Shagtastic Voyage

I haven’t written anything about racism in a long time. It is something that I feel very strongly about and is something I have written several essays, reports and blogs about. I stopped because of some threats on my family that I received from people who misconstrued something I said and, instead of asking me what [...]

Here’s the deal, TLC has seen an opportunity to get some ratings…The cost? Making Dothan look like a cesspool of inbred toothless lawnmower racers that spend their time wiping dear urine on themselves.

Over the last few days, I have been working on a blog for www.dothanjazz.com called, Local Fav. It’s a new concept for the site where I take a local musician and write about what they are doing. This one was about a trumpet player named Jermaine English who just released a single called It’s Alright. [...]

A little more than a week ago, I agreed to do a little gig with a friend of mine. This friend, with whom I have been sharing the stage with at Wiregrass Church for six months or so, is the operator of the flagship location of a local fast food chicken joint called Goldfingers. He [...]

Today I went to an interview at a local church that hosts a really great music program. This place is huge and has about one hundred and fifty students across several disciplines. I noticed they didn’t have a bass instructor so I emailed them and enquired about the position. I met with the head of [...]

Several years ago, I was a pit musician for a couple college theatre department productions. It was one of those situations where you meet new people and, with one or two of them, you just know you will be working together in the future. You know how it is, you really hit it off musically, [...]