As a drummer I have played with and opened for plenty of “names” and met countless more assorted persons of the ‘famous’ persuasion; but Kentucky frigging rocks.  If that first sentence didn’t really make sense then you will probably find the rest of this blog rather senseless; but the truth is, I don’t feel very well and I’m already late on posting this blog–so cut me a little slack on this...

How many of us are lucky enough to meet our idols, our childhood idols to be specific, let alone know them all our lives and/or get to really communicate with them on their level as an equal?  Not many.  Not many of us is the answer.  I suppose it comes down to who we idolize, accessibility and just a ton of other factors.  Me?  I’m one of the lucky ones. My idols were always close at hand. Meeting them?  No problem. Were they...

I live in Nashville.  Nashville has a music scene.  These things should not come as a real surprise.  What you may not know (and shame on you if you don’t, as I have lovingly blogged about these folks before) is that Nashville also has itself a rather popular blog which goes by the name of “HOW DARE YOU WRITE ABOUT BANDS YOU LIKE, MOTHERFUCKER?!!!” No.  I’m sorry.  It’s actually called “STOP...

I’ve been to Louisville before; but it had been a long LONG time and I’m quite certain I was never in the area home to the Hideaway Saloon.  I have to say, it is a cool little strip.  Lots of restaurants and bars and lots of people out walking around and generally being shit faced and happy.  It is a cool little area of town.  I do not know the name of the area; but it appears to be a little hippie, college, party part of...