2016: a new year for music....

Hey Tostado, did you ever happen to see a guy named Paul Skelton play in Austin? He was a Telecaster/Deluxe Reverb player who worked with Wayne "The Train" Hancock, Cornell Hurd, Libbie Bosworth, and other Austin singers and songwriters. I was planning on moving to Austin about ten years ago, just to play with him again---we had been in a Pop Group in L.A. together in the early 80's. He died of lung cancer (two-pack-a-day habit) before I had a chance to, damnit.

bdp24, I can't imagine having two such encounters with Brian Wilson.  Man, that is so sad.  I've heard him in interviews where he seemed somewhat comfortable, somewhat lucid.
And, no, I never heard Paul Skelton unless he happened to be with Cornell Hurd when I caught his band.  You know, Austin is a great place to catch live music and to show what you can do but it doesn't pay well here.  Maybe it's the same everywhere, I don't know.  At least we don't pay to play--that seemed to be catching on in LA when I was there in '88.  At any rate, I make a living teaching and play more or less for fun.

If you're like me and missed Tift Merritt "Bramble Rose" the first time around, it's just been re-released and sounds very good!

I still enjoy Lucinda- bdp24.
I enjoy Tift Merritt as well slaw.

slaw...just ordered "Bramble Rose".  Should be here in a few days.