Michael Perry and the Long Beds performing “Somewhere Out in Mudbrook” from the “Headwinded” album. Guitarist Chris Ramey drives a Subaru, thus the laugh. ALSO INCLUDED: A recitation featuring a…View post

Photos from the night Red House recording artist Drew Nelson joined me for the reading at SchulerBooks in Grand Rapids. Honored that he showed up, even more so that the…View post

Man. Going through some old half-finished blog posts and came across this review of the Long Beds and me playing in 2009. You remember 2009? There’s a video clip, too,…View post

Thank you to singer/songwriter Dan Weber who wrote a song honoring the memory of my late sister-in-law Sarah. You can listen to the song here.

Boy, for a few years there, I read everything this guy wrote. And here’s an obituary for Kitty Wells. I read it because she was Kitty Wells. But the byline…View post