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Aug 14 2012

My First CA Tour!

LA Women in Music Coordinator Phoebe Carter, host Harriet Schock and me at the
LAWiM Show at M Bar in Hollywood.

Now that was a trip!!! Here’s a brief look at what “went down” in… Read more

Jul 5 2012

Billy Dean Brings Nashville to My Hometown!

Billy Dean and Me
There’s nothing like the 4th of July in my hometown of Richfield, Utah. Everybody comes out for the parade and gathers at the park just off Main Street for food, music and games.…Read more

Jun 7 2012

What if Ricky Skaggs was your uncle?

Josh and Ricky Skaggs
When I was having a bite backstage at the Opry recently, I struck up a conversation with a guy about Allison Krauss and how shy she is over a piece of mandolin cake… Read more

May 31 2012

Ricky Skaggs Celebrates With A...

Ricky Skaggs and Alison Krauss up close at the Opry
Recently, Ricky Skaggs celebrated 30 years as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. I happened to be backstage that night (an experience that just makes…Read more

May 23 2012

The Men’s Bathroom and Josh Turner…

Me with Josh Turner
This may be a little (okay, totally) embarrassing to admit but last week when I was backstage at the Grand Ole Opry I hung out near the men's bathroom hoping that …Read more

May 17 2012

Meet Mark Beckett: Opry Backbeat

In a recent recording session I met Alabama's own Mark Beckett, a percussionist with mad skills and razor sharp wit fueled by five hour energy products.
Mark has been a first-call session player and touring musician for years.…Read more

Mar 29 2012

Deric Ruttan and the Hit You Haven't Heard...Yet!

Deric and me at The Listening Room in Nashville

One day about three years ago, I was sitting on my couch watching TV when I came across a 'Words and Music' interview Harry Chapman was doing with Canadian artist and…

Backstage Pass to The Grand Ole Opry...

Anneke Scott, Dan Truman and Me
Thanks to friend Dan Truman of the country band Diamond Rio, I had the incredible opportunity to be backstage at the Grand Ole Opry- the home and heartbeat… Read more

Feb 8 2012

Master Session: Mike Chapman's on Bass!

A-list session bassist Mike Chapman (above) shared some great wisdom about being a session player in Nashville in the form of a 'pizza' at The Fillin' Station in Kingston Springs, TN at Eric Normand's first Berklee Alumni…Read more

Nov 27 2011

Welcome to Nashville: Get ready to get up early and stay late...

Everybody who comes to Nashville has one thing in common...we all have a dream of making it somewhere. But, as hall-of-fame songwriter Roger Murrah explained to me, "The dream only gets you so far, then the work begins." He… Read more

Sep 18 2011

Dave Bobrow's Percussion Arsenal!

When I was planning for my new album, Stories Behind Songs, I just kept thinking that I needed some common threads to make the blend of country and folk tunes 'hang' as a collective work.

Percussionist Dave Bobrow…Read more

Sep 3 2011

Tigar Bell: It started with Merle Haggard...

When I was eight years old I had braces and was showing a cow in 4-H at the county fair.

When Tigar Bell was eight years old he was playing fiddle for Merle Haggard!

It's pretty amazing to…Read more

Aug 25 2011

Kevin Post and the Sound of Country Music!

I was in the studio one day with Dave Smith and we were talking about what other instruments the songs on my new album needed. I’ve always loved the sound of the pedal steel guitar, and we agreed that steel…Read more

Aug 17 2011

In the beginning...

After three years, it was time to get back into the studio to record!

I started this project with a great partner in crime...Dave Smith. He is a killer musician (plays guitar for Lee Greenwood), producer and…Read more

Jun 10 2011

Joining mid-conversation...

So, I've started blogging as a way to keep up a little more with what I'm up to. Consider it a live journal with little snippets here and there of sessions, co-writes, events and other (hopefully) interesting stuff.

My career…

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