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<p>My next album has been a walk with life..... &nbsp;I've never approached an album this way, and I look forward to how it unfolds. &nbsp;As with anything, it has come to me in bits and pieces, heartbeats and heartaches. &nbsp;It's a total story... mostly fiction, but fueled by experiences. &nbsp;I cannot wait to share this part of my life</p>
<p>This month, I will be driving Banjo (my Blue Heeler), to Nashville. &nbsp;We'll settle in for the next 6 months writing, performing out, writing and going for walks. &nbsp;Banjo is my best writing…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6154668/the-album">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>If you listen to somebody long enough, you WILL be amazed... truly.... &nbsp;<br><br>Here in the Copper Country of Michigan (The Keweenaw Peninsula), during the summer, it stays light so late, you don’t realize you haven’t eaten yet. &nbsp; It was quarter to ten, and realized my favorite Mexican Restaurant would be closing in 15 minutes!! &nbsp;Ran over there and they were closed due to a camping trip. &nbsp;The next place I went to, had just shut down their grill….(the sidewalks roll up here)…..but they told me of the “Drift Inn…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6154667/hell-town">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>Steven King says to write 1,000 words per day. &nbsp;Julia Cameron says to journal 3 pages of thoughts, first thing in the morning, before writing 1,000 words. &nbsp; I am taking Julia's advice. &nbsp;She is the author of "The Artist's Way".... she has coached, witnessed and had her own successes, by journaling the thoughts out. &nbsp;But before all this, I align my day further. &nbsp;Taking my friend Kathy's advice and reading her gifted daily devotional. &nbsp;Upon a visit from Kathy last fall (to The Copper Country), I really…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6154666/writing-the-story">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>Back in Chicago to put on a show with my friends King, Kash &amp; Killer. &nbsp;A tribute to Elvis, Johnny and Jerry Lee. &nbsp;I will be performing Dolly, June, Patsy, Loretta and Lynn Anderson tunes. &nbsp;These gentlemen are fun showmen. &nbsp;I love this gig!&nbsp;</p>
<p>Afterwards, it's back up to the UP. &nbsp;So far this year, there is not much in the way of snow. &nbsp;However, according to the forecast, looks like it may snow the whole time I am home. &nbsp;</p>
<p>While on the road this past week, I was reviewing songs for the upcoming album…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6154665/chicago">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>Today I will remember as the day my dear friend John Aleman passed away. &nbsp;I met him in 1988. &nbsp;Married to my sweet friend Kathy. &nbsp;John had a presence. &nbsp;He liked to make everyone feel comfortable and loved (more so than anyone I've ever known). &nbsp;If he didn't like you, he'd let you know too. &nbsp;He made you feel good and good enough. &nbsp;He was a Sheep Herder, and came from a long line of Sheepherders. He loved his family and was very close to his parents...He cried until the end, of his fathers death. &nbsp;He built…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6154664/rip-john-aleman">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>Yesterday, flying from LAX to Nashville. &nbsp;Anthony Smith came walking on the plane. &nbsp;Anthony was my "cable guy" when I first got to Nashville in 1997. &nbsp;He'd seen &nbsp;my guitars and promo packages. &nbsp;He told me the best "writer show" in town, was at the Broken Spoke Cafe, off of Trinity Lane. &nbsp;He was super nice. &nbsp;I did end up going to the Broken Spoke &nbsp;This is where I met Debi Champion. &nbsp;Immediately Debi started introducing me to everyone in the room. &nbsp;I instantly had friends. &nbsp;I was &nbsp;originally so afraid to…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6154663/reconnecting">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>It's getting closer.....packing up Banjo and heading to Nashville. &nbsp;It's been a while since I've made Nasvhille my home base. &nbsp;I've been holed up in the Copper Country for a time. &nbsp;Home is where the dog is. &nbsp;Time to get Banjo to Nashville and get to working on the next album. &nbsp;I know Banjo will be a hit in Nashville. &nbsp;He has a following in Michigan. &nbsp;He's been on T.V., he saved a young girls life (who had fallen in the frozen river... he ran up the hill for help, barking like crazy, and help ran down the…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6154662/the-copper-country-and-music-city">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>So when you've taken time out of life; When you've withdrawn; When you thought you'd sit back and write...nothing happens. &nbsp;Life goes by. &nbsp;You must continue to write during any kind of adverserary or lull. &nbsp;The sponge like mind becomes dull. &nbsp; &nbsp;As I feel mine has. &nbsp;Time to get up in morning....Focus...Journal....Write. &nbsp; I've had this excuse for a long time why I haven't accomplished anything (musically). &nbsp;Because recently both my parents died within a year of each other and I didn't have the heart to…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6154661/time-in-between">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>Summer has come to an end in the Copper Country. &nbsp;The fall colors are peaking this weekend. &nbsp;I've been getting the house ready for winter. &nbsp;Snow scoop, shovels, salt, roof rake ready. &nbsp;Today I must tie up the bushes before they are covered in snow. &nbsp;The fire pit, campfire wood and doghouse are covered with tarps. &nbsp;Preparation for winter... the southern states do not experience this to this degree. &nbsp;The changing of the seasons. &nbsp;A feeling of accomplishment and a deeper experience of living. &nbsp;I'm just not…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6154660/vertin-s-gallery-department-store">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>Today I'm in PHX, just flew in this morning. &nbsp;It's bittersweet. &nbsp;Since I was 5 I've always known my parents to be living in the Phoenix area. &nbsp;45 years or so. &nbsp;Today I fly in and must stay at a hotel, before my early flight to Show Low. &nbsp;To always know something one way and then it's gone.</p>
<p>As I type this I recollect the last week. &nbsp;I did find Big Annie's grave plot. &nbsp;Her footstone didn't match the lady she was. &nbsp;A heroin, a leader. &nbsp; I sat with her for a bit and I wrote her a note.... this is what it…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/blog/blog/6154659/finding-big-annie">Read more</a></span></div>
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