Played at an open mic last night at Portland Music Company’s NE Portland location. I was one of 8 performers who played to a packed house the entire night. Brought home a little swag from the evenings raffle, new guitar strings. All performances were captured by a camcorder and plenty of pics taken. All performers will get some “ink” on PMC’s facebook page. Rather cool, eh!

Back on May 11, I found myself playing guitar for, “A Reason to Run” at Marine Park in Vancouver, WA.  This was sponsored through my church and turned out to be a beautiful sunny morning for the run.  Across the way  from where I was playing, was another set of musicians playing guitars and singing.  At one point, they added a percussionist on the cajon that gave them a serious groove.  Being inspired, I took my melodica (mouth organ) and joined them for a wonderful jam session.  Certainly the high point of the event from my perspective.

Playing for fun runs, in living rooms, at local cafe’s, block and garden parties or the local grocery store, live music adds the right kind of atmosphere.

A short little message and reminder

This is a re-scheduled gig from last month.  I had to cancel previously due to illness.  Come join me for two hours of originals, both vocal and instrumental, along with plenty of cover tunes.  The Coffee Station is out in Aloha off of Farmington Road at 176th.  I’ll be performing from 7-9pm.  

My enterprising wife, Barb, many years ago, created a card series that featured guinea pigs. This particular card has meaning for us today as we celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.

One of my favorite pics of us