Sooo Tired...

So here I am in Ashland VA. I'm opening for Ellis Paul in about 5 hours. Ellis Paul is one of my favorite singer/songwriters. I remember seeing Ellis often when I waited tables at Club Passim. I remember the admiration, near idolization I felt watching him play. This will be my fifth or sixth time opening for Ellis and I'll be opening for him the next three nights. I wish I wasn't so tired.

I've been on the road for nearly two weeks and I'm exhausted. It's been a whirlwind of cities, states and incessant politics. We've been in Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania. You literally cannot watch ten minutes of TV with out five political adds. I'm getting so tired of the campaigns. I can't wait until the November 4th, and I want Barrack Obama to win so badly that it hurts. Every time I hear John McCain mention Joe the fucking Plumber, or Sarah Palin say...anything, I die a little. I'm not usually this candid in my blogs but I'm tired and fed up. I'm not a religious person but I'm sure as hell praying now.

Good luck, America.

Campfire Sessions

Hey folks,

In July I went to the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in upstate NY. For those of you who haven't been, it's four days of amazing music and fun on a huge farm (hmmm sound familiar?) Most of the fun occurs after hours in the many song circles. As it turns out one of those circles was recording and they captured a late night, half drunk version of Cigarettes and Rain. Several of my friends joined in including Anthony Da Costa, Abby Gardner, Eric Lee, Ethan Baird and others. Check it out on MySpace for free, listen to it as much as you want. If you'd like to own it, it's available for purchase on my snocap store here: