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I should be embarrassed that I update this web site so infrequently.
But I'm not! I eventually
get around to adding new stuff and here is some of it.
I have a
MySpace Page and a
Yahoo! 360º web site,
both with blogs. They may have more current information. Or they
may not. Depends on how busy I am.
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| Janell and I spent Memorial Day
Weekend 2008 at the Kerrville Folk Festival. It was purty dang hot
that weekend but there wasn't one drop of rain. I've been attending
the KFF since about 1992 and this is the first year I have ever attended
when there was no rain. None. At all. Not even a fog or a
mist. The last time I went to the KFF there were floods and it rained
every day. Shows were cancelled because of lightning. But no
rain this year worked out well because I brought the bike and we were able
to explore the beautiful Hill Country on two wheels. Yes, I trailered
the bike. See all that camping gear behind us in the picture? It
wasn't bungeed on the back of the bike. I'm okay camping but I'm not
willing to give up all the comforts of home. Besides, it's Kerrville.
I had to bring a guitar. Two guitars. And a banjo. And a
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Hard to believe but I celebrated
my 21st anniversary on
KNON 89.3 FM on August 11, 2008. I first appeared on KNON
(then at 90.1 FM) in June 1987 as a guest on Marc Tuton's program "Marc's
Hot Licks." A month a slot opened and I auditioned for my own show.
I started in 11:00 PM to 1:00 AM slot and have been on Mondays ever since.
Thankfully my show is now on from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Central Time.
Tuesdays used to be a bit bleary when I was staffing the 11-1 slot. I
called the show "Red Hot & Blue" until we started the
Texas Blues Radio
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| The weather was perfect for the
Lone Star Rally in Galveston in November 2007. We rode down from
Denton and spent the weekend partying on the Strand with bikers from all
over Texas. Lots of time to ride along the Gulf too. Important
lesson learned: buy your commemorative T-Shirt immediately when you
arrive. Before checking into the hotel if possible. Otherwise
you can spend hours looking for the right size.
More photos here. |
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The Blind Lemon Blues Festival at Poor David's Pub was a lot of fun.
K.M. Williams opened the show with a set that included several Blind Lemon
songs. Texas Slim and I had too much fun during our set. We did
some classic pre-war blues including several Bo Carter and Hokum Boys
tunes. Aaron Burton & Cheryl Arena were great, as always. They
keep getting better every time I hear them. Bob Brozman was the
highlight of the evening. It was his first show in Dallas in about 15
years and it was a show that will not soon be forgotten. Bob is my #1
living guitar hero and he didn't disappoint. He has incorporated
sounds and rhythms from countries around the world during his travels and
his playing is incomparable now. Friends at the show that had never
heard of Bob were blown away by his performance. Told you so! It
was great catching up with Bob and with Marc Tuton (the guy that got me on
at KNON) and several other friends. It was a great show and I can't wait until next year.
More photos here. |
| Musical actives are starting to
pick up again. I recently did a show in Springtown with Huelyn
Duvall and a bunch of great musicians. Bob Brozman has been booked to
play the Blind Lemon Blues Festival in September and I've been asked to play
with Texas Slim on the same bill. I even picked up a couple of new
guitars that I am really enjoying. (As if I needed more stringed
instruments!) No desire to "go pro" or tour the world but I will be
playing in public again soon. I play mainly for myself but it's fun to
rock a live crowd when I can. |
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Now that I've been to Scotland
twice I am getting into the kilt thing. This has
raised an eyebrow but people who know me aren't worried.
Wearing a kilt isn't a gateway to cross dressing
for lads of Scottish ancestry. I only break mine
out on special occasions. And, despite the photo, I don't wear one
riding a motorbike (although I have). Most Scots wear kilts on formal
occasions but young people in Scotland wear them casually to dances and
football games. The plaid is the MacDonald modern tartan. Wondering
what I wear under my kilt? Here's what I say when people ask:
- Shoes and socks
- Lipstick
- For $1 I'll tell you, for $5 I'll show you, and for $10 I'll let you
find out for yourself
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| The wonderful local publication
Southwest Blues
threw a benefit show for the magazine at
Poor David's Pub
in Dallas on Sunday, March 11th. It was a great show and I got to see
some of my favorite people from the local Blues community. The music
was incredible too. More photos of the event in my
Faux Toes section. |
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This photo that was taken at Edinburgh Castle in Scotland on February 6,
2007.
