Solo at the Station 2 at Bridge Street Wednesday March 10

Come on out! check out the web site www.thestation.net. As you head towards the Monaco (the movie theater at Bridge Street) it is on the right past the bridge. Up here (second floor-you take an elevator to get there) there is a restaurant, bowling alley, VIP room, air hockey, pool tables and more. Nice place, I will be playing solo acoustic guitar mostly but may have some of my talented pals from some of my other projects stopping by. I'm sure you'll hear the Beatles, The Stones, Tom Petty, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine and more.

Sunny day

Had a quiet little gig with Jerry at the Copper Top last night. Had some laughs and shot some video, which I will post here soon. At the Station 2 at Bridge Street tomorrow (Monday) for a happy hour gig, with any luck some of my pals will stop by and sing a few with me. The calender has some new dates up so please check em out. There are solo dates up and some duo stuff with Jerry and the rest of Shine. More in the works too, doing some stuff with our friend Marge Loveday and looking forward to working with Matt Ross, a bass player I have listened to and respected for years. Both of these folks are very talented and have a stout resume. Also, if you haven't bought yours there are still copies of Mr Adams' Blues available and several places to hear samples of the tunes. I hope you like them as much as I liked making them. Catch you soon!

Wild Horses and Ben

That was an amazing time Sunday. I'm not good with words these days, can't seem to find the right way to communicate exactly what I want to say. Can't quite say what being at that benefit made me feel. I just wanted to go and listen and hear what all these other people had to say about our friend Ben Trussell. I learned a lot. The Huntsville music scene has some great talent and some great love. Ben wrote some great songs. I believe these songs are going to be heard again. It was such a privilege to be there. Jerry arrived late and we eventually got on stage and played Soulshine, by the Allman Brothers and Government Mule, Steal My Kisses by Ben Harper. With us were Marge, Bill, Matt Ross, Ryan Tillery on drums and whoever else was left on stage! It was a mass of musicians who wanted to be in on the fun. The crowd was giving it back. Pictures of Ben to our right on the screen. Going to remember this one for a while. If anything, I wish I had played Wild Horses, it was the last song Ben and I played together at my gig at Voodoo Lounge that he sat in on. There will be time to play that one and remember. In the mean time I'm just glad I could soak Sunday up. Really glad to be a part of that, very thankful to be able to share. I don't think anyone will forget this anytime soon.

Ben Trussell

We lost Ben Trussell this weekend. Ben was a talented singer songwriter from the area, and way too young to be lost. There are a lot of people here hurting right now. We all knew him, every musician I know has partied, played and laughed with Ben. We jammed on some Stones at the Voodoo Lounge the last time I saw him and then he took my guitar, retuned it and played Stevie Wonder's Superstitious in that tuning he was using. He sounded great, I hadn't heard it that way before. It will be a tough week. There's pain here now, but there are also a lot of people remembering how much they loved his music and his spirit.

Shine this week at Humphrey's

Looks like we won't be doing that battle of the bands at Crossoads this time around. Instead, the first full band appearance of Shine will be at Humphrey's on Saturday the 13th. Shine features my pals from around town Jerry Pearson-guitar and vocals, Marge Loveday (Marge at Large)-keyboard guitar and vocals, and my pal from Nashville drummer Wade Hachler (Rosie Flores, Sticky Fingers and others) . Shine will start at 9 and play until 1 or so.

A little coffee shop for ya

One of my fave people to make music with. The lovely Katy Dunn helping me out with Things I Can't Say.

Stuff we like. More Humble Pie

Here ya go. This was the guy that so many of the great bands wish they had. Steve Mariott with Humble Pie.