Music of the Moment

Memorial Day is the most important American holiday to me. The grilled steaks & burgers are great but it's about so much more. Please take some time to remember the true meaning. Too many people have sacrificed all so that others can have a better life.

I've lived in Texas most of my life & it seems as though it always floods on Memorial Day. The flood shown in the last video did not happen on this particular day but it is special to me because I helped build all the Purgatory trails & helped the photographer access this flood safely. Purgatory was my happy place. We're expecting hard rain all week for this year's holiday. A flash flood warning has been issued for tonight & tomorrow. Right on schedule. I'm still having a great meal & still remembering my fallen buddies. Peace to all!!!

I am slowly making my way through some of the previous music. Pearl—what a beard!!! And Hugo—that is a choir!

Watchhouse (Mandolin Orange) has a new album.

I worked out the melody for this one on my harmonica and then played the track for my wife the other night. She said, "it smells like beer and dust and sweat."

Basil Poledouris conducts the Andalucian Philharmonic in 2006. It's the closing theme of "Conan the Barbarian."

Maybe living on a 30 degree slope doesn’t sound like being in the lowlands, but it’s relative.