Check it out on the BBC Iplayer. Pretty excited about this one!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sy496

Hey everybody, been a little while....Just wanted to give a quick update.

I'm in Michigan for the rest of this week, catching up with family and friends and playing two shows.
  The first is tomorrow July 9th at Howe Memorial Ampetheater in Eaton Rapids, MI. The show starts at 7:30pm and I'll be backed by an all star band from right here in Michigan. You won't want to miss it if you're in the area.
  The second show will be at Dusty's Cellar in Okemos, MI on July 11th at 6:30pm. I'll be joined by my old friend Drew Howard. Drew will also be part of the Eaton Rapids show and is the driving force behind my 2008 release "River of Life".

Good Lord willin' and the Crick don't rise, I hope to see you there....

Ok! My intentions were good for the weekly updates but the truth of the matter is, I could use a staff! :) Crazy how much time is involved in building a presence in the music industry when you go it the indie route. That being the case, I will only commit to updating here as much as humanly possible. I know I've missed some really cool happenings but here I will try and some most of them up.

'Way Back Home' is currently sitting at #30 on Cashbox Magizine's Americana Top 40 Albums of the Week. We hit #30 a few weeks back on the AMA chart, We're #21 on the Far Chart this month after debuting last month at #12, #11 this month overseas on the EuroAmericana Chart and have consistently been jumping around the Top 40 somewhere on the Roots Music Report.

About all I can say about all that is that I feel so blessed to be making music that people are relating to and enjoying all over the world..... Thanks so much to all the fans and radio stations that have supported me over the last 2 records. It means the world to me!

I'll try and keep you updated better in the future....Thanks again Y'all!

Well week two and I'm already late! It has been crazy...The show with Junior Brown
last week was a real treat. Gruene Hall is such a great room! Junior, of course,
put on one heck of a show. This week brought "Way Back Home" to #38 on the AMA's top 40 list.
Woo Hoo!!! I'd been hoping for that day for quite some time...The rest is icing on the cake.
Alright, at this point it's probably best to go back to the start. "Facebook Song"
was the very first song we cut as a band. Actually, the first time we came together
as a band. Jordan had been playing with me for some time with my Bluegrass rig I'd
been playing with since I first got to Texas. I knew I wanted to head in a slightly
new direction and had just met Steve Sarber and Andy Carrell through the internet.
Steve had just arrived from Boston and was staying in our travel trailer for a few
days. Oh the talks we've had... Steve's been all around the world playing his
guitar and was ready to see what Austin was all about. My spiritual bro.
Andy had been in Austin for a bit. We met through Myspace, via Craigslist and once
we connected realized our huge CD collections almost matched disc for disc. Must
be the midwest connection. Andy is originally from Indianapolis.
The session came together just after Easter, 2009. I had just written Facebook
Song after recently getting on the FB bandwagon. I was working on an entirely
different idea and the tune just started coming. The whole thing was so funny yet
amazing to me. Like it or not, FB has changed the world!
We were living at the time in a two story house we were renting. Strangely enough,
it's design was perfect for making a record. High, sloped cathedral ceilings that
went to a loft on the second floor.(Kids bedrooms) There was tile throughout and
the acoustics were perfect. The control room was assembled in an attached sun
porch with glass sliders between it and the living room where the drums and bass
were located. Steve and I were set up in th sun porch with Steve's amp isolated in
the master bedroom. We got mic levels, I played them the tune and we started
tracking. We tracked a handful of takes but ultimately wound up using I believe
the second pass. I knew this was the band!