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spring fling gig
Beautiful day. Perfect view. And pretty damn good music, too!
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practice makes perfect, yeah, it does
Retired Mountain Lady, our fearless leader, is multi-tasking here. She can play the guitar and the keyboard at the same time!! Now all she needs is one of those foot drums. We’ve been practicing. A lot. Once a week we … Continue reading
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the beat goes on
Sunday night band practice has become an important—very, very important—part of the weekly routine here in the mountains. Banjo Man and I had heard about Sunday night band practices. So twenty-one hours after we landed in Spokane, we (including Steel Guitar … Continue reading
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why i bought this vintage planter
Hint: I knew it was perfect for a certain member of the band.
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in texas: flirting with a new love
Did that heading grab your attention??? Very Cosmopolitan-magazine-cover, isn’t it? There are musical instrument stores in Austin. Yes, I know, that’s unbelievable, but there are. And I have been to several of them. At first I looked at mandolins, because … Continue reading
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retired mountain lady
See how happy Retired Mountain Lady and I are? It’s because we’re not cooking dinner. We are at a former restaurant where an old friend is cooking steaks for lots of other old friends and we get to watch. And … Continue reading
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jeff and angela guest blog!!
Remember our happy couple? Well, they volunteered to guest blog about their time here, despite being neck deep in wedding plans. We loved having them. (Come back again, please?) On our pre-wedding honeymoon this past week, we did our best to live … Continue reading
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striking resemblance
Check it out. Wanda Jackson: Me: Lead guitar and vocals, Miz Retired Mountain Lady: Vocals and mandolin (not in focus, but neither were they): I learned how to make peach margaritas. Or a version thereof. I drank both of those … Continue reading
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play me some mountain music
LIVE. From Cougar Creek. Kansas City Tear My Stillhouse Down Jambalaya I’m Just An Old Chunk of Coal Watermelon Man The Blues Come Around New River Train (with updated lyrics) High Heel Sneakers Hey, Good Lookin’ If I Were A … Continue reading
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if you build it they will come
Once upon a time there was a house in the mountains inhabited by artists. There were gardens. And rock walls. And lots and lots of rock statues and carvings. There was music, too. And food. Always plenty of both. But there … Continue reading
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is there any more pie? 