A quicker way to do this would be "music I don't like".....that would be rap, 99.9% of gnashville country, some industrial noise and opera. I listen to everything from classical to reggae, punk, ska, and new age to big band, r & b to rock & roll, you name it. it's more of a matter of it being good and speaking to you, not what genre it fits into.

I took the above photo of Rusty Wier in 1975 at the Broke'n Spoke.
(that's also Rusty Wier above left circa 1999.)

I have a huge collection of music that ranges from coltrane and ella to the ramones and bob marley and everything in between. that is one of the things i like to do and been know to do well is make mix tapes or disks of one great song after another spanning many genres.

Me, Larry Joe Taylor and Conrad Olsen strumming in Akumal Mexico, 1999.

i also play a little guitar now and then, i used to play alot and have been in everything from rock, punk to country bands. I really never was any good and being that i'm pretty much tone deaf, have an ultra-white-boy sense of rhythm and can't carry a tune in a bucket I just listen to others and play the radio these days

Me during my punkish stage of life Circa 1980

i have been a parrothead since buffetts a1a l.p. now i mostly enjoy the songwriting of the Texas artists, many of whom i am proud to call friends.

Me & good childhood friend and renowned Blues Singer Lou Ann Barton between sets. circa 1985?

most of the artists links in this area will be to these guys, check them out if you're not familiar with them, you'll be glad you did.

in fact, at the top of each page of this site the changing words are snippets of lyrics exclusively from Texas artists or jimmy buffett with one bob marley thrown in for good measure.

although i don't think you could drag me out of Texas, on of the fondest times of my life was 1980 & 81 when i lived in la california. man the variety of shows and venues there was incredible! i was out like 3 times a week seeing live bands soaking up the scene.

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Me at a club gig in 1978

And at Casino Beach in Lake Worth for a Radio Station summer concert.
My old friend Lou Cavage on bass was a hell of a front man, R.I.P. Lou Dawg.