i’d like to listen to this all day.  just lie in an open field, with my eyes closed in mid october at four pm when the sky is starting to get a little gray, and listen.

Mountain Man “Mouthwings” [part 1 of 3] from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

Just a quick update…
The aforementioned show on June 25th has been canceled and replaced by a show on July 11th at the Fire, at 8pm.  I’m pretty excited for this one– it will be full band (drums, two guits and bass) and we’re opening for Kate Tucker, who is awesome.  The show is only $8 [...]

Congratulations to Tania Alexandra, The Fleeting Ends, Ryan Tennis and Johnny Miles for winning the PSP 2010 Contest!  Damon Hamilton and Julie Clark were chosen as alternates.
I did not win, but it was a fun afternoon with a lot of great music, and I had a great time regardless.  Yeah, it was fun to play [...]

In late March I submitted two songs– ‘Smile’, and ‘By The Bending Creek’– to the Philadelphia Songwriters Project’s annual competition.  Last year my friend Kelly Musser, from Kelly and the Ruths, won the prize package along with a few other musicians, and it seemed like a pretty sweet deal.
So the good news is that my [...]

(Yes, I really did give this entry such a stupid title.)

Surprise!  I love Tom Waits.  Oh, wait– I think we already knew that, since I tell everyone I see once I get a single beer in me.  It’s okay, just roll your eyes at me.  I won’t go away, but we don’t have to pretend [...]

Alright.  When I decided back in July to take a break, I’m not sure I thought it would ever be so hard to stop taking the break.  But it turns out it’s practically impossible.  It’s always been difficult for me to identify as a “performer”.  I write music, I play music, and oh, I love [...]

In 1998, the year I turned thirteen, I saw this commercial:

Screw the Gap and their khakis.  I needed to know what that song was, and what ’swing’ was.  So I asked my dad, who of course knows everything.  And he handed me this CD:

Although it’s hard to choose just a few highlights, as every single [...]

Last night I dreamed that I cut my own tongue off.  Like my bangs, it was getting long and needed a trim.  I don’t recall the actual shearing; just holding my severed tongue in my left hand as I stood in a nameless and faceless friends kitchen.  There was no blood, and no pain, and [...]

L to R: Bret Littlehales, Matt Kelley, Robby Leebrick, Steve “Wolf” Crescenze
Most people (I’d like to say all!) that know me personally that my father is a blues musician.  He’s been a blues musician since his early teens and is a phenomenal singer and harmonica player.  He also has an incredible knowledge of blues and [...]

Today is a big day!
It is recording day #1 (of 2 scheduled) for Phil and Scott to lay down the drum and bass tracks on the album.  Our good friends Mitch and Mark of An American Chinese are recording us in their studio, Siamese Twin Studio.
In other news, I sort of started writing again (after [...]