New Album Is Available 

The new album is available. Right now, you can find it in Butte at Spadeball Ink and Venus Rising. It's also available in Anaconda at Beyond Necessities and Shift Change Men's Wear.

You can find this album just about everywhere you can imagine online, including web sites in Europe. Some of the places you can find it include iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon and Rhapsody.

There will be album release parties in Anaconda at the Owl Bar on June 15 (solo) and in Butte at the Silver Dollar Saloon on June 23. I'd recommend buying a hard copy of the album. The art that comes with the album came out amazing. We took a long time to work on it and Copycats Media really came through with a fantastic printing job.

I made some thank yous that I couldn't include with the space we had with the art. I'll just leave it here for you.

Special thanks to Chris, Cheryl, Bobby, Christy, Mandy and Ryan Eamon, Ed Lewalk, Matt and Lucy Frey, Frank Ruffolo, James Murphy, Darren Dorlaque, Chad Okrusch, Heather Lingle, Chad Ball, Michael Masters, Scot Gibson, Ken Rich, Sean Devine, Christy Hays, Dave Hays, Jeryd Richman, Bill O’Connor, T. Scot Wilburn, Bryan McGregor, Paula Canfield, Allen Grantham, John Dendy, Larry Hirshberg, Joey Running Crane, Dark Sevier, Don Andrews, Brian Boyd, Gordon Wanamaker, Jarod Yerkes, George Fiddler, Amanda and Kevin Curtis, Matt Boyle, William Stafford, Andrea Cross Guns, Roxann Journey, Pat Ryan, Bruce Sayler, Bill Foley, Howard Smith and the people that worked directly on this album. I’m forgetting some, but you know who you are. This effort would not have happened without your past encouragement.

Introducing Losing So Long 

This is a song titled I'm Hurtin'. It's the first track and single off my upcoming album. This will be available online on June 1. I will have hard copies in hand a little before then. Stay tuned and I'll be posting more information about this album.

Fresh Promotional Photography 

Photo by Janny Richter

I have some new promotional photos up in the photos section. The art was film photography by Janny Richter of Prague, Czech Republic. He had to return there to use his dark room.

I should have another update soon. Until then, I'm working, writing and doing occasional shows.

New Album in the Works 

Photos by Lucy Frye.

I went into the Len Waters Music Studio in Butte on August 12-13 and began recording my next album. I didn't just begin, we made a lot of ground and more than eighty percent of the music is in the can. I was a little surprised because I thought it sounded similar to my 2015 release, probably because I'm singing and playing guitar on it. It will be quite a bit different by the time it's done, in theme, songs and sounds. Props to everybody that came by to either play on the sessions or just for some support in good humor.

I have a few shows left on the slate for this year. I'm planning on taking the winter off of live shows, except for maybe if a couple things pop up close to home where I don't have to hit the winter roads so much. I have two shows at the Silver Dollar Saloon in the next two weeks. There will be another show in Butte with a couple local songwriters in late September or early October. Then a show at a brewery in Butte on a Friday the 13th in October, and after a show at Jester's in Helena on October 14. I had a great time at Jester's earlier this summer so I'm looking forward to going back.

Since March I've lost more than twenty pounds and put on some muscle, even though it didn't show in some of the pictures we took from the sessions. I have a gym across the hall at work and it's been working wonders. Just enjoying life in general has helped, too.

Summer Happenings 

I'll be performing at the Bob Marshall Music Festival on July 14 and 15 in Seeley Lake. Pretty impressive lineup of roots and rock bands. I'm also going to playing a party for my favorite community radio station, KBMF 102.5 FM, in Butte at the Covellite Theatre on the night of June 17. I'll be on the Montana musicians stage along with a couple very respected and talented songwriters, Larry Hirshberg and Joey Running Crane. There's been a lineup change in the band over the last few months. We are inching our way toward the recording studio this summer. The new stuff is a little more rock than the last album, but retains some of the country soul that I do.

The Moon Comes Out For The Covellite Film Festival 

Photos by Lucy Frey. She's pretty good isn't she? These photos are from the opening night of the Covellite International Film Festival in Butte at the Original Mine Stage. The sound guys from Montana Pro Audio set up some stage lights and a big old moon came out behind us under the frame of the mine.
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From a Practice in the Basement 

Photos by Lucy Frey. These are from a practice earlier this summer when Matt Schumacher, the mixer and fixer of my 2015 album, joined us on bass and lap steel for a run through the new songs. Frank Ruffolo on accordion and James Murphy on drums in the other pictures. This is a cool basement where we practice. The ceiling of the room is covered in old flyers from various shows in Butte and Bozeman.

Live from Songwriters in the Round at the Covellite Theatre 

From left, Sean Eamon, Aaron Parrett and Will Stafford. Photos courtesy of Dark Sevier.



Joined by Aaron Parrett of Helena on fiddle at the Songwriters in the Round fundraiser for KBMF 102.5 FM and the Covellite International Film Festival on June 10, 2016. Aaron is a fine songwriter and old-time fiddle player. He wrote a book, Americana in Montana, which will be available in July. Also pictured here are Will Stafford of Portland, Oregon and Andrea Cross Guns of Helena.

This is a pretty new song that I wrote in May. It's called "Will I See You Tonight?" I had dinner with Aaron at Frank Ruffolo's that night (some pretty fine eggplant) and he was kind enough to jump in on a song with me. This event was recorded and might be available for a donation to the upcoming film festival.

I have a few upcoming shows scattered around Western Montana this summer. This week I'll be at Norris Hot Springs. I have a pretty good group of new songs so you might see some studio updates before the end of the year.

This video is courtesy of Arlene Petterson of Butte.
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From Muddy Creek in Butte 

Photo by Don Andrews. Last week at Muddy Creek in Butte. We have two really solid sets now.

From the Murray Bar in Livingston 

An artist in Livingston did a nice piece of work featuring Frank Ruffalo and T. Scot Wilburn during our performance last week. Sweet use of water color there.
Looking forward to playing Muddy Creek Brewery here in Butte next week.