The Nightcrawler.

Click: Some nice ink on the Last Fridays from Gary Carra and the Valley Advocate.

Pugwash Tour Photos: Portland.

We played "Picture Book" by The Kinks and "Nice to Be Nice" together. Photo: Andy Levine.

The Empire. Portland. 3rd October, 2016.

Clockwise from top left: Thomas (and Shaun), Joey, Shaun, and Tosh.

Pugwash Tour Photos: Northampton.

With Thomas on Joan Holliday's radio show. WRSI - 93.9 The River

The opening act (never heard of him - Rick something). Photo: Andy Levine.

Above: the soundcheck. Below: the show.

Pugwash and the Iron Horse.

Photos: Laurie Glasser (upper) and Thomas Walsh (lower)

Had another marvelous time with my favorite Dublin/Liverpool band Pugwash this past Tuesday, sharing the bill at the Iron Horse Music Hall. Prior to the gig, Thomas and I joined the wonderful Joan Holliday at WRSI (93.9 The River) so Thomas could be on Joan's show The Riversound Café.

The Spirit of '86.

Photo by Chris Collingwood

My friend Chris and I went to see Mike Peters at the Iron Horse last night, partly because another friend, Scott Lawson Pomeroy, was the opener (he killed it, by the way, per usual). But we also wanted to go because we were both fans of The Alarm back in the Eighties. They had a string of radio hits and were frequently on MTV (remember when MTV was mostly about music?). Probably my favorite song of theirs was Rain in the Summertime. Go ahead, click the link. Catchy, right?

Back In The Charts.

My new single Goodbye Lonely Times has put me in the charts again, at least over at Radio Free Americana. The track was just added this week, and I am sitting at 126, tied with Bob Weir, among others.

The Florence Scene.

Original photo by F. Alex Johnson

My friend Al hosts an Open Mic night each Wednesday at Brew Practitioners in Florence. I stopped in one night early on, but knew ahead of time that I couldn't stay, so didn't have a guitar with me. I finally made it down there again last night, and brought one. Fun evening, great place, good people. I'll be back.

News From Liverpool.

On Monday, I learned that a song of mine was put before the four panelists on BBC Merseyside's Jukebox Jury over the weekend ("Nowhere is Where She Belongs," for those of you keeping notes). The verdict was two very much for, none completely against, but the other two did not find the production appealing (the familiar "digital lacks warmth," argument). Overall, a good result in front of a panel that historically pulls no punches.