Hey, y’all.  Teenage Rust played at Coins on Memorial Day Monday and I was there along with so many other faithful friends - and we had a blast!  You should have already viewed some pictures from that day including one of keyboard/singer Crystal Grandel who just radiates joy.  God has certainly blessed her with so much talent.  Her hubby Paul does a lot of the vocals and is the bass player,  while Howard Wimbrow plays lead guitar.  Howard also plays with No Byscuyts and Comfort Zone.  Holding down the bottom is T Lutz on drums, always having a good time back there.  Center stage is the couple we all love to love, Maddy & Billy Carder.  Billy plays guitar, too, and sings a few; he does a great Johnny Cash.  I always call Maddy our ‘Dancing Queen’ because she does just that while providing backup vocals and tambourine.  What a fun show they put on each and every time.  Let’s all get together again to hear them play at M.R. Ducks on Sunday, October 4, at 4p.It’s been a wonderful weeke... » Click here for the full story.

Sometimes I sit down to write and nothing comes to mind, partly because I’ve not been out much; but now, since it’s been three weeks, I think it’s more than that.  Usually I begin with a “Hi, friends” or “Hi, y’all;” but sometimes I don’t know what to say next. Is this truly ‘writer’s block’?  I guess so.  The only word that has come to mind for the past few weeks is ‘sometimes.’  And so I begin.Okay, I’m staring at the screen again.  You know what?  I think I’ve been watching too much TV where I stare at the screen and I’m not required to say anything.  I’m going to break out of that right now.  I recently had a conversation with lovely songbird Sarah Robins of Endless Ember about how her summer has been.  Yeah, can’t believe it’s Labor Day Weekend already ... now there’s where I would normally have begun to write.  Anyway, she has performed at many venues with many different duo partners, including Chris Sajadi who is the regular lead guitarist with Doug Balch in The Mercury Agenda a... » Click here for the full story.

Hi, all.  What do I talk about today?  I don’t know.  Looking back over the week, I didn’t go anywhere.  Why not, you may ask.  I know I missed a lot of fabulous music; places that were on my radar to cover.   It’s been boring health stuff mostly.  I had a really bad reaction to my regular eye shots and couldn’t see for a few days.  And I have a disc bulge that’s making it even more difficult than usual to walk.  I’m hoping to conquer all this soon because the lineup at Coconuts Beach Bar & Grill is super this week starting with Monkee Paw tonight, The Royal Flush Band Saturday and The Lauren Glick Band on Sunday.  You can check the Who’s Where When section to see the full schedule; the only place I know to have two acts every single day.Many thanks to my associate Terry Sullivan who has taken wonderful pictures at several of the places I wanted to be.  Check those out in Fun Fotos.  It makes me smile to see all my friends having a good time listening to some of the best music arou... » Click here for the full story.