Jesse Daniel is a hard working, hustling honky-tonk troubadour from the land of the tall redwoods, way out West. When I first met him, he’d invited me to his hometown out in the forested backwoods hills of Ben Lomond (not the Scottish one, where I went with Josh Okeefe), in […]
I’ve always thought, personally, that Ben’s best songs are love songs. The temperament of his love songs usually ranges between playful and painful. Someone is usually leaving, or left and came back. They’re asking for forgiveness or dealing with pain. Grace’s Casket is my personal favorite, and the list is […]
Before this trip to Toronto, the farthest north in North America i’d been was Marquette Michigan, filming my friend (and talented songwriter) John Davey (https://youtu.be/KeZcGEL73Mk). I’d even ventured to Niagara Falls with Jeremy Quentin (of Small Houses) once. Never had I ever dared to cross that border though, partly because […]
When we set out to create the Gems in the Rough contest (https://youtu.be/RXld_ZEtnfA), we had no idea what to expect. It really is a crazy thought; to put a video on the channel inviting the audience (y’all) to submit songs, and have the community (also y’all) vote on who they […]
We headed down to New Orleans to catch up with Esther Rose and her band. I’m not as well versed in the various parishes of the Big Easy as Esther is, so I had no idea where we might end up when she invited me to come record some of […]
One of the first artists ever to grace the GemsOnVHS stage (virtual stage?) is/was Erin Rae McKaskle. We go way back, and reminisce fondly about a Nashville that feels long-gone. Back when we’d sit for hours in the summer, late into the AM hours of the next morning, on Cafe […]
Y’all know I’m a Tennessean for life. One of my favorite vistas in Tennessee, if not the world, is a mountain rising into the clouds, larger than life. Roan Mountain offers some of the most spectacular views along the Appalachian Trail, straddles the border with North Carolina and holds a […]
What’s up family, got a travel restriction special for y’all today. Obviously only recently have we been able to cross those ever-lovin’ national borders, so we’ve all been missing out on the opportunities to find folks like Jeremie and Cat up in Canada. Well, they sent this one via the […]
This truly proves we have been at this awhile. The last time we ran across the band Resonant Rogues it was the year 2014, a year so long ago that they listed their Reverbnation as a link to their music. The younger versions of Sparrow and Keith played an accordion […]
Second installment of the couple days I spent with Nick Hans, my buddy, in the shadow of the mountains in New Mexico. This was shot in a horse stable he has converted into his house, and indeed that is his truck in the background. The dog is also his – […]
