Annie Benjamin

Annie Benjamin is probably my oldest musician friend.* I met Annie years ago, when she had just moved back to Dallas from New York, and when I had just begun having the courage to play songs in front of anyone. We both became regulars at a couple of open mics around town. One was at […]

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Muse and Views (A Blog Worth Checking Out

I’ve written about my friend, Charles Geilich, a couple of times on this blog. I told you about the book he’s written. I told you about my visit to the radio show that he cohosts. And, finally, I told you about the great Maverick seats he and his wife Mary have. (I understand that he’s […]

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Domestic Relations (It’s a kind of law, and a new novel)

Charles Geilich is a friend to both Dennise and me. He’s the cohost of a radio show, “A Lawyer and a Cop,” that I’ve been a guest on a couple of times in the past year. He and his wife, Mary, are also the friends who have really great Maverick tickets. (I offer both of […]

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Getting Real: Billy Jonas in Concert This Wednesday

My good friend, Billy Jonas, is here in Dallas this week. He’s staying with us while he does a couple of shows in Plano schools early this week. But, He’ll be playing a house concert Wednesday night at my friend’s Paul and Terrie’s house. If you never seen Billy, you won’t want to miss this […]

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A Lawyer and a Cop (Sounds like a bad joke, but it’s really a great radio show)

I’ll be joining hosts Charles Geilich and Arnaldo Rivera for their radio show, A Lawyer and a Cop,” this coming Friday morning on KNON here in Dallas. I’ll be performing “The Don’t Shop” live and joining them for in studio banter. Tune in while you’re getting ready for, or on the way, to work. When: […]

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Erik Balkey

Got to hang with Erik Balkey a little bit on Friday. Great to see him and catch up. He came over and we caught lunch at Cindy’s, and then came back home and traded a few songs here. He’s playing in and around Dallas several times during this next week, so be sure and go […]

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