Thou Shalt Not….Not Dance
Like all of us, upon occasion I wake up with the thought of “What is the greatest commandment, anyhow?” And so we bring...
The Kingdom of Summer
Our Kingdom Come. Not the one of other worlds. But right here. Now. In the slant of sun off June water. We are...
Flying Down to Rio
When Fred Astaire died on June 22, 1987, Ginger Rogers was living alone on her Rogue River ranch in Oregon. Their last movie...
Eisenhower On the Beach
In 1964, Dwight Eisenhower returned to Normandy. It had been twenty years since D-Day and was the only time he returned to the...
When I Saw Her Standing….
What if the lyric ended like that? No “there” was there (to paraphrase Gertrude Stein’s take on Oakland). Even the first time we heard...
To Tune a Guitar
The way to tune a guitar: hold it loose and easily Every flat or sharp tells you where it needs to be Strings...
Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli.
A rat! I had heard my whole life to insulate myself from them, that they are everywhere and so to remain on guard....
What Would the World Be Like?
For Mother’s Day! When my daughter was four, she asked me a question. This song was my (eventual) answer. This slideshow is a...
In the Beginning
In a few weeks, I will make my yearly pilgrimage to Charlottesville, Virginia to spend some time with a wonderful group of songwriters....