Caught in the act singing the lead vocal on, “COME ON DOWN TO MY BOAT, BABY
EMS headline EXP0 MONTREAL
Striped Red chord pants, a Super Beatle Amp, and a Bar Magnet Les Paul Black Beauty - TOO COOLl!
Brother LARRY & ME
I had the #2 Record in the country in ’67 - Here’s my registered royalty check for .35 cents in ’72 - Welcome to Show Biz!
NYC’s BITTER END, Mecca for the Folk Scene and my 1st pro club gig.
SUN FESTIVAL in San Francisco - my 1st view of “Flower Power” - I wore a tie to the Summer of Love!”
RICK NELSON & The
Stone Canyon Band
CARNEGIE HALL - the Granddaddy of all gigs! The sound is pure magic - you can feel the presence of all the great masters who played there. We got to rock out and play an acoustic set with lots of 3-part harmonies. I listened to so many live recordings of my heros playing there - The Weavers, Kingston Trio - it was as if I astral projected a “Reserved” sign for myself.
IOWA STATE FAIR - R’n’R, good food, giant cows, farmer’s daughters, All-American summer fun.
Me and tour manager CLARK RUSSEL, “The Man Behind The Man (Behind The Guitar)” - finest fan & friend around!
My song “ONE NIGHT STAND” was the 1st single off of “Windfall”
If you’re alone in a lifeboat, make sure to bring your 59’ TELE!
Catching up with
GUNNER & MATTHEW NELSON
NAMM Show ’08 w/ guitar legend JAMES BURTON
Me, Drummer Steve Duncan, Rick, Bassist Jay DeWitt
White, and Steel Guitar legend Tom Brummley
NASHVILLE
Writer’s Round at The Bluebird Cafe w/ SUZANNA SPRING & JASON HOWARD
NSAI’s Tin Pan South ’08 w/ JANET McLAUGHLIN,
ELLEN BRITTON, & JASON HOWARD
TPS ’07
Working out my new LARRIVEE LV-10
at TPS ’08
LARRIVEE Artist Rep RICKY THOMPSON
presenting me my new LV-10 at
The Chet Atkins Appreciation Society
CAAS w/ two of my guitar heros, JOHN KNOWLES & DOYLE DYKES
CAAS w/ Thumbpick Wizard FRED KELLY
CAAS w/ Gretsch Guitar Rep Joe Carducci
Fellow LARRIVEE LADS
HEINO & SCOTT from
THE MUSIC ROW SHOW
LOS AMIGOS MEDIOCRES
NYC
Premiere Radio Network’s “HOT WAX DAILY” show w/ MIKE McCANN
Swapping some new songs w/ Ex (but always) Nashvillian songwriter’s guru MIKE WILLIAMS
The view from Mike’s fire escape -
cover photo for my next CD,
“THE GHOST OF NOSTRAND AVE.”
“WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE” At Museum of Natural History - and you think you had a rough day!
Teaching Guitar For Songwriter’s
Workshop for NSAI
Dinner w/ STEVE SCHACTEL & Best Friend
(East Coast Division) and former EMS
Road Manager BILLY McNALLY
Super Niece & Nephew WESTLY & SASHA
Welcoming visitors with a song at NSAI’s “ARTISTS AT THE AIRPORT”
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Lobbying w/ NSAI
WOOD NEWTON & TOM SHEPARD
at the Viet Nam Memorial
“Honest Abe” freed the slaves, but NSAI’s BART HERBISON, emancipated our writer’s royalties!
A Nashville Style GUITAR PULL to celebrate the creation
of a WASHINGTON SONGWRITER’S CAUCUS
“I’ll fight for your rights ... for
a $200,000 contribution!
WE HONOR THEIR SERVICE
What happens when 25 Songwriter’s have a 2hr. layover? .... They break into a Writer’s Round!
NATIONAL GUITAR
WORKSHOPS
After-hours Jam Session
Guitar Guru & Godfather
MATT SMITH
STUDENT SHOW NIGHT
L.A.
BIG-BRO (& EMS Alumni) LARRY
JULIAN, LARRY, DEBRA, & The Jolly Green WESTLY
Life’s a beach w/ Best Friend (West Coast Division)
DAVID “Davy Boy” PRICE
Pal LINDY GOETZ turned me on to the Rick Nelson Gig - I was his hottest discovery ... until he dug up THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS!
My NIDAN (2nd Degree) AIKIDO Black Belt Exam at the
ACE AIKIDO DOJO w/ Sensei DON O’BELL, LARRY ECKSTEIN, Head Instructor LARRY NOVICK, & TIM RYAN
AIKIDO Workshop at KEN OTA’s DOJO, Santa Barbara
Hangin’ w/ My Homies at The L.A. Jewish Center
My “Roomies” at the Dallas Guitar Show,
THE BUFFALO BROS. Guitar Shop
HAWAII
I asked for one too many freebies at the Nashville NAMM SHOW ’08 ... and turned into a SWAG HOG”!
Me & 65 AMPS co-founder DAN BOUL at SIMON RIPLEY’S Music & Art. Best looking/sounding/
built amp I ever played. Period!
