The Boys In The Band The stock market was crashing, the border crackdowns were causing big ripples in businesses and families, and the headlines the news was making were getting louder every day. I was trying to run away from all of that, heading into the desert to play music for some … [Read more...] about The Boys In The Band
Short Stories
Changes
Changes A drop of rain can take a while to soak deep enough into the thirsty ground of summer to touch the lives that can carry it back to where it came from. Words can be a little like that too. One evening, half a lifetime ago, my friend Buck and I were drinking tequila in the kitchen. He … [Read more...] about Changes
The Partnership
The best partnerships are those that overcome the shifty winds of fear with the solid stones of trust. There are truths that hide inside the complexities of most horse deals. Uno came to us in just such a way. “What can you tell me about that one there? That palomino”, Trudy asked, all innocence … [Read more...] about The Partnership
The Shark Hunters
I was walking along what I thought was an abandoned shoreline that lay along the west coast of the Sea Of Cortez. I was hunting for shark teeth; my eyes were on the ground and my mind was wherever it goes when it has the chance to get away. A sudden rattle of Spanish jerked me out of my trance. On … [Read more...] about The Shark Hunters
Forever West
Songs are a lot like babies; they’re fun to make, painful to deliver, and can sure lead you on a lot of ups and downs on their way to growing up. They need time to mature before you know exactly who they’re gonna be: slackers who lay around on the couch the rest of their lives or hustlers who … [Read more...] about Forever West
El Grito
El Grito is the Mexican shout, the high pitched cry that is released from an impassioned singer during an especially moving song. It originates from the pain that has been locked up inside of a free heart for too long; a pain that stems from working too much for too little in a place that is too … [Read more...] about El Grito
A Song Of Cuba
In another land and another time, inside the swirl of blue smoke traffic, horse cart vendors, and roadside travelers, there floats a song. The lyrics are spanish - the melody universal. It plays in the open 5th intervals of women talking to men, the minor triads of women talking to women and the … [Read more...] about A Song Of Cuba