I'm the one on the left. I went on business and there are a
couple more images from the trip on the
Faux Toes page. If I look tired it's because my flight arrived
in Edinburgh just six hours before this photo was taken. That's not
my family tartan either. I
had a seat in the "screaming infant section" of the aircraft but they didn't charge me extra. Just one of the many things that makes
international travel so very, quel est le mot?, memorable. (Photos
from my 2005 visit here.) |
| The 2006 Easyriders V-Twin Expo
and Motorcycle Show at Dallas Fairpark proved something I have suspected for
a while: old school is cool again. Being a retro kinda guy, that works
for me! I have to believe that Indian Larry would have been proud.
His spirit and influence was everywhere.
Lot's of eye candy here. |
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On Mardi Gras 2006 I got to play with my good friends Hippie Gumbo at
Sneaky Pete's on Lake Lewisville. HG's original guitar player, Swingin'
Dick Fisher, couldn't be there so they asked me to sit in. T-Richard,
Sookie, and Champagne Johnny are great guys and outstanding musicians so I
was honored! The gig was too much fun. |
| The 7th Annual
KNON Blues Festival
was held at Poor David's Pub in Dallas on January 28 & 29, 2006. Twenty two
artists and bands over two days featuring just about every style of blues by
outstanding local musicians. It was great! I got to MC the event
and enjoyed meeting KNON listeners. (If you were there on Sunday, that
was my motorbike parked by the front door.) It was a busy weekend but
thoroughly enjoyable. I've posted some photos at the
Texas Blues Radio
website. |
Andrew 'Jr Boy' Jones |
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A friend of mine is a BBQ fanatic. He and a buddy ride all over Texas
looking for new BBQ joints and writing them up. They decided to share
and started a website called
Texas BBQ Review.
I helped them design the website together and get it running so now I have a
loooong list of new BBQ places to try all over Texas. Yum!
If you like Texas BBQ be sure to visit the new website. |
| The weather was perfect on New
Year's Day '06 (perfect for brush fires) so of course I rode out to Stroker's Icehouse in
Dallas. Rob Donovan was playing Blues and bikers
from as far away as San Antonio were enjoying a cold one. It was great
to get to start the year doing one of my favorite things. I'm looking
forward to lots of two-wheel miles (and stops) in 2006. |
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I spent the week of October 24th in Edinburgh, Scotland on business.
'Bout freakin' time this Scot visited the land of his ancestors. The countryside is beautiful and Edinburgh Castle and the
Royal Mile area is fascinating. And, yes, I
ate haggis. I didn't want to risk offending the ghosts of Clan
MacDonald while in the Motherland. |
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KNON held the first
ever Roadhouse Blues Party at my favorite biker hangout in Dallas,
Stroker's Icehouse
the first weekend in November. The weather was absolutely perfect and
we had a great crowd. Blues bands, beer, bikes, babes, and bikers.
If they had good BBQ for sale I would have thought I'd died and gone to
heaven. |
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The new house is coming along, slowly but surely. It's been two years
since I closed and I'm still not
unpacked but there are fewer moving boxes stacked in
the garage. I may even be able to fit my car in the garage this year.
I'm making progress on the interior
and in twelve to seventy two months it might look like someone with taste
lives there. |
| The backyard has several large trees and a lot of shade.
A friend
built a pond (dug it out herself!) and it looks great. She brought
some fish from her house and bought more so I have goldfish and koi stirring the waters.
St. Francis standing guard didn't keep a heron from thinning the heard so
there is a plastic faux heron helping St. Frank now. |
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Need up-to-date local blues
information? Visit Don
O's web site for EVERYTHING cool on the local blues
scene. He lists all the shows, clubs, jams, music stores, contacts
for local musicians, and more. The site ain't fancy but there is a
lot of information. Not sure which show to see? You will never
go wrong with Don
O's weekly picks.
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| That's all for now. Go out and enjoy life. You
only get one chance so don't f*** it up! |
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