The Wallens and I celebrated the arrival of 2022 with a live stream concert from Rainwater Studios in Brown County, Indiana, on January 2. It was a fitting way toContinue readingWallens and Phelps: Live from Rainwater Studios
Birthday Jam
I’m blessed with some of the best friends to play music with. Brian Keith Wallen, Molly Nimmo, and Catrina Campbell came with Tom Sherrard to celebrate “Almost 60” with aContinue readingBirthday Jam
Tenn Street Coffee with Brian Keith Wallen
While Brian Keith Wallen was in Colorado this month, he and I played and sang our hearts out in four different venues. On a Saturday morning, we set up atContinue readingTenn Street Coffee with Brian Keith Wallen
Missing Ted – Ain’t No Grave
It was great fun to get back together with Brian Keith Wallen and Marty Price for a show at the Wild Goose Meeting House in Colorado Springs. Because we onlyContinue readingMissing Ted – Ain’t No Grave
Just a Little Talk with Jesus
Hard to believe it’s been more than a year since the release concert for Picking the Faith. We closed out the show with this song, featuring Brian Keith Wallen onContinue readingJust a Little Talk with Jesus
Thumbpicking Jam at Mountain View
It was the third weekend in May, and so I was back at the Ozark Folk Center for Thumbpicking Weekend. … Continue readingThumbpicking Jam at Mountain View
Maggie (with The Champions)
Moving to Oklahoma meant being separated from my friends in Indiana by many, many miles. During the seven years we lived there, I made lots of musical friends, including membersContinue readingMaggie (with The Champions)
Preacher Lane: Picking the Faith Release Concert
Picking the Faith features Travis-style thumbpick guitar, and so it only seemed appropriate to include a Merle Travis song or two on the album. The album contains Preacher Lane, a song from Merle’s Songs of the Coal Mines album. … Continue readingPreacher Lane: Picking the Faith Release Concert
Shaker Hymn, Simple Gifts
In the spring of 1979, the University of Kentucky Choristers began an annual reactment of a Shaker worship service at the Shaker village at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. I was blessedContinue readingShaker Hymn, Simple Gifts
I’ll See You in My Dreams
This was recorded during the finals of the National Thumbpicking Guitar Contest at Mountain View, Ark., on May 12, 2012. The contest is part of Thumbpicking Weekend, an annual tributeContinue readingI’ll See You in My Dreams