Well, it's been a totally crazy and busy and FUN-FILLED Fall!! I've traveled with Coolin, and Jiggernaut, played with The Quibble Brothers, with Ed Rogers and Kathleen Jackson as the Ed Rogers Trio, played in a few Trinity Hall sessions, took part in the O'Flaherty Irish Music Retreat (for my birthday!!), and generally had a WONDERFUL time!! With Coolin, back in early September we traveled back to Jackson, Mississippi for the CelticFest there, and of course, as we always are

Recently this story was published in the CEILI, the newsletter of the SCMA (Southwest Celtic Music Association.) Here is my original composition. --------------- In early July, I took a trip to Springfield, Missouri, not only to see my friends Jesse and Ann Owsley, but also to take part in a fiddle contest. This only happened at Jesse's urging, it wasn't something I just decided, spur of the moment. I played at one Invitational contest a few weeks before in Fort Worth that wa

In April (actually, Easter weekend), I joined Jiggernaut on the road for a weekend at the famous O'Malley's 1842 Irish Pub, part of the Weston Brewing Company, in Weston, Missouri, just to the northwest of Kansas City. The pub is "famous" because it is located inside a CAVE!!! On the outside, it just looks like a regular pub front, with windows, the name across the top and all that. But as you enter, you see a hallway/ramp that goes....DOWN. (If you want to see a Photo Tour o