Another interview for the Coop paperback tour, although we got delightfully off-track and managed to discuss Truck and Population 485 and the music as well.  I like this blog radio…View post

It seems three lifetimes ago and in many ways it was, but once upon a time George House and I recorded some novelty songs in his basement.  I supplied the…View post

Mitch Teich talks to me about albums, airplanes, and accordions.  OK, nothing about accordions…this time.

In 2008, after twelve years as a resident of New Auburn, Wisconsin, I wound up moving to a new place with my little family.  We were headed to a farm…View post

Cissy Moan is a song about a roughneck woman obsessed with southern writers. Here are the real parts: The writer Larry Brown was a great influence on me. He wrote…View post