, but hey, they were actually pretty damn good. enjoyable. Whitey Morgan and the 78s – Why I wanted to go to this local event. Good set. I enjoy his old school Honky Tonk hard rocking music, have several albums, glad to...
Always a fun show, but this one was a stripped-down version and not the full band, but it was no less fantastic. https://shinyribs.org Shinyribs defies genres as a sonic melting pot of Texas blues, New Orleans R&B funk, horn-driven Memphis soul, country twang, border music, big band swing, and roots-rock. The Austin-based nine-piece supergroup is led by Kevin Russell, the...
For the past seven years, Robert Earl Keen has been forging a new holiday tradition with a run of irreverently themed Christmas shows. On December 2nd, the Texas singer and songwriter will kick off his eighth year of concerts with a gig in Greenville, South Carolina. As on tours of Christmases past, this trek — the Countdown to Christmas Tour...
We enjoyed listening to Lucious at Red’s while visiting Clarksdale, MS – Birthplace of the Blues. I had met and talked with him a bit the day before while hanging out at Hambone Art & Music, which was across the street from where we were staying. Yes, that really is a dude watching TV while Lucious plays, it’s Red –...
Three fabulous coffee table size books filled with amazing photgraphs of musical artists “Raising a Hand” for Rett. https://raisingahand.com/the-book/ If you love music, you’ll want to get all three! Please check out https://raisingahand.com/ For over two decades, Houston-based photographer Dave Clements, along with his close friend Kevin Black and Kevin’s brother, Clint Black, have been raising awareness and funds for...
Randy is Director of Operations at New Danville. New Danville is a non-profit that provides day programs and residential living for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities on a beautiful 42-acre ranch. UPDATE: 2025, now semi-retired, only working part-time at New Danville for IT Support, and mostly working remote. Life is good! Jana enjoys being a grandmother and domestic goddess after years as a...
Purchased new in August 2013. Little did I know then, it would be the best car I’ve owned, and that includes two new Mustangs (2001, 2008). Perfect size, plenty of pep, and amazing hybrid gas mileage. Ruby Red was the great road-tripping car, and as of 2025, it’s relegated to number 3 in the fleet, but will probably be sold...
