I’m Not A Hoarder

Posted on by February 24, 2020

I’m not a hoarder.

I’m an “assembler of useful things”.

That’s what a hoarder would say.

Of course, most of the stuff that I accumulate is useful.

Books…guitars…music…tools…etc.

Useful.

But…any “stuff” is a pain in the rear if it fills up your life.

When you trip over “useful”…that’s not good.

I woke up the other day feeling like I wouldn’t have the energy to fix the problems I either created or accepted.

This morning I’m feeling like I’ll do it….

I CAN DO IT!

When you’re underwater, the only place to go is back up to the sunshine.

Nothing hard about that decision.

Just start swimming.

I do know how to swim….

And…look at all the cool stuff in this guy’s yard and house!

This lady’s lucky!

Scandinavian folk on Nyckelharpa by Myrkur

Posted on by February 16, 2020

All this Scandinavian stuff!

What a great time in history to be a Norwegian!

I don’t have to go out and rape and pillage, either…

All I have to do is scroll around on YouTube!

Low-bandwidth Viking!

Peter Learns a Whole Song

Posted on by February 13, 2020

I’ve never been one of those “play a John Denver song around the campfire kind of guys”.

Not that I wouldn’t want to do that if I could remember a whole song.

I just can’t remember a whole song.

People ask me to play a whole song sometimes, though.

I think that I’m going to learn a really good acoustic cover of this song.

I wonder if anybody would ask me to play a song around the campfire if I learned this song all the way through?

I’ve got the “ayeyiyiyihhhhhhhhhh” part down already.

It would be cool to know a whole song all the way through.

This might make for a good singalong, too.

….”it can’t compete with this PILLOW TALK OF MINE!!”

Jonatha Brookes and Charlie Hunter/ Sanborn Sessions

Posted on by February 12, 2020

When I worked at the radio station in Asheville I got a chance to see Jonatha Brookes while she was still playing with “The Story”.

Good stuff.

There are so many musicians with so much talent and so much to offer who aren’t “mainstream”.

Makes you wonder about the real value of what we consider “mainstream”….

David Sanborn is featuring some great artists in this showcase series.

I Live In A Potato…

Posted on by February 11, 2020

Nahhhhhhh.

I don’t really live in a potato.

That’s just “click-bait”.

Wouldn’t it be weird to live in a potato, though?

My dad used to say that if you could insulate a house with a baked potato you could stay pretty warm.

I guess that’s true…

This lady is out in Idaho…and it looks like this might be a cool Airbnb that she built.

A potato Airbnb.

I don’t know if I would want a cow for a pet.

We have a big dog.

That’s enough.

This is another great Kirsten Dirksen video.

Kristie Wolfe is the lady who lives in a potato.

The potato is in Boise.

“Tows Wiv Hny and Budr…Plls…”

Posted on by February 9, 2020

Our youngest daughter must be feeling better after having a bad earache a couple of days ago.

She’s also learning to spell.

Feeling better and learning to spell are a good thing to have going on in your life.

This was the note that she left for Jenny this morning.

Her breakfast order?

Why, “Tows Wiv Hny and Budr…Plls…”

Good to see her feeling better.

“A Man Walks Into a Bar…” The Main Squeeze at Redrocks…playing a cover of War Pigs…

Posted on by February 2, 2020

So…a man walks into a bar and the band is playing a cover of Black Sabbath’s “WarPigs”…and it sounds like this.

That’s no joke.

The Main Squeeze isn’t only a cover band…but I came to their music through some of the covers they’ve posted on YouTube.

I don’t know how you’d get a chance to hear covers done this well…with this much artistry and enthusiasm.

Maybe…if you walked into a bar…and…

Here’s one of their originals…