Loaded Soul

Caught a show by Loaded Soul @ Antone's, with my friend DeWayne singing most of the lead vocals. The show benefitted local firefighters.

Van Wilks & Eric Johnson

...saw the Van Wilks Band at the annual Armadillo Christmas Bazaar, with Eric Johnson sitting in...

Trish & Darin

Caught a fun holiday show by Trish & Darin Murphy at the Saxon Pub...!

sittin' in with Van & Lisa

Got to sit in very briefly during Van Wilks' set at the Saxon Pub tonight; he was playing "Would You Go My Way" (which he wrote with Nancy and myself) and let me play bass onstage with Lisa Tingle and Josh (on the right). Very cool!

Josh at Waterloo

Nancy took this GREAT shot of our buddy Josh who was playing with Van Wilks at a Waterloo Records in-store peformance...(click to enlarge)

crescent moon

here's a pic I snapped of the crescent Moon over my apt. complex...

The Moon and Venus

here are some pics I took of Venus in the evening sky near the Moon...quite a sight!
(click on pics to enlarge)

Mars and the Seven Sisters

This is a shot taken from my apt. complex of the planet Mars (bright object in upper right) and the Pleiades (aka the "seven sisters") which is the cluster of stars in the middle of the image. (click to enlarge)

House Concert with Mark Lennon-John Vester

This evening I sat in and played backup for a couple songs at Mark Lennon-John Vester's House Concert, which was fun. I also opened the show with a few of my own songs. Thanks to Nancy for hosting this fabulous event.

gig with Mark Lennon & John Vester

Played a gig this evening with Mark Lennon (from the group Venice) and John Vester, outside at the Y Bar & Grill. I backed Mark up on keyboard and guitar on several solo songs when he wasn't singing with John, and sat in on one of their duo tunes. It was a very enjoyable gig, and a warm up to tomorrow night's house concert!

playing guitar at church

There are rarely any photos depicting it, but I play every Sunday morning at a church in Westlake Hills. We play for the contemporary service. Here the drummer Pauly snapped a pic of me during a Saturday morning rehearsal.

partyin' at Horseshoe Bay

Here I am jammin' on the bass during a wedding reception in Horseshoe Bay, TX with Funky Brass (and several members of the wedding party) onstage whoopin' it up...

time to go back

me visiting Gram's house on the way to the airport to go back home...it was a fun trip!

Nellie's wedding

My cuz Janelle got married today...it was a beautiful wedding. Got a nice shot of the ceremony from the back of the church. Also seen is me and mom at the reception.

visiting mom

Visiting mom's house in North Carolina...this is her place and her little dog Katy, wondering what I'm doin' with my camera...



Poor Katy...she can't lay off the bottle...!

Loaded Soul band photos

I got to use my photographic skills today, taking publicity pictures for the band Loaded Soul, which includes my friend DeWayne as one of the guitarists; we took these at an old abandoned fire station downtown. We were up on the second floor, which hasn't been air-conditioned in years, so the heat was pretty intense up there. Yet it seemed that they all had more problems dealing with the heat than I did, which I found amusing, considering all four of these guys are firemen! But in any event, they picked a great location and I got several good shots here. (as always, click to enlarge)

Gracie in my guitar case

Gracie thinks these things were made for her...

Sunny's new house

Got to see Sunny's new house today...took some cute pics of Noah by the wading pool.

rehearsin'

A rare shot during rehearsal at church...

Denim!

Caught a wonderful show from Denim at the Unity Church...(Bill Browder on the Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman)

Josh

Snapped these cool pics of Josh and Parker at Van's...

Michaux

Went to see old buddy Carl (aka 'Michaux') do a gig at Iron Cactus downtown...snapped a pic of Carl & Arlana afterwards...

Illustrated Band

Caught a great show by the Illustrated Band at Antone's...

quick portrait

This was taken during a Funky Brass photo shoot...

Willy!

Got to see a favorite artist of mine tonight, Willy Porter at the Cactus!

Lisa in the studio

Another recording session for Van Wilks' album Running From Ghosts: Lisa Tingle was in the studio to record harmony vocals for the song "Would You Go My Way" that Van, Nancy and I wrote...fun!

Coffeehouse concert

I got to perform a solo gig on this evening at Unity Church as part of their Coffeehouse Concert series. I performed several of my own songs and a host of great old songs I grew up with. It was a lot of fun. I'm very grateful to Josh, Pauly, Nancy and Mark for being "the band". And thanks to Lisa who filmed the video, from which these stills were taken.

recording for Van

In the studio with Van Wilks for his album Running From Ghosts; I played bass on "Would You Go My Way", a song Van, Nancy and I co-wrote. Here are some cool snaps of me in the studio along with Josh, who played one of the guitar solos on the song.