Jun 9, 2025

The Graves | A Love Story

One of my greatest achievements and memories doing this wonderful work that feeds my soul every day...in my 14th year now full-time and it NEVER gets old!

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------   Remember me telling you about this story that I caught by accident…

Sep 20, 2024

Tribute to J.D. Souther

Back in 1989 or so, at the tail end of the decade I lived in LA, I was an active member for several years of a great organization called the National Academy Of Songwriters (NAS). One of their most popular…

Aug 21, 2024

Tribute to Greg Kihn

Another one of our own San Francisco Bay Area treasures has rocked his last note... Back in the late '70s/early '80s, I used to go see hard-working SF Bay area rocker Greg Kihn and his kickass band every chance I…

Jun 18, 2024

Galileo / Meeting Raúl Esparza

Last night, June 4, 2024, I had the extraordinary experience of witnessing a brand new rock musical preview here at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, before it hopefully heads to Broadway NYC...the musical is GALILEO, based on the controversial life of…

Jun 5, 2024

Tale of Two Cities - Double Gig Day (June, 2 2024)

This past Friday's Tale Of Two Cities double gig day was chock full of surprises and laced with supreme joy...every time I think I've seen and done it all, I am so happy to be proved wrong once again... First…

Mar 5, 2024

A Tribute to Richard Lewis

Comedian/actor/author Richard Lewis died today. Heart attack at age 76. I knew he had Parkinson's Disease but just saw him on Curb Your Enthusiasm Sunday night, doing his crazy improv riffing with Larry David. Worked right up until the end…

Feb 19, 2024

"The Greatest Night In Pop" | Review

We watched it yesterday...the new documentary THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP, about the making of the iconic "WE ARE THE WORLD" video event in 1985....Scott was kind enough to offer it up at his house (since I am the only…

Jan 23, 2024

Tribute to James Kottak 

Back in the mid/late '80s, when I lived in Los Angeles, CA, pursuing my creative dreams on and off the stage, I used to go hang out at the various Red Onion nightclubs to catch my pals playing in the…

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