SUBSTACK My Substack newsletter, Love Songs Etc, is where the action is. Check it out HERE. What is Substack? It's like a newsletter mixed with a blog mixed with bologna. Mine is called Love Songs Etc. It's like a boxed set mixed with a memoir mixed with bologna. Sign up for free and my posts will arrive directly in your email inbox every couple of weeks. Paid subscribers enjoy perks like early bird tickets, high-resolution [...]
SUBSTACK My Substack newsletter, Love Songs Etc, is where the action is. Check it out HERE. ON VINYL A new limited-edition 45-rpm colored vinyl single is out on Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready's HockeyTalkter Records. "Lonely Mama" graces the A-side. Check out the new video directed by John Jeffcoat and featuring Caitlin Jeffcoat playing my birth mother circa 1970 HERE. I wrote about the writing and recording of "Lonely Mama" on SUBSTACK. "Skeleton Crew" is [...]
SUBSTACK My Substack newsletter Love Songs Etc is where the action is. Check it out HERE. LIVE & IN-PERSON I booked a gig! I’ll play an acoustic show on March 30, 2024, at Vashon Center for the Arts. The show is sold out. Get on the waitlist HERE. This will be my first show in over six years. (Thanks a lot, chronic fatigue.) I will be joined, as always, by the amazing Elaine Summers. We’re [...]
SUBSTACK As I mentioned on my NOW page, my Substack newsletter is the best place to keep up with what I’m up to. It’s called Love Songs Etc. Check it out HERE. BLEND In my Winter 2023 Quarterly Report, I announced my first release in years, “Fading Fast.” I said it was the first in a series of singles leading up to a new album. Well, that album has been put on hold while I [...]
NEW SINGLE "FADING FAST" OUT NOW! "Fading Fast" is the first in a series singles leading up to a full-length album. It's my first release since "Skeleton Crew" dropped in March of 2020. Before that I had not released any songs since The Droge & Summers Blend Volume Two EP in 2014. (Thanks a lot chronic fatgue!) For the backstory on the lyrics check out this post on my SUBSTACK. Watch the lyric video on [...]
HEALTH UPDATE September 2022 marked my seven year anniversary with chronic fatigue. I'm happy to report that my energy is improving. And while I'm still a long way from 100%, I'm super grateful for the energy I do have. Lately I've been feeling well enough to begin a slow and steady return to my music career. More on all that later. In the meantime, here are a few bits of news... END CREDIT SONG “Among [...]
Vashon Island Pet Protectors Fundraiser I’ve donated a rare item to VIPP’s online auction. Click HERE to bid on a 60 minute lesson via Zoom with yours truly. Choose your topic: Songwriting, guitar, voice or recording. Other items up for auction include a ukulele signed by Eddie Vedder, Almost Famous swag signed by Cameron Crowe and VIP tickets to see Band of Horses at Seattle’s Paramount Theater. See all auction items HERE. Almost Famous 20th [...]
A Fender guitar autographed by yours truly and my pal Elaine Summers is being auctioned off to raise money for SMASH.SMASH is Seattle Musicians Access to Sustainable Healthcare. A very worthy cause. In addition to the guitar we signed, there is lots of fun Seattle rock stuff including an autographed guitar from a guy named Mike McCready. (Mike's in a band called Pearl Jam if you didn't know.)Speaking of Pearl Jam, Stone's new side project [...]
Can we create a series of singles that supports a community of artists & creative professionals while incubating a donor-driven record label focused on giving? Can we? Let’s find out! • • • Turns out that I cannot. Not while living thru year five of chronic fatigue I can't. I gave it my all. But it's taken it's toll on my recovery and I have accepted that I simply can't pull this off while staying within my "energy [...]
Health Update Slowly but slowly my health is improving. (Health backstory HERE.) Assuming the trend continues, it shouldn’t be too long before I’m ready to begin pre-production on my next record. In the meantime, I’ve been dusting off the old live chops. Live & In-Person On November 8 Elaine Summers and I will play a couple of songs at The O Space to help celebrate the release of Vashon Calling, an album to benefit Vashon [...]
