https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNc4ahjS0jM There’s a lot of talk about the United States Civil War this year its 150th anniversary. This is a song I wrote and video I made some time ago about the Battle of Nashville 1864 which was the point of no return for the Lost Cause, when Confederate military resistance was finally …
I hesitate to say it, but I am a great pool shooter. (As opposed to being a great pool player*). But I feel like a guy who hits a hole-in-one playing alone. I’m just a casual in-the-bar have-a-few-drinks relaxed kind of pool player. I often play others who don’t have a chance so I purposely …
A family of about eight sat at a table in the Thai restaurant where I had been a serenade singer for a few years. They were attentive to my songs which they requested and generously tipped me. Nothing seemed unusual. A few minutes later my first set was finished and as I went to take …
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Vagabond is a song I wrote about other people. Some friends who heard it said it was about me. The thought that it was about me made me almost cry. The video was composed and crafted by my friend Chris Greco who is a wizard of sorts. The Food and Drug Administration, USA has given …
This is a Brahman bull. I was for some reason reminded the other day of when I worked in a livestock pavilion where breeding bulls like this were sold at auction. My job there, which paid cash at the end of the day, was to open and close numerous different fence gates that forced individual, …
These are some of my favorite and longtime Kids on the Bridge. They are the heart of the singing corps. *Photo by Lance n Don (Facebook) . The tiny tot nearest me, who can’t be more than 4yrs old, surprised me last night by whispering the song requests to me. We are adding You …
In my hobo days I found the evangelical mission system across the Southern states to be interesting and I often took advantage of them for meals and sometimes a bed for the night. Basically it worked as follows. The unfortunate, bewildered, mentally ill, drunk, or lazy (as in my case) homeless street urchins in urban …
We are feeding about 30 Kids on the Bridge per night since our return a couple of weeks ago. Donations have fallen dramatically as the tourist numbers are greatly diminished in “low season”. It’s hot here, about 100 during the day. The bridge is a very pleasant place to be at 8:00 in the evening. …
My friends Donna and Lance Harrison have become frequent visitors to the bridge and they took and made this fantastic video of the nightly happenings there. In the J-peg that’s me in the funny hat and a few of the kids singing songs that I taught them right there on the bridge. Their favorite song …