These are strange and unsettling times.
I feel like I have lost some swagger.
I sense the same kind of feeling in others around me.
I follow politics and I hear pundits endlessly predicting different outcomes for the Middle East. I have been around long enough to know that nobody knows. The foiled terrorist attempt is a [...]

I just read that the Dixie Chicks have canceled several tour dates including Kansas City, Houston, St. Louis, Memphis and Knoxville. This is happening despite brisk sales of their latest C.D. A couple of years ago, the cities mentioned would have been considered part of the Chicks core audience. I keep hearing that country radio [...]

I have a few minutes before I have to leave for a rehearsal. I thought I would write a bit about my buddy Brian Capps. Brian is a real deal country singer/songwriter. When you meet Brian he is one of those nice, polite country boys. You know the type that says ma’m and sir. [...]