Mixing the first tune for the new record today. It's all 8-track analog tape without any modern automation, so the mixes are a performance in themselves, being finished by Adam as we go. Track by track and all hands to the deck for the faders on the board. Been years since I've had to do that. What a blast!

Southern sunshine and lighting storms are alternating above us today in South Nashville, rain soaked outdoor BBQ for lunch, and that 'tape-running-over-play-heads' scent that I haven't  smelled in a decade. It's good to be back! Those Cosmic Thug boys and I working together is setting quite a high bar. Now, I've gotta go home tonight and write some more to bring in tomorrow and shake the foundation of what we've already got.

Let the horse-jumping commence!

Casbah Show is SOLD OUT! So…

A 2ND MATINEE SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED for January 10th, with The Rugburns, Truckee Brothers, The MacAnany's and The Nards all at The Casbah, San Diego on January 10!

The evening show has been sold out so fast last month that we've added a 2nd matinee to double the reunion. And 91X will be there broadcasting live from the show!

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It's finally official, I've signed an agreement with music publisher Little Brother to represent my entire past catalog including Truckee Brothers and Wirepony records as well as everything new that's coming down the pike. Really proud to be part of this family with Eddie Gomez and his team and a growing roster of some of my favorite songwriters like the legendary Exene Cervenka. I'm looking forward to working with Little Brother in 2014 and beyond!

(photo by Jim Herrington)

January 10, 2014. The reunion that was never supposed to happen.

Jan 10, 2014. Truckee Brothers will reunite for one night only. It's the CASBAH's 25th Anniversary and we'll be sharing the stage with The Rugburns, The MacAnanys and The Nards.

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I snuck a shot of the tape rolling on the recording sessions at Playground Sound in Nashville, TN where we're in the thick of working on my debut full length solo-album. Producing with Cosmic Thug is proving to be not only the right fit, but the music is coming out in a flood of ideas and sounds. Studio all day, then home at night to write for the next day's session with a little good food tossed in between. And to top it off, my old Truckee Brothers bandmate, Matt Lynott agreed to join us for the duration so we're like a four armed Quad-clops on steroids.

I love that guy. He's helped carry me through a lot. Inspiring. Inventive. And funny as hell. All I know is we are on our way. All our asses are wigglin'. What a blast. The excitement mounts.

Along with the Clash, Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Husker Du, The Fall, George Harrison and more, my old outfit Truckee Brothers is featured in a new book on music with some very heady words said. In "The Music Obsessives Guide to Life", forward by Henry Rollins, author Joel Freimark has the cajones to say "...it is abundantly clear that TBs were far beyond almost any other band on the planet in every area of musical creation...there is literally nothing from the past decade of recorded music that can stand on the same plane...". And this is a book that includes Songs in the Key of Life! Geez Louise. The book is actually a great collection of entries arranged to encourage firing up the album in question, reading the entry and settling in for the duration of the record. I'm already enjoying checking out some that I've never heard, and re-checking some old favorites. Perfect book for an obsessive like me.

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