HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BK!

Just want to send a very Happy Birthday shout-out to my friend Bill. He should be spinning some bluegrass tunes on KRCL (90.9 FM, SLC) around the time this entry is posted. Tune in and check his show out. ALWAYS high value, whether you're a bluegrass fanatic or just like good music and some mighty fine DJing…

The photo above was taken at the Utah Arts Festival on August 7, 2012. We were eagerly waiting for MR. James McMurtry and band to hit the stage. Good times with a good friend. Perfect.

Yeeeee!

PS Ostensibly, James has a new album on the way later this year. YES! Again I say, if you're not familiar with his music I recommend that you get on the stick and get some!

Could've Been Christmas Eve...

In fact, it IS!

Have I mentioned that I am a BIG James McMurtry fan? Those that know me personally have some idea. Ha!

The State Room here in SLC (FYI, one of the best places EVER to see live music, especially in this town) just announced that James would be doing a solo show on Friday, February 22 of next year (5 months to the day since the last show at The State Room, pictured above). Very exciting. I've never had the pleasure of seeing his solo show (not so easy to just pop in to the Continental Club on a late Tuesday night... yet another reason to envy Austinites...) and hope to hear some of his older material that he rarely plays with the full band.

Most of my life and much of my art is fueled by the music of the man that Stephen King said just "may be the truest, fiercest songwriter of his generation." A bit laconic in person, he is anything but in his lyrics and guitar playing! Genius.

Get your tickets HERE... you can thank me later. Maybe I'll see you there...

A quick and blurry iPhone shot of James signing things
 in the lobby of The State Room, September 22, 2012