Hello my friends!

Things have been fairly quiet musically for the past month or two.  I have dealt with some health issues but, praise the Lord, I am doing better now and tests all came back with good news !

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Welcome to cold weather time!  :)

I used to love cold weather but as I get older I do appreciate the warmth of the sun a bit more :) 

Exciting things happening!  This week I had my first airplay on…

Hello!  

Autumn has come!  My favorite time of the year :)

I have enjoyed playing the summer Farmers market and I am a little sad that it will be a while before I can be sharing songs again with my…

It seems like summer flew by!! 

I was so honored to be able to share music throughout the month :)  My songwriting group is still awesome - shoutout to Southern Songwriters Association!  We encourage each other, support each other, and…

The music has been sweet in the sultry summer time here :)   

In June I started the month off with a true blessing...being able to have a coaching session with an absolutely amazing guitarist, singer, songwriter, and man of many…

Hello everyone!  

I haven't updated the blog in a while so I thought I would let you know what has been going on :) 

I have been playing the Farmer's Market here in my hometown...one of my FAVORITE places to…

No Hurry ( link to listen)

Is it possible?  Less stress with the world around us struggling with a myriad of problems?  With the control we thought we had slipping out of hands that never truly held it anyway?  With…

SSA Greatest Hits

What great timing:). I woke up this morning to the announcement that the SSA Greatest Hits album is set to be released digitally and CDs are on the way!!!  This is a wonderful collection of songs by…

Wow!  It has been a while since I updated my blog :)   I have been busy writing songs, playing out, and generally having a wonderful time with music :)   

I played for the Rutherford County Farmer's Market each Saturday in…

Just doing a little cleanup on my old YouTube channel and found some clips of me working on cover songs, singing with my eldest son’s bluegrass band ten years ago and a few other things so thought I would share…

I have waited this long to post about this amazing experience because it was so beyond words for me!  This year the Swannanoa Gathering in Swannanoa, NC could not be held in person as usual.  I mentioned in a previous…

The past three weeks have been a wonderful whirlwind of musical activity! :)   After returning from "Sun-annoa" I played with CJ Peters at Sweet Meadow Cafe in Salisbury, NC.  What a wonderful restaurant!  And the food was outstanding!  CJ hosts…

My first year of being able to participate in the Swannanoa Gathering will be bittersweet.  It will not be held in person this year but will be done virtually.  However, a group of songwriter friends and I took a sweet…

The Salisbury Farmer's Market was a blast!!  CJ Peters was a very gracious and encouraging host and I had a ball being able to perform some originals and a few covers as well.  I also enjoyed doing some impromptu harmonies…

I am very excited for this upcoming weekend!  I will be the guest of CJ Peters who plays the Salisbury Farmer's Market gig each Saturday!  CJ is a talented musician as well as a phenomenal guitar artist (both on the…

Today I had the wonderful experience of participating in the Don Gibson songwriting contest in Shelby, North Carolina. It was a wonderful event!
 

There was a great concert by the duo Wilson Fairchild last night as part of the event…

I had the pleasure of watching online the Charlotte Folk Society's Membership Spotlight concert this past week.  It was wonderful!  So much talent!  Afterwards I was invited to participate in a Zoom meeting to meet some of the people of…

I received an email today saying my song "It's A Good Night" can now be found on AmazonMusic, YouTube Music, Pandora, SoundExchange and (soon) Spotify!  So of course I had to go look it up. :). How neat is that!  

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There are still many things I don't know of course...but I didn't know that the end of a screwdriver is designed so you can put it in a wrench and have more leverage to get a tight screw out of…

  First blog post on my new website :). I always did like a blank sheet of paper and a sharpened pencil.  I am looking forward to sharing this amazing thing God decided to create called "Music".  He is the ultimate…