Browsing all posts in April, 2009.

Lost in Key West, and Chris Cook

     Hey folks! I’m down here in Key West today. I’m playing a festival in Melbourne, Florida on Sunday, so I came down to Florida a few days early to try to get some writing done for the new record, work on the 50 States in 50 Days tour,  book some house concerts, and work [...]

Tennessee Girl-making of the video

       I wrote this song when i lived in Los Angeles. This was recorded in Nashville-Robert Reynolds and Paul Deakin from The Mavericks are the rhythm section, Pat Buchanon on guitar, and Bruce Bouton on steel guitar.    
         When it came time [...]

10 Songs that take me to a place in time

  
  Hearing a song can take me back to a place in time, and I can almost feel what was going on around me……sights, smells……every sense.      Here are my top 10 songs that have place and time memories attached to them.

“Rhinestone Cowboy” by Glenn Campbell-I remember [...]

Never let your girlfriend dress you

 
     So, my ex-girlfriend tried to “dress” me once. I came home from work and she had bought all these clothes for me. I was not expecting that at all. I was appreciative, but a little perplexed. 
     It wasn’t my birthday, and there was no real reason why she should be buying me [...]

Supersized Woman Pole Dancing

Ok, i’ve decided to start a section on the blog for “fun stuff”…….can be anything really.
I’m starting the section off with a video that my friend Ado Cunningham sent me of a woman trying to dance on a pole. I literally doubled over laughing the other night on the couch when i saw it. I [...]

Upcoming Festivals, Crete, Japan, 50 States, and UK tour

    
Hey all, in the coming weeks i will play a festival in Melbourne, Florida, and the over the summer i play a smattering of dates in the UK, and France. Also, one of my favs is the Songs in the Sun week in Crete. Don’t miss out on that [...]

Who flipped the coin with Ritchie Valens? The Buddy Holly movies are fictional

    
 Tommy Allsup flipped the coin with Ritchie Valens in the dressing room of the Surf Ballroom on Feb. 2nd, 1959.       Ritchie had been bugging him all day for his seat on the plane, and Tommy kept telling him “no.” He was already in the car with Buddy, and Buddy [...]

The Roadmap for the 2009 50 States in 50 Days tour

I’ve begun booking the 2009 50 States in 50 Days tour, and this is the roadmap for the shows. I’ve had some requests for this, so here it is!

Maria Elena Holly (Buddy Holly’s widow) 50 Winters Later

Ever wonder what Buddy Holly’s widow, Maria Elena Holly, is like now……50 winters later. I had the unique opportunity to interview her off-the-cuff in the dressing room of The Surf Ballroom exactly 50 winters later on Feb. 2nd, 2009.