Greetings, friends . . . and I say that quietly because there’s a dog sleeping next to me here on the sofa and she is clearly enjoying her snore-punctuated nap here, indoors where the temp is reasonable. I’m still reeling from two incredible quartet shows last week–July 4 at FitzGerald’s 38th Annual American Music Festival, […]
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KG Update: Big Shows This Week! / Dog Leg Rehab /Broken Glass & June Recap
Happy Weekend Monday (and July!), readers– Yes, per usual, I’ve been pecking away at this post for a while; alas, life keeps getting in the way. I got home from the tour very early last Tuesday morning at about 2 a.m.; a 12 1/2 hour drive according to Google Maps turned into a 15-hour marathon […]
Back on the Boards: KG Update, 18 June
Hi friends, I feel like I haven’t touched the ground since hitting the road a week ago Friday–Mr. Robert Earl Keen was right, re: “the road goes on forever,” though I’d argue at this point that it really just goes round-and-round, a circle that closes back in on itself at the intersection of Where-ya-goin and […]
June Tour Begins: Throwing the Long Ball
“Throwing the long ball”: that’s how Billy Joe Shaver described it metaphorically to me once, outside FitzGerald’s in Chicago some years ago–I’d opened for him and his band, and apparently they’d driven all the way from Texas for just that one show. Since then, I’ve taken to expanding the use of the phrase to indicate […]