Mendovine, not Gualala Hotel

In another hilarious and extremely professional misunderstanding, I am playing at Mendovine in Gualala this Friday, *NOT* at Gualala Hotel. I repeat: Mendovine, not Gualala Hotel. 7-10 pm. Friday November 15 2019.

The Vocally Trained Coyotes

I’ll be leaving Colorado soon. Before that happens I wanted to get together with some friends of mine who have been fun to play with. They are mostly singers. During an afternoon-long unrehearsed recording session and fish fry, we set down six songs: three of mine, two of Mearlan’s, and one of Mallory Ferraro’s. Mallory …

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Farewell, Colorado, for Now

I am taking a sort of poor man’s sabbatical in the coming Academic year, and will not be consistently located in the state of Colorado. Over the summer I’ll be back and forth across the US a couple of times, maybe even appearing near you. Colorado has been great for the past five years. Perhaps …

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John Elwood Cook, 1946-2019

On this Wednesday, March 20, 2019, the soul of one John Elwood Cook crossed the St. Lawrence River to rest, I hope, on some sun-mantled island, surrounded by fat muskellunge and bass, not a single rock bass, priceless acoustic guitars, and beer. John was a family friend and (to fail to avoid the cliche) a …

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